Promoting the Candidate After the Election-Day Not a Hatch Act Violation
The Office of Special Counsel has issued an advisory opinion stating that federal employees who choose to promote a Presidential …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersOSC Files Complaints Against USPS Worker for Running for Public Office
The Office of Special Counsel has filed a complaint with the Merit Systems Protection Board in an attempt to have …More
DHS Announces Cross Border Security Communications Network
DHS has announced that senior officials to the US-Mexico "high-level consultative commission on telecommunications" have signed a bilateral telecom agreement …More
Treasury, Energy Dole $500 Million for Clean Energy
The Departments of Treasury and Energy have announced the award of $502 million in a first round of awards under …More
Despite Call for Union Involvement, AFGE Slams DoD Report on NSPS
The American Federation of Government Employees is "angered, frustrated, and perplexed" that the Defense Business Board appointed to review the …More
GSA Awards UPS Large Shipping Contract
GSA has awarded United Parcel Service a contract for express and ground domestic delivery that it says could save up …More
Fewer Postal Facilities Being Considered for Consolidation
The Postal Service has announced that it reduced the number of retail stations and branches it is considering closing to …More
USPS Offering Buyouts
The Postal Service has announced an agreement with two large postal unions to offer buyouts to employees they represent in …More
Importance of Vet Preference Underscored
In guidance that once again underscores the importance of veterans’ preference in hiring decisions, OPM has told agencies that preference …More
System Damaged Labor Relations, Says Report
Unions were effectively frozen out of the NSPS implementation process and their input on the development of the system was …More
NSPS Called Too Much, Too Soon
The Defense Business Board tasked with reviewing the National Security Personnel System concluded that DoD attempted to accomplish too much …More
Mixed Equal Pay Act Complaint Proceeds
A federal court has said that agencies may be held liable for wage discrimination even if the group of complaining …More
CPSC Needs to Strengthen Import Oversight, Says GAO
The growing volume of consumer products imported into the United States has strained the resources of the Consumer Product Safety …More
DHS Issues New Directives on Border Searches of Electronic Media
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano has announced new directives covering searches of computers and other electronic media at U.S. ports that …More
FAA and Controller Union Announce Labor Agreement
The FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association have concluded mediation by agreeing to a draft labor agreement. Union …More
OSC Refers Transportation Whistleblower Matter to Congress, White House
The Office of Special Counsel has told Congress and the White House that the former Secretary of Transportation, Mary E. …More
IG Criticizes VA Office of Information and Technology
The Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general has issued two reports detailing multiple instances where senior personnel abused their authority …More
DHS, Justice and Mexico Announce Investigative Agreement
DHS secretary Janet Napolitano, officials from several federal law enforcement agencies, and Mexican officials have signed an agreement to develop …More
Calls for Splitting SES into Two Camps: Internal and Government-wide
The SES should be split into a local agency or department-specific SES corps and a mobile, national SES corps where …More
SES Designation Used to Retain Senior Technical Talent
While most development and training officials, members of the SES, federal middle managers and SES recruiting and hiring managers tend …More
OSC Seeks Removal of VA Employee for Political Emails During
The Office of Special Counsel has filed a complaint with the Merit Systems Protection Board requesting that an administrative officer …More
New SES Office Announced
OPM has announced the formation of a centralized SES program office to consolidate program functions taking place in multiple offices. …More
OMB Issues Reporting Guidance for FISMA, Privacy Management Programs
OMB has issued instructions for meeting fiscal 2009 reporting requirements under the Federal Information Security Management Act as well as …More
Court Weighs in on Commuting Time
An opinion by the Federal Circuit federal appeals court has once again rejected arguments that certain types of commuting time …More
OMB Details New Contracting Reporting Requirements
OMB’s Office of Federal Procurement Policy has issued a memo detailing several new contracting reporting requirements in the Federal Acquisition …More
OPM Looks to Human Capital Survey to Better Morale
OPM has asked agencies to use the results of the federal human capital survey to guide their efforts to improve …More
GSA Holds Network Services Conference
IT professionals throughout the government gathered recently in Chicago for a GSA network services conference, something GSA said was intended …More
Agencies Recommend Best Practices on Program Use
Agencies made a number of recommendations in their reports on how to best use the student loan repayment program. For …More
Justice a Leader in Student Loan Reimbursements
In fiscal 2008 the Department of Justice provided student loan repayment benefits to 2,610 employees totaling over $23.4 million, making …More
Data Tracking a Key Component
The CBO report said many of VHA’s quality improvement programs use data from computerized clinical records to track both process …More
