Arbitrator Sides With Union Over Employee Suggestion Program at IRS
The National Treasury Employees Union has said an arbitrator decided in its favor over whether IRS management failed to "link" …More
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Systemic problems both at the strategic and at the program level underlie cost growth and schedule delays, GAO said. It …More
GAO: Fundamental Changes Needed to Improve Weapons Program Outcomes
DoD’s portfolio of weapon system programs has grown at a pace that far exceeds available resources, and better program outcomes …More
Union Calls for Probe Into TSA’s High Turnover
In a slap at TSA’s pay for performance system, the National Treasury Employees Union is calling on Congress to look …More
TSA Trying a New Approach to Employee Screening
TSA has announced that it launched, at seven airports, 90-day employee screening pilot programs as required under the omnibus appropriations …More
Telework Bill Passes House
The House has approved legislation to require all executive agencies to develop programs that allow employees to telework at least …More
GAO Calls on FDIC to Improve Configuration Management of Financial Systems
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is sustaining progress but still needs to improve the configuration management of key financial systems, …More
DoD IG Office Swamped by Defense Budget
The DoD inspector general has said it needs another $25 million to keep pace with a growing defense budget, noting …More
OMB Issues Checklist for ID Card Rollout
OMB has issued a memo to assist agencies with their implementation of homeland security presidential directive-12, the driver behind a …More
Says Performance Management System Not Effective, Calls for Training Review
The formula for assigning ratings in the VBA’s performance management system may prevent managers from fully acknowledging and rewarding staff …More
Report: VBA Should Hold Staff Accountable for Meeting Training Requirements
The Veterans Benefits Administration has a standardized training curriculum for new staff and a training requirement for all staff, but …More
Information Security Grade Improves
The government’s aggregate score for information security on a report card based on agency reports provided under the Federal Information …More
DoD Taps Students for Foreign Language Recruitment Ideas
DoD has announced the winner of a national case study competition it held to acquire marketing strategies on how best …More
Program Has Familiar, Unique Features
The NICCP program, designed to eventually encompass intelligence jobs in 16 agencies, reflects several common themes in pay for performance …More
Intelligence Community to Get Pay for Performance System
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has announced a new “national civilian compensation program” that it says will …More
Union Launches Ad to Resist Medical Vouchers for Vets
The American Federation of Government Employees is running a national radio spot in a bid to get Congress to “fully …More
Split on Whether Flexibilities Trump Traditional Selection
Half of the respondents using direct-hire authority, the student career experience program and the federal career intern program said they …More
Managers Report Little Training on Use of Hiring Flexibilities
Just 18 percent of federal managers and supervisors surveyed by OPM recently said they have received training on the use …More
MSPB High on OPM
OPM’s "assessment decision tool" can help selecting officials find out more about a particular assessment method or develop an overall …More
Contracting Restrictions Also Included
The bill also takes several actions directed at concerns the Armed Services Committee has raised this year regarding DoD’s use …More
Repeal of BRAC Commission Among Provisions in Defense Spending Bill
The House fiscal 2009 defense spending bill would scrap the base realignment and closure commission. According to a summary of …More
Task-Oriented Sites Recognized at Government Web Manager Conference
A recent conference attended by over 400 government web managers focused on new collaborative technologies that could help agencies work …More
Witnesses: Funding Increase Needed
There emerged somewhat of a consensus at the hearing that more money is needed. SSA’s deputy commissioner for operations, Linda …More
GAO: Baby Boomer Retirements Strain Social Security Workforce
Reduced personnel in the Social Security Administration’s field offices face increasing challenges as baby boomers begin retiring, GAO told the …More
Another $2 Billion for NASA Requested
A bipartisan group of 30 Representatives has called on senior lawmakers to include $2 billion in funding for NASA as …More
Senators Have Questions About Cyber-Security Initiative
The chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., and ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, …More
Mental Health Treatment Question for Security Clearances Revised
DoD, OPM and OMB have approved a revision to a widely used national security clearance questionnaire, SF-86, regarding mental and …More
SES Diversity Bill Moves Forward
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has passed a bill designed to improve race and gender diversity in the …More
FDA Announces Hiring Push
The FDA has announced plans to fill over 1,300 positions in the next few months as part of a multi-year …More
Senate Panel Marks Up Defense Spending Bill
The Senate Armed Services Committee has completed its markup of the fiscal 2009 Defense authorization bill. The bill includes provisions …More
