CBP Opens Intel and Operations Coordination Center
Customs and Border Protection has announced the opening of a new Intelligence and Operations Coordination Center to support information sharing …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersPanel Working on Legislation to Reform FPS, GAO Calls for “Alternatives”
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has announced that it preparing to introduce legislation to reform and modernize …More
DHS Releases New Facility Security Standards
DHS has released new standards establishing baseline physical security measures for all federal buildings and facilities. An Interagency Security Committee, …More
DHS to Begin Accepting Reciprocity of Clearances
DHS has announced that it is undertaking actions to reduce the time and costs associated with the personnel security and …More
FLRA Announces Training Sessions for Labor Management Forums
The Federal Labor Relations Authority has announced that its Office of General Counsel has partnered with the Federal Mediation and …More
OPM Announces Workplace Flexibility Pilot
OPM director John Berry announced at a recent White House forum on workplace flexibility that the agency would carry out …More
DHS Rolling Out New Airport Security Measures
DHS has announced that the TSA will begin implementing new enhanced security measures for all air carriers with international flights …More
GSA to Double Hybrid Vehicle Fleet
GSA has announced that the federal government will double the federal hybrid vehicle fleet this year and has committed to …More
GSA Touts “Green” Investments Totaling $4 Billion Under Recovery Act
GSA has announced that so far it has awarded construction projects to over 500 companies under the Recovery Act to …More
TSA Meeting Cost and Schedule Estimates for Secure Flight Program, Says GAO
TSA has largely met life-cycle cost and schedule estimates for its secure flight program and generally achieved all 10 statutory …More
Study: VA Health IT Investment Paying Off
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ investment in health IT – while greater proportionally than private sector norms – is improving …More
Agencies Directed to Terminate Recovery Act Awards for Non-Compliance
President Obama has issued a memo calling on agencies to hold prime recipients of Recovery Act funds accountable for filing …More
Job Fair Produces Job Offers
OPM held a job fair recently for the Presidential Management Fellows program that brought together over 2,000 participants – including …More
More Aggressive Recruitment Needed for Entry-Level IT Staff
The brief said a dearth of entry-level talents suggests that agencies need to recruit those employees harder and more strategically, …More
Partnership: IT Workforce Challenges Imperil Agency Missions
Outdated personnel laws, regulations and HR systems and practices combined with a growing need for IT talent, increasing retirement eligibility …More
Needs Agency-Wide Strategic Human Capital Plan
GAO said the FDA lacks an agency-wide strategic human capital plan, and that further, the agency’s 48 annual performance measures …More
GAO Knocks FDA Strategic Planning, Management
While the FDA is aware overall of the management challenges it faces in fulfilling its mission and has taken steps …More
IG: Light Refreshments $66 Per Head at NASA Conference
NASA needs to improve its implementation of federal guidelines and agency policies and requirements for planning conferences, the NASA inspector …More
VA Has Yet to See Benefits from Improvements to Claims Process, Says GAO
Although the Veterans Benefits Administration has started making improvements to its Systematic Technical Accuracy Review program – a disability compensation …More
Clarifies “Work-Life” Plans
The development of government-wide health and wellness policies and programs intended to improve the balance between work and quality of …More
OPM Wants 50 Percent Increase in Teleworkers in Fiscal 2011
OPM director John Berry told a House appropriations panel that the White House wants to increase by 50 percent the …More
Air Force Testing Hiring Procedures
The Air Force has started a pilot project of a revised civilian hiring test initiative for those applying for jobs …More
GAO: With Census Under Way, Key IT Systems Remain a Risk
The Census Bureau has begun collection activities for the 2010 census – the estimate for which has risen to $15 …More
OMB Phasing out Paper Earnings and Leave Statements
OMB has announced that the federal government will begin phasing out paper earnings and leave statements by making electronic statements …More
As TSA Nominee Withdraws, Unions Still Clamoring for Screener Workforce
President Obama’s second pick as TSA administrator, Retired Army Maj. Gen. Robert Harding, has withdrawn his name from consideration because …More
New Management Requirements to Maintain Critical, Core Work
The proposed policy would require each agency with 100 or more full-time federal employees to identify one or more senior …More
Procurement Office Proposes Definition of Inherently Governmental
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy has proposed to use the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act’s definition of “inherently governmental” …More
Recommends Security Awareness Training for Contractors Early On
GAO called on the IRS to fully implement its agency-wide information security program, and also to ensure that contractors receive …More
GAO Calls on IRS to Continue to Address Information Security Weaknesses
The IRS made progress during fiscal 2009 to address information security weaknesses but GAO has said the agency still has …More
House Passes Restrictions on File Sharing on Federal Computers
The House has passed a bill placing greater restrictions on the use of file sharing software on all federal computers. …More
