OSC Recognizes Whistleblower
The Office of Special Counsel has awarded an engineer from the Army Corps of Engineers in Los Angeles its annual …More
Federal Manager’s Daily Report
Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersFederal-State Cyber-security Partnership Announced
DHS has announced a cyber-security partnership with Michigan and it will deploy federally developed, cyber-security technology EINSTEIN 1 to Michigan’s …More
GSA Soliciting Feedback on USA.gov With Online Forum
GSA has announced the launch of "Your Voice Matters," a public blog intended to garner feedback about USA.gov, which the …More
Energy Efficiency Bill Clears Committee
Legislation (S-1830) to compel the federal government to become more energy-efficient has cleared the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs …More
Court Stresses Deference Given to Arbitrators
A federal appeals court, ruling on a case arising from an arbitrator’s decision involving a dispute over representation of postal …More
GSA Announces Geospatial Software and Services Offerings
GSA has awarded blanket purchase agreements under its SmartBuy program – designed to promote effective software management – to provide …More
Sen. Calls on DHS to Implement IG Recommendations Following Travel Probe
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the ranking member on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has called on DHS to …More
Guidance on Inherently Governmental’ Work Pending
Administration officials meanwhile said they still are not ready to announce the results of another contracting-related review, a redefinition of …More
OMB: Agencies on Schedule to Cut $40 Billion in Contracting by 2011
Federal agencies have submitted plans to the White House to save $19 billion through improvements to their contracting and acquisition …More
Defense Labor Symposium Set
The 2010 Defense Employee and Labor Relations Symposium (DELRS) will be held at the Marriott Tampa Waterside located in Tampa …More
FMA: Second Line Managers Should be Involved in Labor-Management Forums
The order calls on the federal labor-management council to help create department or agency-level labor-management forums to promote partnership efforts …More
Pilot Projects to Test Expanded Bargaining
An executive order President Obama has signed establishing a national, federal labor-management relations council calls for using pilot projects to …More
Further Oversight of Performance Proposed
The bill would extend reporting requirements under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act until GAO has removed the security …More
Bill Would Require More Detailed Reporting on Security Clearances
A bill has been introduced in the Senate federal workforce subcommittee to require more detailed reporting on the security clearance …More
“Aggressive Management” Needed
Collins called for "effective planning and aggressive management" to get the TASC program up to speed and within cost. She …More
Senators Call for More Oversight of DHS Financial System
Citing a report from the DHS inspector general and another from GAO faulting DHS "for having insufficient accounting and financial …More
Energy IG Cites Oversight Failure in Recovery Act Grant Program
The Energy Department’s inspector general has said it identified significant internal control deficiencies in the management of a Recovery Act …More
Election Assistance Commission Settles Political Discrimination Issue
The Office of Special Counsel has announced the resolution of a prohibited personnel practice complaint filed against the US Election …More
Calls for Better Quality of Government Information, Culture of Open Government
The memo said that within 45 days, each agency, in consultation with OMB, shall designate a high-level senior official to …More
Agencies Required to Put More and Higher Quality Information Online
OMB has issued a memo directing executive departments and agencies to begin putting into action principles of transparency, participation, and …More
VA Transfers Payroll Processing to DoD
The Department of Veterans Affairs has migrated its payroll services to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service in an effort …More
GAO: USPS Facing Implementation Problems With Bar-Code Technology
The Postal Service has completed key activities for implementing barcode parcel-tracking technology but is facing schedule delays and has deferred …More
Senate-Confirmed Officials to be Responsible Meeting Improper Payment Targets
President Obama has signed an executive order with the stated intent of reducing improper payments by intensifying efforts to eliminate …More
Calls on FAA to Improve Diversity Management
To ensure that FAA can hire, motivate, and retain the talented staff it needs to operate the national airspace system …More
GAO: Improvement in Employee Satisfaction at FAA Challenging
The FAA’s human capital system incorporates many leading practices, but improving employee satisfaction in the workplace remains a challenge, GAO …More
FAA Developing Testing Grounds for New Technologies
The FAA has broken ground on a 55-acre research park in New Jersey to be used for exploring and developing …More
OSC Seeking Removal of VA Doctor for Alleged Hatch Act Violation
The Office of Special Counsel is seeking the removal of a Department of Veterans Affairs Doctor for an alleged Hatch …More
Has Yet to Address Past Recommendations
The report said CMS also has not substantially addressed seven of nine recommendations made by GAO in 2007 to improve …More
GAO Cites Deficiencies in Contract Management at CMS
Pervasive deficiencies in internal controls over contract management at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services increase the risk of …More
Final Rule Provides Direct Hire Authority for Procurement Jobs Through 2012
OPM published a final rule in the November 24 Federal Register extending direct hire authority for acquisition positions from March …More
