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
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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
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
