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
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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
Amendment Authorizes Protective Masks
The bill includes an amendment offered by the chair of the House federal workforce subcommittee, Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., that …More
TSA Authorization Calls for Strategic Security Plan
The House has overwhelmingly passed a TSA spending bill that would require the agency to develop a strategic risk-based plan …More
Mixed Progress With IT Management
The FDA has made mixed progress establishing important IT management capabilities that are essential in helping ensure a successful modernization, …More
FDA Needs to Better Plan Out Modernization Effort, Says GAO
The Food and Drug Administration, heavily reliant on IT in carrying out its responsibilities, needs to establish key plans and …More
OMB Issues Requirements for Reporting Spending
OMB has issued operational guidelines for federal agencies to use to report data to USASpending.gov, defining award-reporting requirements necessary to …More
Obama Taps Former Marine General, Head of Consulting Firm to Lead NASA
President Obama has nominated Gen. Charles Bolden a former astronaut, retired Commanding General of the Third Marine Aircraft Wing after …More
DHS Tests Exit Tracking at Atlanta, Detroit Airports
DHS has begun finger-printing non-US citizens leaving the country from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson and Detroit’s Metropolitan Wayne County airports. The department …More
Careerist Tapped as DHS Chief Human Capital Officer
DHS secretary Janet Napolitano has appointed the chief human capital officer at the Defense Logistics Agency since 2000 as DHS’s …More
Cites Weak Internal Control Environment, Calls for Setting “Tone at the Top”
GAO identified that the loss, theft, and waste can be attributed to IHS’s weak internal control environment, and called on …More
Indian Health Service Free for All
Following up on a whistleblower tip, GAO has identified millions of dollars worth of Indian Health Service property that was …More
