Symposium Coming on ‘Disruptive’ Tech and Federal Agencies
The Federal CIO Council has announced an in-person seminar titled Disruption and Discovery: AI, Data, and Quantum Symposium March 5 …More
The Federal CIO Council has announced an in-person seminar titled Disruption and Discovery: AI, Data, and Quantum Symposium March 5 …More
The GAO has called on the VA to improve its ability to estimate funding and staffing needs for a future …More
The Senate Commerce Committee has approved a bill designed to address understaffing in the FAA’s air traffic controller and safety …More
The Technology Modernization Fund is soliciting proposals for artificial intelligence-related investments under the Biden administration’s recent executive order on implementing …More
The Office of Government Ethics has updated its guide for those who file publicly available financial disclosure forms OGE Form …More
The VA’s “high rate of noncompliance with executive orders, federal regulations, or VA policies for vetting contractor employees” could put …More
OPM has selected 825 applicants as finalists for the 2024 class of Presidential Management Fellows, a program it says “supports …More
A bipartisan group of members of Congress has urged OPM to move quickly to improve the information it provides regarding …More
The GAO has cited issues of fairness in the IRS program of private collection of certain tax debt, in the …More
The House Oversight and Reform Committee has advanced a package of agency management-related bills including: * HR-262, to require agencies …More
GAO has recommended improvements to the OPM-operated USA Staffing service as well as steps that agencies using that service can …More
Rules proposed by OPM would revise policies regarding job applicants who didn’t register with the Selective Service System to, in …More
An immigration policy bill up for voting in the Senate would boost staffing and add hiring flexibilities for a number …More
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved S-3626, to extend contracting standards to agencies across the federal …More
GSA has issued guidance to carry out the 2022 Bulb Replacement Improving Government with High-efficiency Technology Act, or BRIGHT Act, …More
OPM has issued guidance to agencies on carrying out newly finalized rules barring them from taking non-federal salaries into consideration …More
The GAO has updated for the first time since 2018 its “Yellow Book” Government Auditing Standards publication, commonly called the …More
The Biden administration has highlighted a “talent surge” for hiring persons with artificial intelligence into federal agencies as among the …More
Agency priority goals from OPM and GSA for the fiscal 2024-2025 cycle largely mirror those of the 2022-2023 cycle, for …More
Federal agencies do not have a good grasp on either the numbers or the value of their software licenses, leaving …More
The House has passed HR-5528, to require OMB to evaluate and report within six months on whether using the lowest …More
The growth in use by federal agencies of artificial intelligence raises questions of “whether agency roles and responsibilities relating to …More
A backlog of requests by veterans for military records needed to establish eligibility for benefits — one of several backlogs …More
OMB has issued additional guidance on boosting the share of federal agency contracts going to small businesses, focusing on “multiple-award” …More
The Senior Executives Association and the Partnership for Public Service are hosting a hybrid in-person/remote attendance leadership summit February 13-15 …More
In a report whose findings may apply as well at other agencies, the inspector general’s office at HUD has found …More
The State Department has launched a “Lateral Entry Pilot Program” of hiring mid-career job candidates into the Foreign Service, “designed …More
As federal agencies grapple with tightening budgets, leaders and teams face the challenge of maintaining or enhancing their quality of …More
As a former career civil servant, I know first-hand the value that career staff bring to the federal government – …More
Two House Republican leaders have pressed OMB and the Treasury Department on the “failure of many agencies to report accurate …More