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
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersBill 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
Quantity, Complexity of Work on Rise
The CNA study found that there are more and increasingly complex claims being made. The VA received about 719,000 compensation …More
Veteran Benefits Processing Under Review
Since 2007, the Veterans Benefits Administration has added over 7,100 claims processing personnel, but even as the claims backlog still …More
Contracting Bill Has New Requirements for Making Awards
Legislation has been introduced to block contractors with poor performance records from getting government contracts. The Federal Contracting and Oversight …More
Contracting Officer Recognized for Innovation
GSA has awarded a contracting officer in the Centers for Disease Control its 2010 “Ida Ustad Award” in recognition of …More
Telework Bill Fails to Garner Two-Thirds Vote in House
The House failed to approve a telework bill under “suspension of the rules” procedures generally used to pass non-controversial legislation …More
Interior to Separate Safety, Environmental Enforcement from Business Functions
With the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster still erupting, the Interior Department has announced plans to restructure the Minerals Management …More
Other Changes to Hiring Process Planned
Under the memo, agencies are to have the hiring reforms in place by November 1, but many of the steps …More
New Responsibilities for OPM to Carry Out Reforms
The memo also calls on OPM to establish by mid-August a government-wide performance review and improvement process for hiring reform …More
New Onus Put on Managers in Hiring Process
President Obama has issued a memo calling on agency managers and supervisors to assume a greater leadership role in recruitment …More
All Chairs Full at EEOC after Final Recess Appointment
Three recess appointments have returned the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to its full complement of five commissioners. The most recent …More
Watchdog Updates Contractor Misconduct Database
Most of the top 100 federal contractors have multiple instances of civil, criminal or administrative misconduct on their records, but …More
Census Banking on Cooperation with Enumerators
The Census Bureau has begun its massive follow-up effort with the nearly 48 million – out of 178 million – …More
