Partnership Suggests Further Steps on Improving Use of Probationary Periods
The Partnership for Public Service has suggested follow-up steps to OPM’s recent guidance to agencies on making fuller use of …More
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Guidance to Agencies Issued on ‘Secure and Fair’ Research
The White House has issued guidance to agencies on supporting “secure and fair” research, in two Office of Science and …More
Federal Program Inventory Site Launches
OMB has launched (at https://fpi.omb.gov/) the decade-in-development Federal Program Inventory site, which it says will serve as “a new comprehensive, …More
GSA Pressed to Explain Video Camera Purchases that IG Report Criticized
A House subcommittee chair has pressed the GSA to explain the purchases of video cameras from a specified supplier that …More
IRS Should Tighten Employee, Contractor Access to Sensitive Systems, Report Says
An inspector general audit has recommended that the IRS tighten its controls over sensitive systems, after finding that some contractor …More
White House Summarizes Agency Actions Taken, Plans under Equity Initiative
The White House has released summaries of actions that agencies have taken and their plans under two Biden administration executive …More
OPM Consolidates Data Calls on Personnel Authorities
OPM has consolidated into one memo more than a dozen annual calls for data from agencies on their use of …More
Symposium Coming on ‘Disruptive’ Tech and Federal Agencies
The Federal CIO Council has announced an in-person seminar titled Disruption and Discovery: AI, Data, and Quantum Symposium March 5 …More
GAO Calls on VA to Improve Contingency Planning for Emergencies
The GAO has called on the VA to improve its ability to estimate funding and staffing needs for a future …More
Senate Panel Backs Measure to Increase FAA Controllers, Inspectors
The Senate Commerce Committee has approved a bill designed to address understaffing in the FAA’s air traffic controller and safety …More
Technology Fund Soliciting Proposals for AI-Related Investments
The Technology Modernization Fund is soliciting proposals for artificial intelligence-related investments under the Biden administration’s recent executive order on implementing …More
OGE Updates Guide for Filing Public Financial Disclosure Forms
The Office of Government Ethics has updated its guide for those who file publicly available financial disclosure forms OGE Form …More
Audit: Failure to Fully Vet Contractor Employees Raises Risks for VA, Its Employees
The VA’s “high rate of noncompliance with executive orders, federal regulations, or VA policies for vetting contractor employees” could put …More
Finalists Chosen for New Class of Presidential Management Fellows
OPM has selected 825 applicants as finalists for the 2024 class of Presidential Management Fellows, a program it says “supports …More
OPM Urged to Improve Information on Paid Parental Leave Benefit
A bipartisan group of members of Congress has urged OPM to move quickly to improve the information it provides regarding …More
GAO Cites Fairness Issues in Private Tax Debt Collection Program
The GAO has cited issues of fairness in the IRS program of private collection of certain tax debt, in the …More
Committee Advances Package of Agency Management Bills
The House Oversight and Reform Committee has advanced a package of agency management-related bills including: * HR-262, to require agencies …More
GAO Recommends Improvements to USA Staffing Service
GAO has recommended improvements to the OPM-operated USA Staffing service as well as steps that agencies using that service can …More
Job Applicant Policy Change: Knowing and Willful Failure to Register with Selective Service
Rules proposed by OPM would revise policies regarding job applicants who didn’t register with the Selective Service System to, in …More
Senate Immigration Bill Would Boost Staffing, Add Hiring Flexibilities
An immigration policy bill up for voting in the Senate would boost staffing and add hiring flexibilities for a number …More
Senate Panel Advances Bills on Contracting, Cyber Competition, Other Matters
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved S-3626, to extend contracting standards to agencies across the federal …More
GSA Says It Has BRIGHT Ideas for Lighting in Federal Building
GSA has issued guidance to carry out the 2022 Bulb Replacement Improving Government with High-efficiency Technology Act, or BRIGHT Act, …More
OPM Issues Guidance on Carrying Out New Rules for Setting Initial Pay
OPM has issued guidance to agencies on carrying out newly finalized rules barring them from taking non-federal salaries into consideration …More
GAO Issues Changes to ‘Yellow Book’ Auditing Standards
The GAO has updated for the first time since 2018 its “Yellow Book” Government Auditing Standards publication, commonly called the …More
White House Touts Hiring Surge, Other Agency Responses to AI Order
The Biden administration has highlighted a “talent surge” for hiring persons with artificial intelligence into federal agencies as among the …More
OPM, GSA Set Familiar Priority Goals Through 2025
Agency priority goals from OPM and GSA for the fiscal 2024-2025 cycle largely mirror those of the 2022-2023 cycle, for …More
GAO Calls for Better Controls over Software Licenses
Federal agencies do not have a good grasp on either the numbers or the value of their software licenses, leaving …More
House Questions “Lowest Price” Procurement Bill
The House has passed HR-5528, to require OMB to evaluate and report within six months on whether using the lowest …More
Use of AI Complicates Agency Policies on Privacy, Report Says
The growth in use by federal agencies of artificial intelligence raises questions of “whether agency roles and responsibilities relating to …More
Archives Clears Out Backlog of Veterans’ Records Requests
A backlog of requests by veterans for military records needed to establish eligibility for benefits — one of several backlogs …More
