Shared Registers for Budget Analysts and IT Specialists Available
OPM has established shared registers for entry-level budget analysts, GS-5, 7, and 9, and IT specialists at the GS-9 level …More
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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will hold a symposium covering strategies and practical steps for promoting the …More
Downward Trend Continues for Prohibited Personnel Practices
Perceptions of occurrences of most prohibited personnel practices are at an 18-year low, the Merit Systems Protection Board has said …More
Hazardous Waste Program Faces Uncertain Future
The EPA has met early goals in its hazardous waste corrective action program but resource and technical challenges put the …More
IG Lauds DHS Purchase Card Program
DHS’s purchase card program provides an efficient, low-cost procurement and payment mechanism to acquire goods and services, the DHS inspector …More
CFC Campaign Starts; Benefits to Organizers Touted
The annual Combined Federal Campaign—the 50th anniversary of the initial drive in 1961—started Sept. 1, and OPM has sent a …More
Public Anger Toward Federal Government Up
Public discontent with the federal government as a whole waned earlier this year but has climbed back up, according to …More
Little New in OPM Part of Plan
The part of the regulatory review plan dealing with federal personnel issues largely touches on familiar topics including the reform …More
Agencies Release Regulatory Review Plans
OMB has announced that 26 agencies have released plans to review significant regulations in order to reduce regulatory burdens and …More
GSA Launches Fleet Management Tool
GSA has announced the release of a “vehicle allocation methodology” tool to help agencies determine the optimal size and composition …More
GAO: Some Good, Some Bad Follows From Centralization at Forest Service
A management effort to centralize business services, budget and finance, HR management, and IT at the Forest Service has contributed …More
OMB Goes Live with Performance.gov
OMB has announced the public launch of its performance.gov website after several false starts, adding a key piece to its …More
GSA Launches Mobile App to Make Per Diem Rates More Accessible
GSA has launched a mobile app for iPhone and Blackberry devices to make its per diem rates for government travel, …More
VA Releases Social Media Policy
The Department Veterans Affairs has released a policy covering the use of social media and other online collaboration tools. The …More
IRS Workforce Continues to Grow but Attrition Still Posses Challenge
In fiscal 2009 the IRS hired over 2,000 new revenue agents and tax compliance officers, the most in five years, …More
Delays, Oversight Problems Hamper FPS Management Program
GAO has called on the Federal Protective Service to resolve delays and oversight issues with its facility risk assessment and …More
EEOC, OPM Signal Tougher Stance on Equal Pay Laws
EEOC and OPM have issued a joint memo saying that although progress has been made in closing the gender pay …More
Executive Order Establishes Government-Wide Diversity Initiative
President Obama has signed an executive order to establish a coordinated, government-wide initiative to promote diversity in the federal workforce. …More
SAVE Contest Draws Larger Response
Federal workers submitted 19,559 ideas for improvements in government efficiency during the recently concluded SAVE award contest, OMB has announced. …More
Lack of Standards Leads to Range of Ratings Patterns
Standardizing SES ratings was one recommendation of a study done last year by the President’s Management Council on ways to …More
OPM Targets Inconsistent SES Ratings
OPM has sent a memo to agencies announcing an interagency effort to make performance ratings of SES employees more standardized. …More
GAO: Further Action Needed to Address DoD Supply Chain Management Issues
DoD needs to undertake additional actions to address challenges in supply chain management, GAO has said after reviewing strategic and …More
Army to Cut 8,700 Civilians
The Army has announced it will reduce the size of its civilian workforce by over 8,700 employees by September 30 …More
FAA Funding Bill Passed, Union Sees Fight Ahead
Congress has voted to fund the FAA through mid September allowing about 4,000 FAA employees to return to work and …More
DoD Needs to Refine Cybersecurity Budget Estimates, Says GAO
DoD still needs to develop an overarching budget estimate for full-spectrum cyberspace operations including computer network attack, computer network exploitation, …More
FAA Issues Stop Work Order, Furloughs Employees
The FAA issued stop work orders for various projects and furloughed about 4,000 employees because Congress did not pass a …More
USPS Lists 3,700 Branches that May Close
The Postal Service has announced it will consider closing about 3,700 mostly rural retail post offices throughout the country, with …More
Senator Proposes Folding Several Agencies into OPM, Cutting Budgets by Half
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., has proposed consolidating five federal employment agencies into OPM and slashing their budgets in half in …More
Union Launches Campaign to Defend Image of Federal Workers
The National Treasury Employees Union has launched a public service campaign to defend federal employees and their work in the …More
White House to Close 373 Data Centers
The White House has announced plans to shut down 373 data centers by the end of 2012 as part of …More
