Bill on Building Ownership Passes; One on Cyber Incident Transparency Offered
Congress has sent to the White House for an expected signature a bill (S-1869) to require new scrutiny of ownership …More
Congress has sent to the White House for an expected signature a bill (S-1869) to require new scrutiny of ownership …More
Concerns about lack of diversity in the intelligence community date back more than three decades but the publicly available information …More
President Trump has signed into law (P.L. 116-207) a bill to tighten security controls on the Internet of Things including …More
The pandemic “highlighted the decades of neglect” of IT systems by the federal government and other levels of government but …More
OPM has told agencies to submit their requests for allocations of senior positions including SES, senior level and senior scientific …More
The Navy has saddled up for “Operation Cattle Drive” to send obsolete and wasteful IT off into the sunset, calling …More
An inspector general report has cited numerous shortcomings in consolidations at three EPA laboratories, saying the initiative—which has roots beginning …More
The GSA has proposed revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regulation on use of reverse auctions by federal agencies, saying that …More
An IG audit has found potential dangers to NASA employees in the way the agency purchases and stores materials which …More
President Trump has issued an executive order setting principles for federal agencies to follow in using artificial intelligence, saying AI …More
Several agencies with important roles in responding to natural disasters are falling short in assessing whether they have a sufficient …More
GAO has put federal personnel issues among the top priorities for the Biden administration and the new Congress convening in …More
An IG report has said that the Defense Department “routinely struggles to recruit, retain, and develop the number of cyber …More
The category management initiative, in which purchasing for common products and services such as medical supplies and computers is centralized, …More
An inspector general audit has raised concerns about the health and safety protections for employees under the policies of individual …More
The VA has said it expects that amounts of an approved Coronavirus vaccine will be limited at first and is …More
The Labor Department inspector general has found “problems with the completeness and timeliness of investigations into whistleblower complaints” filed with …More
An inspector general audit has said the National Science Foundation’s plans for returning to the workplace employees who had been …More
DoD is cautioning both military and civilian personnel to follow guidance from that department, the CDC, and other authorities “when …More
Figures newly released by OPM show that each form of turnover among federal employees in the first two quarters of …More
The Partnership for Public Service has said that an FBI initiative designed to anticipate job vacancies well in advance of …More
Use of official time dropped sharply in recent years 2019 compared with the previous accounting covering 2016, OPM has reported, …More
OPM has approved an emergency leave transfer programs related to the Oregon wildfires, in which employees may donate unused annual …More
OMB has told agencies to report by year’s end under an August executive order directing them to review their contractors’ …More
The VA has asked for a policy interpretation that would narrow eligibility of employees there to belong to unions by …More
OPM has told federal agencies to provide data on several indicators of diversity for formerly annual reports that the agency …More
Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee have proposed (HR-8791) a wide-ranging overhaul of DHS, including several provisions affecting personnel …More
OPM has encouraged agencies to use rotational programs for employees in cybersecurity occupations “to build and continue to mature the …More
GAO has said that as part of an assessment of federal agencies’ use of telework during the pandemic, “we plan …More
The EEOC has published for comment revisions to its guidance on religious discrimination in the workplace under the Civil Rights …More