IG: Energy Efficiency Specs Out of Date
The Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program is charged with developing and publishing energy efficiency specifications to inform federal …More
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GAO said it has identified $325 million in set-aside and sole-source contracts given to firms not eligible for the Small …More
Labor Authority Proposes Revisions to Arbitration Regulations
The Federal Labor Relations Authority has proposed changes to the way arbitration awards are reviewed to improve and speed up …More
Departments Form Partnership as Fire Season Heats Up
The Departments of Agriculture, Interior and Homeland Security have announced a partnership with state, regional, local and tribal leaders to …More
Treasury Phasing out Paper-Based Transactions
The Treasury Department has announced a three-pronged approach to reduce the number of transactions conducted on paper by moving them …More
MSPB Asks Why Problems with Supervisory Workforce Persist
The Merit Systems Protection Board has identified key barriers to improving supervisory performance, including that selection processes do not adequately …More
Reporting Instructions Issued on Information Security and Privacy
OMB has issued instructions to agencies for meeting their fiscal 2010 reporting requirements under the Federal Information Security Management Act …More
MSPB Critical of Supervisory Job Announcements
The Merit Systems Protection Board has said many supervisory job announcements fail on a basic level. After reviewing 100 of …More
SES Development Pool Interested but Wary, Group Says
Senior level federal employees are motivated by the possibility of creativity and innovation in senior executive service positions as well …More
Spending Freeze Proposal Examined
The White House’s proposed three-year spending freeze on "non-security" discretionary federal programs would have a mixed effect on agencies, the …More
GAO: Comprehensive Planning Needed to Manage Social Security Claims
Comprehensive planning is needed to manage the Social Security Administration’s large and expanding disability claims workload, GAO told a House …More
Decrease in Hispanic Hires Offset by Higher Retention in 2009
The percentage of Hispanics in the permanent federal workforce remained at 8 percent for the second year in a row, …More
OGE Sends Reminder on Waivers
The Office of Government Ethics has sent a memo to agencies reminding them of the policies for waiving ethical restrictions …More
EPA Misused Intern Program in Hiring, IG Says
The EPA inspector general has said the agency engaged in a prohibited personnel practice by giving four Federal Career Intern …More
House Approves Defense Acquisitions Overhaul
The House has passed a bill to overhaul the defense acquisition system, including by applying performance management practices to the …More
Guidance Issued on Hiring Pilot Project
DoD has put out guidance on a new pilot program to secure internships for military spouses with federal agencies as …More
Senators Propose Bill to Ease Presidential Transition
Four senators have proposed legislation intended to smooth the transition between presidential administrations, and to address what they say is …More
House Bill Addresses Information Security
Legislation (HR-4900) offered by the head of the House government information subcommittee seeks to strengthen and harmonize efforts to ensure …More
2010 Citizen Services Awards Announced
GSA has announced three winners of its 2010 Citizen Services Award, given in recognition of innovative programs that enhance citizen …More
Announces Overhaul of Spending-Transparency Website
OMB said that in coordination with GSA it would soon launch a new version of the USAspending.gov platform in order …More
OMB Sets Deadline for Sub-Award Reporting Under Recovery Act
OMB has set October 1 as the deadline for agencies to begin reporting sub-awards under the Transparency Act, meant to …More
Defense Labor Symposium Upcoming
The annual Defense Employee and Labor Relations Symposium will be held at the Marriott Tampa Waterside Hotel and Marina in …More
Panel Recommends Performance Management Approach for Defense Acquisitions
The defense acquisitions system is geared toward acquiring weapons systems and is ill suited to the much more extensive need …More
FMA: Managerial Input Missing From Labor-Management Forum Proposals
The Federal Managers Association has said ground-level employee and managerial involvement is noticeably absent from the labor-management forum proposals agencies …More
CBP Opens Intel and Operations Coordination Center
Customs and Border Protection has announced the opening of a new Intelligence and Operations Coordination Center to support information sharing …More
Panel Working on Legislation to Reform FPS, GAO Calls for “Alternatives”
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has announced that it preparing to introduce legislation to reform and modernize …More
DHS Releases New Facility Security Standards
DHS has released new standards establishing baseline physical security measures for all federal buildings and facilities. An Interagency Security Committee, …More
DHS to Begin Accepting Reciprocity of Clearances
DHS has announced that it is undertaking actions to reduce the time and costs associated with the personnel security and …More
FLRA Announces Training Sessions for Labor Management Forums
The Federal Labor Relations Authority has announced that its Office of General Counsel has partnered with the Federal Mediation and …More
OPM Announces Workplace Flexibility Pilot
OPM director John Berry announced at a recent White House forum on workplace flexibility that the agency would carry out …More
