Would Reduce FECA Payments Government-wide
The bill includes a provision that would reduce payments to most federal workers receiving payments under the Federal Employees’ Compensation …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersCBO Says Postal Reform Bill Would Lose About $6 Billion
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that a sweeping postal reform bill would wind up costing $31.9 billion through 2022 but …More
Shipping Service Growing, but USPS Losses Continue to Mount
The Postal Service has announced it ended the first quarter of fiscal 2012 with a net $3.3 billion loss, and …More
IG: Tension Between Supervisors and Non-Supervisors in Air Marshal Service
There is too much tension, mistrust, and dislike between non-supervisory and supervisory personnel in Federal Air Marshal Service field offices …More
CBP Needs Tighter Controls Over Bonded Facilities
Customs and Border Protection does not have effective management controls to ensure that bonded facility employees do not pose a …More
Guidance Sent on Hiring Initiative
OPM and the Labor Department have sent joint guidance on carrying out a 2010 executive order requiring agencies to improve …More
Challenge to Awards Policy Can Proceed
A federal employee union will get a hearing before an FLRA administrative law judge on its complaint that the Obama …More
GAO: Reliability of Data Complicates FECA Anti-Fraud Efforts
Limited access to necessary data could hamper agencies in their ability to effectively monitor claims under the Federal Employees Compensation …More
Postal IG Suggests Partnering With ISPs to Expand Broadband Network
The USPS inspector general has recommended that the Postal Service explore leasing land to commercial Internet service providers as part …More
GAO: Better Picture Needed of Growing Number of Homeless Women Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs is taking steps to ensure safe and appropriate housing for women veterans, but does not …More
EEOC Processing Record Number of Private Sector Bias Cases
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received 99,947 charges of private sector employment discrimination – a new record — and obtained …More
Revised Telework Training Available
OPM has posted on telework.gov updated training modules for agencies under the 2010 Telework Enhancement act, which requires agencies to …More
MSPB’s Advice on Performance Standards
MSPB in a recent online posting provided its advice for managers when developing performance standards, which it said is becoming …More
White House to Request BRAC Rounds
Defense secretary Leon Panetta announced recently that the White House is planning to ask Congress to authorize new rounds of …More
President Orders Improvements to Tourism Visa Processing
President Obama has signed an executive order calling on his staff to maintain an interagency process for coordinating the implementation …More
Interior to Use More Video Conferencing
The Department of Interior has said it will promote the acquisition of video teleconference equipment and the use of those …More
Another Mistaken Release of Personal Information
In the latest in what has become a long line of embarrassing privacy control lapses by agencies, VA has revealed …More
DoD Could Turn to Solar Power on Some Bases
DoD has announced an energy potential study and says it could generate 7,000 megawatts of solar power (equivalent to about …More
Good Turnout for Vet Career Fair, More to Follow
Thousands of vets showed for a recent veterans career fair and expo in Washington D.C., part of a White House …More
Rep. Introduces Plain Regulations Act, Says White House Efforts Stop Short
Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, has introduced a bill following up on the Plain Language Act that went into effect in …More
Challenge to Awards Policy Can Proceed
A federal employee union will get a hearing before an FLRA administrative law judge on its complaint that the Obama …More
Customer Satisfaction with Agency Websites Remains Strong
The ACSI e-government satisfaction index tells another story, showing views about federal websites remain near their peak in 2011, going …More
Approval of Government Services is Up
Following a five point decline from 2009 to 2010, satisfaction with federal services crept back up 2.3 percentage points in …More
IG: Additional Actions Needed to Detect Fraud in Processing Immigration Benefits
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has taken important steps through process improvements and additional systems checks to improve the detection …More
Sees Potential for Cost Savings
VanRoekel called for addressing the wide variation in how the government pays for mobile service by leveraging its buying power, …More
CIO Emphasizing Service Delivery Via Smart Phone
Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel has issued a call for the government to take advantage of the proliferation of smart phones …More
Tool Repository Idea Could Catch On
The winner of the White House’s 2011 SAVE award, which is for the best idea to save money and cut …More
GAO Cites Remaining Challenges to EPA’s Information System Risk Program
Revisions the EPA made in May 2009 to its integrated risk information system, which delivers information on the health effects …More
MSPB Pitches Learning Accounts
Agencies may want to revisit an idea tested a decade ago to improve employee training, individual learning accounts, according to …More
GAO: Coast Guard Needs to Continue to Address EEO Barriers
Continued improvement is needed to address potential barriers to equal employment opportunity in the Coast Guard, GAO has said. It …More
