GAO Calls for Better Data Quality in FAA Approach to Safety Oversight
The FAA plans to have in place the initial capabilities of a risk-based approach for its safety management system – …More
Federal Manager’s Daily Report
Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersConcerns Persist About How Jobs are Filled, Managers Cautioned
The federal government has come a long way in terms of creating a workplace free from prohibited personnel practices, the …More
Addresses Cybersecurity Personnel Recruitment
The bill would also require OPM to reform the way cyber security personnel are recruited, hired, and trained to ensure …More
Cybersecurity Bill Introduced
Legislation has been introduced in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee designed to modernize, strengthen, and coordinate the …More
Managers Association Lauds Supervisor Training Bill
The Federal Managers Association has come out in favor of a bill offered by Reps. Jim Moran, D-Va., Gerry Connolly, …More
Air Force Tries All-Comers Applications
The Air Force has started rolling out in several components involving nonappropriated fund positions a new job application system in …More
House Panel Wants Answers on Push Toward Cloud Computing
The White House is looking to cloud computing as a means to get more out of IT spending by having …More
Budget Guidance Reflects Effort to Boost Federal IT Quality
Recent OMB guidance to agencies on preparing their fiscal 2012 budget submissions reflects an administration effort to boost the quality …More
GAO Cites Opportunities to Improve Management of Financial Oversight Agency
GAO has identified internal control issues that it says could hamper the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s ability to meet its …More
Issues Guidance to Improve Online Access to Regulatory Documents
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has also issued guidance for agencies on compiling and maintaining comprehensive electronic regulatory …More
Guidance Intended to Simplify Information Request Proposals
OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has issued a memo to help agencies get the authority they need to …More
Budgets Must Address Government-wide Initiatives
The memo also provides guidance for the fiscal 2012 budget on a number of on-going government-wide initiatives, including acquisition improvements. …More
Budget Guidance Calls for Strategic Reengineering, Doing More With Less
Beyond a 5 percent reduction in programs, agencies should further seek to restructure operations strategically by re-engineering staffing plans, improving …More
OMB Calls on Agencies to Identify Programs to Cut
The Obama administration has directed agencies to go through their budgets line by line to identify the programs and subprograms …More
DHS Announces Additional Funding for Airport Security
DHS has announced about $80 million in additional funding under the Recovery Act to pay for TSA airport security technology …More
Unions Counting on Changed Landscape
AFGE, which filed a similar petition that also was rejected, said there have been substantive changes since the board last …More
FLRA Rejects Petition to Hold Union Election for TSA
The Federal Labor Relations Authority’s acting director has rejected a union petition to hold an election among TSA employees to …More
GSA Releases Platform for Agencies to Solicit Ideas Via Contests
GSA has released a website to help agencies respond to part of the White House’s open government directive calling on …More
Calls for Urgent Action to Address Implementation Issues
The panel called on the under secretary of defense for intelligence to act with urgency in addressing implementation issues and …More
Independent Panel Clears Defense Intelligence Performance Management
A panel of experts convened by the National Academy of Public Administration on behalf of Congress has concluded the defense …More
Senate Defense Spending Bill Aims to Streamline Acquisitions
The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved its version of the fiscal 2011 defense spending bill, and has included several …More
Union Says Proposed Inherently Governmental Policy Falls Short
The National Treasury Employees Union has said the White House’s proposal to address over-reliance on contractors is welcome but still …More
Inherently Governmental Issue Could be Tested
The House-passed fiscal 2011 defense spending bill includes an amendment that would require non-defense agencies to inventory service contracts to …More
House Panel Rejects Insourcing Quotas for Defense Workforce
The House version of the fiscal 2011 defense-spending bill rejects any quotas for insourcing jobs. A committee report expresses support …More
Inventories Could Help
GAO said inventories to identify inherently governmental functions could facilitate insourcing efforts. It also identified the use of business case …More
Insourcing Called Not Merely a Conversion Process
The chair of the Senate federal workforce subcommittee, Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, recently acknowledged the effort of rebalancing the federal workforce …More
Executive Training Costs Questioned
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is seeking to determine how much the federal government is spending to train senior executives. He …More
FDA Taking Steps to Improve Food Safety Research but Gaps Remain, Says GAO
The FDA has begun taking steps to shore up the science underpinning its regulatory actions, but gaps in scientific information …More
Senate Votes in Favor of Telework Managing Officers
The Senate has voted unanimously in favor of telework legislation that would require all agencies to establish telework policies in …More
Settlement Agreement Found Violated
A recent decision by the United States Court of Federal Claims emphasizes that settlement agreements between federal agencies and employees …More
