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
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersOGE 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
Rule Requires Permission Slip for DoD Officials to Take Jobs With Contractors
DoD has issued an interim rule in the January 15 Federal Register requiring DoD officials who have participated personally and …More
New Oversight Chair Calls Transparency Bills “Down Payment”
The new chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Edolphus Towns, D-NY, told a panel recently that …More
Backed by Key Committee, DHS Nominee Pledges to Address Morale
DHS secretary-designate Janet Napolitano, currently the governor of Arizona again received strong backing from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental …More
External Input Needed for Audit Planning
GAO called on the OIG to include performance audits focusing on economy, efficiency and potential monetary savings as part of …More
GAO Calls for Improved Audit Coverage of NASA
NASA’s inspectors general need to improve audit coverage, GAO has concluded after reviewing IG reports and documentation and interviewing auditors. …More
EEOC Wants Hiring Officials Assessed for Meeting Diversity Requirements
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Hispanic Work Group has issued a report to EEOC chair Naomi Earp recommending that EEO/diversity …More
GSA Awards Schedule Contract to Cannon
GSA has announced that its Federal Acquisition Service awarded a multiple award schedule contract under the consolidated schedule to provide …More
Reputation Important
While encouraging overall, the report cited challenges agencies face in attracting recent college grads. It noted that students are apprehensive …More
Partnership: Conditions Great for Hiring College Recent Grads
With the economy in shock the federal government is poised to compete well for recent college graduates who are increasingly …More
Under One-Third of ID Cards Issued
OMB has reported that as of the first quarter of fiscal 2009 that just 31 percent of federal employees and …More
Human Capital Succession Plans Requested
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is asking agencies to provide a copy of their acquisition workforce human capital succession …More
CIO Council: We Must Not Overlook the Private Sector
The federal Chief Information Officers Council has issued a transition guide cautioning incoming CIOs to not overlook private sector innovations …More
Discipline Ordered in Hatch Act Cases
The Merit Systems Protection Board has ordered disciplinary actions recently in cases involving the Hatch Act brought by the Office …More
OPM Announces Temporary SES Appointing Authorities
OPM is providing limited term appointment authorities for senior executives and temporary SES space allocations to agencies in order to …More
SES Hiring Project Deemed a Success
A recently concluded pilot project testing simplified ways of hiring into SES positions was successful and OPM plans to build …More
FBI Announces Hiring Push
The FBI has announced a hiring initiative that it hopes will bring in over 2,100 professional staff positions throughout its …More
Resolution Would Mandate Hearings on Waste, Fraud and Abuse
Rep. John Tanner, D-Tenn., has introduced a bill that would require committees to hold at least one hearing every four …More
Senator to Prioritize Financial Regulatory Reform
Citing a GAO report calling for widespread changes to the financial regulatory system, the ranking member of the Senate Homeland …More
SSA Needs to Improve Notice to Denied Claimants, GAO Says
The Social Security Administration should modify its guidance to require that notices to claimants denying disability claims clearly distinguish medical …More
Excused Absence Policy Revised
The policy that federal employees who are activated for military duty to support military operations in the global war on …More
Energy IG Identifies Management Challenges
The Department of Energy’s inspector general has issued a report identifying six management challenges facing the department: contract administration, cyber …More
New Oversight Chair Pushes Transparency Reforms
As a first order of business the new chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee presented two pieces …More
Again Calls for End to Private Tax Collection Program
As in past reports the taxpayer advocate concluded that the IRS’s private debt collection program has failed in most respects. …More
Taxpayer Advocate Calls for More Face-to-Face Assistance
The IRS needs to collaborate with taxpayer assistance centers on studies pertaining to taxpayer service and take steps to identify …More
DHS Campus Approved
The National Capital Planning Commission, the federal government’s main body for federal land and buildings in the national capital area, …More
Obama Names Chief Performance Officer
President-elect Barack Obama has named Nancy Killefer as Chief Performance Officer and will likely nominate the management consultant as deputy …More
Group Calls for Greater Compliance With EEO Reporting
Federally Employed Women, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, has stated disappointment with "low compliance" regarding the reporting requirements in a …More
