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
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersUnion 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
Bill to Safeguard Green Building Investments Moves Forward
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works has passed legislation that would require GSA to identify competencies that federal …More
Senators Critical of Interagency Contracting Practices
Several lawmakers whose committees have jurisdiction over federal contracting matters roundly criticized interagency contracting practices after GAO found such contracts …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
Bill to Safeguard Green Building Investments Moves Forward
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works has passed legislation that would require GSA to identify competencies that federal …More
Senators Critical of Interagency Contracting Practices
Several lawmakers whose committees have jurisdiction over federal contracting matters roundly criticized interagency contracting practices after GAO found such contracts …More
Interior Secretary Revises MMS Reorganization Plan
Interior secretary Ken Salazar has cancelled plans to divide the Minerals Management Service into two separate entities in favor of …More
Memo Seeks Broader Agency Coordination on Oil Spill Response
OMB has issued a memo calling on agencies to participate in the development and execution of a social service and …More
Recovery Act Website to Rely on Cloud Computing
Recovery.gov, the website used to track spending under the Recovery Act, is moving to a cloud computing model whereby it …More
House Committee Passes Bills to Ramp up VA Services
The House Veterans Affairs Committee has passed three bills that would expand services to veterans through the VA and increase …More
SSA Gets Good Satisfaction Marks
Meanwhile the SSA has drawn attention to findings from the American Customer Satisfaction Index, which gave high marks to the …More
Online Interaction Keeps Growing
Americans are continuing to rely more and more on online interaction as they seek out information and services from the …More
Committee Chair Calls on Education Secretary to Investigate
Committee chair George Miller, D-Calif., has sent a letter to Education secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking her to investigate GAO’s findings. …More
GAO Uncovers Fraud and Abuse in Head Start Centers
GAO has confirmed allegations of fraud and abuse involving two Head Start nonprofit grantees and said the problem could be …More
FBI Deputy Director Tapped to Lead TSA
President Obama has nominated FBI deputy director John Pistole to lead the Transportation Security Administration. Pistole is the third nominee …More
Amendment Would Restrict Movement Between Finance Industry, Government
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has filed an amendment to the Senate financial regulation bill that would put in place a …More
OPM Lays Out Implementation Steps
OPM director John Berry clarified for the panel that OPM has a full implementation plan that includes deploying "mobile assistance …More
Unions in Favor of Greater Managerial Involvement in Hiring
A May 11 presidential memo on hiring reform directs agencies to ensure that supervisors and managers are more involved in …More
Government Reform Chair Committed to Restroom Legislation
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee recently held a hearing to consider legislation that would mandate a one-to-one ratio …More
Bill Has New Training Requirements for Federal Buildings Personnel
Legislation has been introduced to require GSA to identify competencies that federal buildings personnel should possess and require that they …More
USPS Continues to Cut Work Hours
The Postal Service will post a net loss of $1.9 billion on declining volumes of 88.1 billion pieces of mail …More
