Bill Would Give FDA Immediate Recall Authority
The chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation that would give the …More
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The House federal workforce subcommittee has approved legislation that would require a training regimen for new federal supervisors and follow-up …More
OMB Issues Science and Technology Budget Guidance
OMB has issued a memo outlining the administration’s science and technology priorities for formulating fiscal 2012 budget submissions. According to …More
DHS Announces Additional Funding for Border Operations
DHS has announced over $1.8 billion in fiscal 2010 “preparedness” grants that includes $47 million under Operation Stonegarden for the …More
GAO: Data Lacking on Customs and Border Protection Program
Customs and Border Protection lacks the data necessary to assess a program launched in 2002 to speed up processing for …More
White House Safe Workplace Initiative Eyes Bottom Line
President Obama has announced a four-year “POWER” initiative – Protecting Our Workers and Ensuring Reemployment – designed in part to …More
National Guard to Support Federal Law Enforcement Along Southwest Border
DHS has announced that National Guard will begin deploying along the Southwest border to support federal law enforcement with intelligence …More
GAO: High-Threat Environment a Challenge for USAID Afghanistan Mission
Since fiscal 2002, the US Agency for International Development has awarded over $11.5 billion in support of development assistance programs …More
OMB Calls on Agencies to Make IT Accessible to Persons with Disabilities
OMB has issued a memo to make agencies aware of existing resources and direct agencies to take stronger steps toward …More
GAO Report Puts State Department on the Defensive
The State Department, which can deny passports to registered sex offenders only if they have been convicted specifically of sex …More
USPS, Commerce Announce Business Partnership
The Postal Service has announced a partnership with the Department of Commerce to provide foreign market expertise to small and …More
IG: DHS Needs to Finalize Planning Documents in Systems Consolidation Effort
DHS is taking steps toward developing and implementing its component financial systems consolidation program but does not have the necessary …More
DHS Announces Cross-Border Initiatives with Canada
DHS has announced plans to establish a comprehensive cross-border approach to critical infrastructure protection with Canada, focusing on information sharing …More
Obama Nominates Clinton Budget Director to Lead OMB
President Obama has selected Jacob Lew, who led OMB during the Clinton presidency, to succeed outgoing OMB director Peter Orszag. …More
White House Reinstates Administrative Body
The White House has reinstated the Administrative Conference of the United States and appointed its 10-member council. ACUS has been …More
Ethical Failures Updated
The DoD ethics office has updated its "Encyclopedia of Ethical Failures," a compilation of incidents ranging from the relatively trivial …More
USPS Still Most Trusted on Privacy
Despite its financial troubles, the U.S. Postal Service for the sixth straight year is the most trusted federal agency for …More
OMB Says Use of Non-Competitive Contracts On Decline
In the first two quarters of fiscal 2010 the percentage of dollars awarded in new contracts without competition dropped 10 …More
Stronger Central Leadership Needed for Cybersecurity R&D
Recent legislation calls for improvements in cybersecurity research and development, and the White House has advanced R&D as a top …More
Air Force Food Service Privatization Pilot Worries Union
A food service privatization pilot being carried out by the Air Force at bases in Alaska, California, Arkansas, Washington state, …More
OMB Issues Guidance for Documenting Oil Spill Costs
OMB has issued a memo establishing common guidelines for agencies to use when identifying and documenting costs related to the …More
VA to Develop New Claims System
The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced it’s in the early stages of developing a new online disability compensation claims …More
DHS Improving Acquisition Oversight but Cost and Schedule Overruns Persist
DHS continues to develop its acquisition oversight function and is making progress implementing a revised acquisition management directive, but the …More
USA.gov Redesign Highlights Most Requested Services
GSA has launched a new version of USA.gov featuring the most commonly requested government services front and center, and reflecting …More
GAO Calls for Improvements to Troubled Asset Relief Program Reporting
Improvements are needed to the internal management controls over financial reporting for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, GAO has said. …More
Quarterly Management Reviews
According to the memo, senior agency leaders will be expected to hold goal-focused, data-driven reviews at least once every quarter …More
Change of Direction on Performance Management
OMB has announced that it is transitioning away from a planning and reporting performance management approach that it says it …More
USAID Needs to Improve Strategic Workforce Planning, Says GAO
USAID’s five-year workforce plan for fiscal 2009 – 2013 discusses the agency’s challenges and the steps it has taken and …More
Also Issues Guidance Covering Use of Third-Party Websites, Applications
OMB has also issued related guidance covering agency use of third-party websites and applications, requiring agencies to take specific steps …More
OMB Issues Guidance on Tracking Website Visitors and User Interaction
OMB has issued a memo as part of its open government initiative on what agencies can and can’t do in …More
