Earning and Using Compensatory Time Off
There are times when your agency may ask you to work overtime. It may also ask you to accept compensatory …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersWhite House Will Not Put Hold on Pay for Performance Expansion
OMB has told the chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Edolphus Towns, D-NY, that it will not …More
GAO: Action Plan Could Help Address Negative Perceptions of NSPS
DoD civilian employees under the National Security Personnel System have responded positively regarding some aspects of the system, but DoD …More
House Passes Defense Bill with Restrictions On NSPS
The House has passed a fiscal 2010 defense-spending bill that includes an amendment placing restrictions on the National Security Personnel …More
Hiring Programs at Justice Agencies Also a Concern
The same measure also raises concerns about personnel programs at several Justice Department sub-agencies. For the Bureau of Prisons, the …More
House Raises Management Concerns about Census
The House in passing a fiscal 2010 appropriations bill for the Commerce and Justice departments raised concerns about the management, …More
HUD Should Focus on Inappropriate Use of Housing Funds, Says GAO
The Department of Housing and Urban Development provided over $6.7 billion in fiscal 2008 to housing agencies to operate, modernize, …More
Pilot DoD Job Application System Started
DoD has started a six-month pilot test of a recruitment and application system called Enterprise Staffing Solution (ESS). Applicants applying …More
DHS Personnel Security Programs Strained, IG Says
The DHS inspector general has called for the creation of a centralized department-level personnel security intake processing and customer service …More
Sen. Calls for Review of VA Health Care Infrastructure
The chair of the Senate federal workforce subcommittee, Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, has called for a reevaluation of how the Department …More
Diversity Bill Back on the Table
The chairs of the House and Senate federal workforce subcommittees, Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, and Danny Davis, D-Ill., have re-introduced …More
No Jury Trials for Whistleblowers, Senior Executives Association Says
The general counsel for the Senior Executives Association, William Bransford, told the Senate federal workforce subcommittee recently that while the …More
GAO Sees Problems Integrating Plug-In Vehicles into Federal Fleet
The federal government set a goal for federal agencies to use plug-in hybrid electric vehicles as they become available at …More
GSA Orders 14,000+ Vehicles Under Recovery Act
GSA has announced that it used $210 million in funds under the Recovery Act to place an order for 14,105 …More
OMB Nominee Emphasizes Balance Between Public, Private Sector Approaches
The nominee for deputy management director at OMB is a Washington D.C. management consultant with no public sector background and …More
New Chief of Staff at GSA
GSA has appointed the former director of the National Academy of Public Administration’s Collaboration Project – a leadership project attempting …More
COLA Policy Revision Would Address Management Complaint
A plan to replace the nonforeign area COLA system with locality pay would address a long-running complaint about that program from …More
Measure Seeks Changes in Foreign Affairs Agencies
House-passed legislation (HR-2410) that now moves to the Senate would make several significant changes in the mission of foreign affairs …More
IT Dashboard Site to Launch
OMB intends to launch an IT Dashboard website by the end of this month to give agencies and the public …More
Report Examines Challenges of Upcoming Census
The Census Bureau has turned to new techniques and new technologies in preparation for next year’s national head count, but …More
Suspension Related to Political E-Mail Upheld
MSPB recently upheld the 30-day suspension on Hatch Act charges of an employee found to have sent an email while …More
OMB: Hiring Reform “Sporadic Effort, at Best”
To date, there has been sporadic effort, at best, applied to reducing the time it takes to hire and making …More
OMB Signals Tighter Budget Times Ahead
OMB has sent several recent signals that agency budgets may tighten in fiscal 2011 after several years of loosened purse …More
OSC Finds Reverse Political Discrimination
The Office of Special Counsel has said that former Housing and Urban Development secretary Alphonzo Jackson improperly rejected the selection …More
National Drug Trafficking Strategy to Includes Personnel Increase
Part of the White House’s new national strategy aimed at reducing drug trafficking and the flow of bundled cash and …More
Task Force to Review Southwest Border Operations
DHS has announced the formation of a Homeland Security Advisory Council Southwest Border Task Force comprised of national security experts …More
FAA Office Closure Plan Draws Fire
The FAA is reportedly moving forward with a plan to close 21 regional National Weather Service Center Weather Service Units …More
FEMA Reaches Out to Private Sector
Recently confirmed FEMA director Craig Fugate has met with about 25 private sector associations to discuss their roles in disaster …More
Energy Could Reduce Power Consumption, IG Cites “Low Hanging Fruit”
The Department of Energy, which is pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the private sector to improve energy efficiency …More
GSA Nominee Urged to Tackle Acquisition Workforce
The ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Susan Collins, R-Maine, called on the nominee for …More
