GAO: Management Improvements Needed at SEC
GAO has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to provide training for all appropriate employees on entering and processing …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersOMB Issues Recovery Act Guidance on Communicating with Lobbyists
OMB has issued interim guidance covering communications with registered lobbyists about Recovery Act funds. A memo, "Ensuring Responsible Spending of …More
OPM Publishes Leadership Succession Management Guide
OPM has published a guide to its strategic leadership succession management model building upon a December 2005 draft to include …More
VA Expanding Nursing Academy Program
The Department of Veterans Affairs is adding five nursing schools to its network of institutions participating in the VA Nursing …More
USPS Recognized for Reducing Emissions
The Postal Service has received a "climate action championship" award from the California Climate Action Registry, a voluntary registry for …More
DoD Appointees Given Ultimatum on Signing Ethics Pledge
DoD has told its political appointees to either sign the Obama administration’s ethics pledge, which has restrictions on post-separation employment, …More
GAO Calls for Stronger Oversight of Oil and Gas Resource Oversight
GAO told a House panel recently that the stronger oversight is needed of federal oil and gas resource management and …More
FAA Gets Authority to Appoint Military Spouses
In a move designed to give managers another recruiting option while supporting military families the FAA has announced that it …More
OMB Passing the Hat Around to Bolster Grants.gov
OMB has called on all grant-making agencies to chip in to fund improvements to Grants.gov as funding application deadlines under …More
DNI Says Better Linkage Needed Between Pay and Performance
The Director of National Intelligence has said the intelligence community overall needs to improve its linkage of pay and promotions …More
Union Slams TSA Personnel System
The National Treasury Employees Union, in support of an effort to check the growth of pay for performance systems throughout …More
Democratic Reps. Trying to Reign in Pay for Performance
A group of House Democratic lawmakers and federal employee unions have joined chorus in calling for a comprehensive reassessment of …More
New Leadership at Federal Acquisition Service
GSA has announced three changes in the executive leadership of the Federal Acquisition Service effective May 2. The FAS chief …More
GSA Submits $5.5 Billion Recovery Spending Plan to Congress
GSA has submitted to Congress a $5.55 billion spending proposal highlighting the public building projects it plans to accomplish with …More
DoD Needs to Strengthen NSPS Ratings Safeguards
GAO told the House Armed Services Committee recently that DoD should improve safeguards tied to the National Security Personnel System …More
Some Guidance Issued, More Coming on Reservist Pay
OPM has issued guidance but has indicated that more is coming on a provision enacted in a funding bill for …More
Reference Guide to Ethics Polices Compiled
The Office of Government Ethics has compiled a quick reference guide to federal employee ethics laws and implementing rules, covering …More
Bill Introduced to Bolster Federal Executive Boards
Legislation has been introduced to strengthen Federal Executive Boards, which rely on voluntary contributions from member agencies, by establishing them …More
Bill Would Do Away With KSAs
The chair and ranking members of the Senate federal workforce subcommittee, Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, and George Voinovich, R-Ohio, have introduced …More
Bias Law Doesn’t Cover Refusal to Grant Award
The refusal of an agency to grant a Presidential Rank Award to a senior exec is not appealable as a …More
OPM Director Installed
The Senate has confirmed President Obama’s pick to lead OPM, John Berry, formerly the director of the National Zoo. The …More
GSA: Agreements in Place Allowing Agencies to Leverage Popular Websites
GSA has announced that a six month collaboration with a coalition of federal agencies and websites such as YouTube and …More
Cites Lack of Effective Management Oversight
Monthly billing information relating to the cards is not shared or certified by those who actually use them, and the …More
IG Laments Calling Card Misuse at IRS
Some IRS employees are abusing their agency calling cards but the IRS doesn’t really know to what extent and lacks …More
GSA: $50 Billion IT Award Key to Recovery Activity
In announcing the selection of 59 firms under a $50 billion Alliant IT contract, GSA acting administrator Paul Prouty said …More
GAO: HUBZone Easy Pickings
Following up on a report last July detailing fraud and abuse in the Small Business Administration’s Historically Underutilized Business Zone …More
Job Fair Pairs PMF Hopefuls with Hiring Officials
OPM held a job fair recently to pair 786 finalists of the Presidential Management Fellows program with agency hiring officials …More
GSA Taps Lockheed for IT Support
GSA has awarded a $400 million, five-year blanket purchase agreement to Lockheed Martin for a wide range of IT support …More
GAO: Closing Postal Facilities Necessary
GAO in testimony before the House federal workforce subcommittee on the dour financial state of the Postal Service said that …More
Bill Would Require More Managerial Training
The chair of the Senate federal workforce committee has introduced a bill to require agencies to provide all managers with …More
