Lack of TSA Inspectors Means Lack of Inspections
TSA passed on 3,000 cargo inspections — out of 30,000 planned for fiscal 2007 — partly because it has not …More
Federal Manager’s Daily Report
Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersSlower Caseload Growth Rate, but Still Greater Backlog
Despite processing improvements, ODAR receipts increased at a rate 5 percent higher than anticipated and the agency ended the year …More
SSA Beats Caseload Goal
The Social Security Administration has announced that it surpassed its goal to process 558,598 cases in fiscal 2008 by 16,782. …More
Former Interior Department Official Enters Guilty Plea for Taking Bribe
A former senior Interior Department official has pleaded guilty to taking a $10,000 bribe to help an insurance company get …More
GAO Calls for Aggressive Cost Cutting at Postal Service
The Postal Service needs to respond to worsening finances by drastically cutting costs, GAO told the Senate financial management subcommittee …More
OPM Lifts Moratorium on Qualifications Reviews for Senior Personnel
OPM has lifted a temporary ban on qualifications review board case processing that has been in place since mid-December in …More
Former Interior Department Official Enters Guilty Plea for Taking Bribe
A former senior Interior Department official has pleaded guilty to taking a $10,000 bribe to help an insurance company get …More
GAO Calls for Aggressive Cost Cutting at Postal Service
The Postal Service needs to respond to worsening finances by drastically cutting costs, GAO told the Senate financial management subcommittee …More
OPM Lifts Moratorium on Qualifications Reviews for Senior Personnel
OPM has lifted a temporary ban on qualifications review board case processing that has been in place since mid-December in …More
Treasury Needs to Train Oversight Personnel Faster, Says GAO
GAO has called on the Treasury Department to expedite efforts to ensure sufficient personnel are assigned and properly trained to …More
Performance Teams Yet to Materialize
The Obama administration has started work on initiatives it committed to during the campaign to shake up management of under …More
Unions Celebrate Pro-Labor Orders
Federal labor unions are celebrating three pro-labor executive orders issued by President Obama implying a reversal of the previous administration’s …More
GAO Calls for the Elimination of Overlapping Financial Regulatory Missions
Calling the nation’s financial regulatory system fragmented and outdated, GAO has said that reform proposals should reflect efficient oversight of …More
Stimulus Bill Includes Whistleblower Protections
The House’s $819 billion economic stimulus bill includes an amendment increasing whistleblower protections for federal employees, including TSA workers. The …More
EPA Recognized for Integrating Management Systems
The EPA has been recognized for the government’s top organizational honor. It was selected the 2008 Presidential Award for Management …More
Personnel Demonstration Project Finalized for Food Safety Service
OPM has published a notice of approval of a final plan for a demonstration project for the Department of Agriculture’s …More
GAO Sees Savings in Infrastructure Investment
Federal agencies have identified billions of dollars in reinvestment requirements to maintain their aging facilities and bring them up to …More
OMB Asks Agencies to Postpone Recent Regulations
OMB director Peter Orszag has issued a memo telling agencies to consider postponing rules that have not yet taken effect …More
TSA Employees Assess Supervisors
About 60 percent of TSA employees participating in a 2008 organizational satisfaction survey said their immediate supervisors or team leaders …More
Calls for Greater Variety and Increase in Workload Data
GAO called on VA to develop three types of workload information to inform the long-term strategic plan it is currently …More
GAO: VA Budget Estimates Unrealistic
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ long-term care strategic plan through fiscal 2013 includes increases for some long-term care workload, but …More
USPS Touts Savings from “Green Computing”
The Postal Service has announced that it is saving money by using leading-edge technologies to support energy conservation, recycling and …More
Recruitment Incentives for VA Back on the Table
The chair of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, has re-introduced legislation to improve medical personnel incentives and …More
Senator Calls GAO High-Risk List “Road Map” for Trimming Waste
GAO has released its biennial list of government programs susceptible to waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement. The list includes four …More
Former Head of Rocky Mountain Region Tapped to Lead GSA
GSA’s acting regional administrator for its Rocky Mountain region has been appointed as GSA’s new acting administrator, taking over in …More
EEOC Work Group Calls for Skill Development Opportunities to Asian Personnel
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Work Group, in seeking to diminish what it termed as …More
DHS Secretary Orders Review of Areas Centering on “Protection”
DHS secretary Janet Napolitano has issued five "action directives" aimed at shoring up protection, instructing offices and agencies to gather …More
CBP Launches Hiring Campaign
Customs and Border Protection has set a goal of hiring about 11,000 frontline and mission and operations support positions in …More
OGE Issues Guidance on Order
The Office of Government Ethics has issued follow-up guidance on the order stating that unlike certain other ethical requirements, the …More
Obama Seeks to Stop Revolving Door
President Obama has issued an executive order establishing an ethics pledge that all political appointees must sign and agree to …More
