GAO Says FDA, OPM Could Improve Oversight of Employee Incentives
GAO has cited in a new report opportunities for the FDA and OPM to improve the oversight of recruitment, relocation …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersGAO: Agencies Have Obligated $194 Billion Under Recovery Act
By the end of 2009, 27 federal agencies had obligated $194 billion – 63 percent – of about $309 billion …More
Group Ranks Lawmakers on Support for Workforce Issues
Federally Employed Women has issued a year-end ranking of lawmakers that supported a number of workforce bills impacting women in …More
Link Drawn Between Online Transparency and Website Satisfaction
Noting the skepticism surrounding the buzzword "transparency" used in discussing the federal government, the company behind the American Customer Satisfaction …More
FLRA Implements Better Case Search Functionality
The Federal Labor Relations Authority has launched a new way to search its decisions online by allowing parties to by …More
Concerned With Over-Reliance of 3R Incentives
OPM director John Berry said he remains concerned with continued growth in 3Rs payments given recent labor market conditions and …More
OPM Issues Plan to Improve Use of Employee Incentives
OPM has issued a memo outlining plans to work with agencies on how to improve the administration and oversight of …More
White House Proposes 30 Percent Increase for FAA’s NextGen
The White House has requested at 30 percent increase in the FAA’s budget for its NextGen air traffic control modernization …More
NASA Budget Boost to Cover Research Mission
The White House has requested an increase of $276 million over the $18.33 billion fiscal 2010 NASA budget, mainly reflecting …More
Agencies Meet Open Government Deadline
Federal agencies covered by the Chief Financial Officers Act have met a February 6 deadline to incorporate an online feedback …More
EPA Stands to Improve Use of Bio-Monitoring Data, Says GAO
The EPA is authorized under the Toxic Substances Control Act to control chemicals that pose unreasonable health risks, but it …More
Tougher Rules for Veteran Contracting
The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a final rule implementing provisions in the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information …More
NOAA Proposes New Climate Service
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has proposed the creation of a new climate service to meet requests from sectors …More
GAO: More Information on Costs of Retiring Shuttle Needed
NASA needs to provide Congress with greater information on space shuttle retirement costs to Congress, GAO told a House science …More
DHS Seeking Input on Open Government Plan
DHS has launched a website designed to solicit feedback from the public and interested stakeholders on ways to enhance transparency, …More
Postal Service Still Seeing Red
The Postal Service has announced it ended the first quarter of the fiscal year with a $279 million net loss …More
White House Wants Funds for 2,000 More Screeners, 300 CBP
The administration’s DHS budget proposal for 2011 requests funds to cover 2,000 additional TSA screeners as part of a $734 …More
Budget Calls for Increase to Centralized IT Services
The White House has proposed to establish one or more centralized service providers for non-military agencies for key strategic IT …More
White House Proposes $158 Million to Bolster Acquisition Workforce
The President’s 2011 budget proposal provides $158 million for an initiative to improve the capacity and capabilities of the civilian …More
GAO: More Needs to be Done to Improve Sharing of Border Information
DHS’s Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the FBI need to take additional actions to improve the sharing …More
OPM Revamps USAJOBs
OPM has launched a revised version of its USAJOBs website to focus more on searching for listings and refining searches …More
White House to Require Contractors to Certify Tax Status to Win Awards
President Obama has issued a memo calling on the IRS commissioner to review the tax status of companies bidding for …More
Cites Recruitment Challenge
The report said the FCC also faces challenges ensuring it has the expertise it needs to adapt to a changing …More
GAO: Jurisdictional Confusion at FCC
Developments in the telecommunications industry continue to create issues that span the jurisdiction of the FCC’s several bureaus, but a …More
Total Public Sector Union Membership Passes Private Sector
More public sector employees – 7.9 million – belonged to a union than did private sector employees – 7.4 million …More
House Passes Bill to Expand GAO Investigative Authority
The House has passed the Government Accountability Office Improvement Act, HR-2646, to expand GAO’s legal authority to access records. Sponsored …More
Feds Authorized to Solicit for Haiti Relief
OPM has authorized the heads of federal departments and agencies to allow a special solicitation of employees at the workplace …More
Partnership: Too Many Political Appointees
At 1,140, there are too many Senate-confirmed political appointments to ensure a smooth transition from one presidential administration to another …More
FAA Begins Using NextGen Satellite Technology in Houston
The FAA has announced that Houston air traffic controllers have begun using the "automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast" satellite based system to …More
DHS Secretary Pushing TSA Security Standards Abroad for In-bound Flights
DHS has announced that Secretary Janet Napolitano is working to begin ironing out a broad consensus on new international aviation …More
