Direct Hire Authority Available for Veterinarians
OPM has approved government-wide, nation-wide authority for agencies to use direct hire procedures to fill veterinarian medical officer positions at …More
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The Merit Systems Protection Board, in advocating for the use of alternative discipline in the federal workplace, has cautioned that …More
GSA to Invest in Backlog of Infrastructure Projects
By investing in its backlog of infrastructure projects, GSA thinks it can stimulate the construction and real estate sectors while …More
Bill Would Provide Housing Stipend for Vets
A bill has been introduced in the House Veterans Affairs Committee that would allow veterans taking distance-learning courses to get …More
Stimulus Funds Hybrids for Federal Vehicle Fleet
The federal stimulus package includes $300,000,000 for the acquisition of motor vehicles for the federal fleet. According to a report …More
Bush’s OPM Gives NSPS Favorable Assessment
A report prepared by the Bush administration’s OPM leadership but just recently released draws a number of favorable conclusions on …More
Good Government Groups to Merge
The Partnership for Public Service has announced that it is in the process of absorbing programs and staff from the …More
Bill Would Expand Collective Bargaining in VA
Bills have been introduced in the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees that would expand collective bargaining among groups of …More
White House Asks Agencies to Appoint Recovery Coordinators
White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and OMB director Peter Orszag have asked agencies receiving significant funding from the …More
Bill Would Pre-Fund VA
The chairs of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees have re-introduced legislation calling for advanced appropriations for military veterans’ …More
Calls for Service Delivery Plan
GAO called on SSA to develop a service delivery plan that describes, in detail, how it will deliver quality customer …More
GAO: SSA Feeling Pinch of Staffing Constraints
In fiscal 2008, the Social Security Administration’s approximately 1,300 field offices provided service to about 44 million customers, but through …More
GAO Finds Holes in TSAs Study of Screener Outsourcing
TSA has created a Screening Partnership Program through which commercial airports can apply to use private-screening contractors, but an agency …More
Whistleblower Provisions Stripped from Stimulus
Meanwhile, House and Senate conferees stripped similar provisions that the House had included in the compromise $790 billion stimulus package. …More
Whistleblower Bill Re-Introduced in Senate
A standalone whistleblower protection bill has been re-introduced in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The Whistleblower Protection …More
VA Personnel Reforms Offered
Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, have reiintroduced the Veterans’ Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act, …More
Union Chaffs with FAA Brass Over Data Breach
The FAA announced recently that personal information on roughly 45,000 employees and retires on the agency’s rolls as of early …More
FAA Reauthorization Addresses Union, Other Issues
Leaders of the House Transportation Committee have drafted a reauthorization bill for the FAA that addresses several union issues and …More
Controversy Brewing Over Census
A key House Republican on civil service matters has warned the White House of potential repercussions from what he terms …More
Recommends Focus on Feeder Groups to Sustain Hiring Pipeline
For the VA to continually replace its thousands of retiring and resigning employees every year it needs a reliable pipeline …More
Report Says VA Needs to Spruce up “Stodgy” Recruitment Website
According to a new report, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs understands that like a corporation it has a brand identity …More
Partnership Focusing on SES
The Partnership for Public Service has announced an initiative with Booz Allen Hamilton to take the pulse of the Senior …More
Bill Could Lead to IRS Staff Increase
The chair of the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, John Lewis, D-Ga., has reintroduced a bill to repeal the IRS’s …More
Charge Card Guidance Issued
OMB has issued new guidance relating to use of government charge cards by federal employees, the latest in a series …More
Implementation Task Force
The FAA has announced the formation of a NextGen implementation task force consisting of government and industry representatives to develop …More
FAA Releases NextGen Modernization Update
The FAA has released an update to the implementation plan of its vast modernization effort, NextGen, and has announced an …More
Obama Makes Appointments to Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
President Obama has announced three deputy associate directors of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs from the Obama-Biden campaign …More
Strong Demand for Public Websites to Track Recovery Funds
A national survey conducted on behalf of the Coalition for an Accountable Recovery has found wide support for public websites …More
Calls for Continuity in the Face of Ongoing Changes to TARP
GAO said that while the troubled asset program has added many new programs since being introduced in October and although …More
Troubled Asset Relief Program Management Taking Shape
Treasury has made progress in establishing its management infrastructure for the Office of Financial Stability, through which it is buying …More
