OPM Urged to Improve Information on Paid Parental Leave Benefit
A bipartisan group of members of Congress has urged OPM to move quickly to improve the information it provides regarding …More
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GAO Cites Fairness Issues in Private Tax Debt Collection Program
The GAO has cited issues of fairness in the IRS program of private collection of certain tax debt, in the …More
Committee Advances Package of Agency Management Bills
The House Oversight and Reform Committee has advanced a package of agency management-related bills including: * HR-262, to require agencies …More
GAO Recommends Improvements to USA Staffing Service
GAO has recommended improvements to the OPM-operated USA Staffing service as well as steps that agencies using that service can …More
Job Applicant Policy Change: Knowing and Willful Failure to Register with Selective Service
Rules proposed by OPM would revise policies regarding job applicants who didn’t register with the Selective Service System to, in …More
Senate Immigration Bill Would Boost Staffing, Add Hiring Flexibilities
An immigration policy bill up for voting in the Senate would boost staffing and add hiring flexibilities for a number …More
Senate Panel Advances Bills on Contracting, Cyber Competition, Other Matters
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved S-3626, to extend contracting standards to agencies across the federal …More
GSA Says It Has BRIGHT Ideas for Lighting in Federal Building
GSA has issued guidance to carry out the 2022 Bulb Replacement Improving Government with High-efficiency Technology Act, or BRIGHT Act, …More
OPM Issues Guidance on Carrying Out New Rules for Setting Initial Pay
OPM has issued guidance to agencies on carrying out newly finalized rules barring them from taking non-federal salaries into consideration …More
GAO Issues Changes to ‘Yellow Book’ Auditing Standards
The GAO has updated for the first time since 2018 its “Yellow Book” Government Auditing Standards publication, commonly called the …More
White House Touts Hiring Surge, Other Agency Responses to AI Order
The Biden administration has highlighted a “talent surge” for hiring persons with artificial intelligence into federal agencies as among the …More
OPM, GSA Set Familiar Priority Goals Through 2025
Agency priority goals from OPM and GSA for the fiscal 2024-2025 cycle largely mirror those of the 2022-2023 cycle, for …More
GAO Calls for Better Controls over Software Licenses
Federal agencies do not have a good grasp on either the numbers or the value of their software licenses, leaving …More
House Questions “Lowest Price” Procurement Bill
The House has passed HR-5528, to require OMB to evaluate and report within six months on whether using the lowest …More
Use of AI Complicates Agency Policies on Privacy, Report Says
The growth in use by federal agencies of artificial intelligence raises questions of “whether agency roles and responsibilities relating to …More
Archives Clears Out Backlog of Veterans’ Records Requests
A backlog of requests by veterans for military records needed to establish eligibility for benefits — one of several backlogs …More
More Guidance Issued on Boosting Small Business Share of Agency Contracts
OMB has issued additional guidance on boosting the share of federal agency contracts going to small businesses, focusing on “multiple-award” …More
Senior Executives Leadership Summit Upcoming
The Senior Executives Association and the Partnership for Public Service are hosting a hybrid in-person/remote attendance leadership summit February 13-15 …More
Limits on Retention Payments Hamper HUD’s Efforts to Reduce Attrition, IG Says
In a report whose findings may apply as well at other agencies, the inspector general’s office at HUD has found …More
State Department Eyes More Mid-Career Hiring to Address Skills Gaps
The State Department has launched a “Lateral Entry Pilot Program” of hiring mid-career job candidates into the Foreign Service, “designed …More
Cutting Costs Without Sacrificing Success When Budgets Are Tight
As federal agencies grapple with tightening budgets, leaders and teams face the challenge of maintaining or enhancing their quality of …More
Opinion | Commentary
Efforts to Convert Civil Servants to Political Appointees Would Gut the Civil Service and Harm America
As a former career civil servant, I know first-hand the value that career staff bring to the federal government – …More
House GOP Leaders Press OMB, Treasury on USAspending.gov
Two House Republican leaders have pressed OMB and the Treasury Department on the “failure of many agencies to report accurate …More
Audit: GSA Used ‘Misleading’ Information to Justify Purchase of Video Cameras
An inspector general audit has said that that IT officials at the GSA “misled a contracting officer with egregiously flawed …More
Auditors Call on DHS to Strengthen Internal IT Security Controls
An inspector general report has called on DHS to strengthen its internal IT security controls after finding three of its …More
More Coordination among Agencies Needed on Grant Awards, Says Report
Grant awards and cooperative agreements account for an increasing share of federal agency spending, a larger share than acquisition, but …More
OPM Updates HR Business Model
OPM has issued an update of its Human Capital Business Reference Model, which it calls “the seminal product for defining …More
Bills on Code Sharing, Facility Safety Offered; Nominees Advance
A newly offered bipartisan bill (S-3626) in the Senate would require federal agencies to share custom-developed source code with each …More
OPM Sees Progress, Challenges in Workforce Planning, Other HR Issues
Federal agencies are making progress in workforce planning and other HR-related issues but face challenges including lack of dedicated resources, …More
MSPB Clears Way for Higher Fee Awards to Employees Who Win Cases There
An MSPB decision has cleared the way for increasing payments that agencies must make to reimburse legal fees of employees …More
