Performance Management and Compatible Work Arrangements Key to Retention
While retention bonuses can be one of the most effective means of getting an employee to turn down an outside …More
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The Office of Special Counsel has chosen an air traffic controller in the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport for its …More
Commerce Planning Office to Standardize Online Transactions for Better Security
The Department of Commerce has announced plans to create a "National Program Office" to develop a more secure and standardized …More
DoD Provides Advice under New Telework Law
DoD has released advice to managers on telework, in particular noting the recently enacted law designed to encourage the program …More
SBA Rolls out Pilot Under Small Business Jobs Act
The Small Business Administration has announced a pilot project under the recently enacted Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 that …More
OMB Still Grappling with Determining Cost of Oil Spill Cleanup
OMB has issued yet another memo for agencies on reporting costs related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This latest …More
Postal Union “Increasingly Frustrated” as Talks Drag On
The American Postal Workers Union has said it is increasingly frustrated with the slow pace of collective bargaining negotiations with …More
EEOC Slowing Growth of Discrimination Complaint Backlog Despite Big Year
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has said that despite an increase in overall charges filed in fiscal 2010 that it …More
OSHA: Under Recording of Injuries May be Pervasive at USPS
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has said that under-recording of injuries and illnesses may be a pervasive problem at …More
Senator Calls for Review of Federal Workers Comp
The ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Susan Collins, R-Maine, has called of a review of …More
Mileage Rate Increasing
GSA has announced that the mileage reimbursement rate of main interest to federal employees using personal vehicles on official business …More
Stripped Down Whistleblower Bill Passes House but Still Falls Short
The House has passed S-372, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2010, but without provisions extending certain whistleblower protections to …More
MSPB: Qualifying as Whistleblower Can be a Challenge
The Merit Systems Protection Board has issued a report laying out the challenges federal employees face in qualifying as “whistleblowers” …More
Ends Federal Career Intern Program
The order supersedes and revokes a Clinton administration executive order that had established the Federal Career Intern Program, which agencies …More
Other Changes Also Set
The order also includes modifications to the Presidential Management Fellows program, which is designed to attract grad students. PMF fellows …More
President Signs Order Creating Internship, Recent Graduates Programs
President Obama has signed an executive order to establish internship and recent graduates programs that together with the already existing …More
Service to America Medal Nominees Sought
The Partnership for Public Service is accepting nominations through January 31 for its Service to America Medals, known as the …More
Memo Addresses How Paperwork Reduction Act Applies to Scientific Research
OMB has issued a memo attempting to address the question of whether and how the Paperwork Reduction Act applies in …More
Weather Dismissal Policies Revised
OPM has revised its emergency dismissal policy—formally applying only in the Washington, D.C. area but used as a standard template …More
Senate Passes Organizational Reforms for Census Bureau
The Senate has passed legislation to address management challenges that arose during the 2010 census count, partly by making the …More
USDA to Begin Using Cloud-Based Application Suite
The Department of Agriculture has announced it is going live with a commercial cloud services contract for its Enterprise Messaging …More
OMB to Launch Technology Fellows Program
The federal CIO is developing a technology fellows program as well as an accompanying recruiting infrastructure as part of the …More
Boost Sought in Federal Building Wireless Services
Two senators have drafted legislation to require the installation of small wireless base stations in all publicly accessible federal buildings …More
VA Needs to Continue Developing New Benefits System, Says GAO
The Department of Veterans Affairs could further improve the development process for the IT system it is implementing to deliver …More
MSPB Reviews Whistleblower Law
MSPB has issued a report that acts as an overview of whistleblower retaliation law and procedures that while not recommending …More
GAO: Defense Contract Awards Lack Required Information
Defense departments and agencies are not submitting incomplete contract award announcements, GAO has said. GAO found while reviewing noncompetitive contracting …More
FDA Could Get More Food Safety Inspectors
The Senate has passed S-510, the Food Safety Modernization Act, to give the FDA greater inspection authority and capacity. The …More
VA Testing Speedier Ways to Access Medical Records
The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced it is working to reduce the time needed to obtain health-care records from …More
GAO Calls on Agencies to Tighten Wireless Network Security
Federal agencies have taken steps to secure their wireless networks but GAO has cited opportunities to take it further. Leading …More
OMB Orders Agencies to Establish Security Assessment Teams
The White House has ordered departments and agencies that handle classified information to establish security assessment teams consisting of counterintelligence, …More
