Law Enforcement Officer Status in Question
The White House has also proposed to repeal a provision in the 2008 catchall spending bill providing law enforcement officer …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersProposed Budget Would Fund Staffing Increase for CBP
The White House budget proposal for fiscal 2009 would provide $500 million for an additional 2,200 Border Patrol agents and …More
Ongoing Management Challenges for DHS
The DHS inspector general has listed a number of ongoing management challenges in a report identifying priorities for audits, inspections, …More
Union Challenges OPM Stance on Performance Pay Systems
In challenging OPM’s conclusions, National Treasury Employees Union said its experience with these alternative personnel systems has been characterized by …More
OPM: Performance Pay a Success
OPM has released a status report on performance-based pay systems in the federal government touting their success and advocating a …More
GAO Calls for Greater Oversight of DoD Acquisition Environment
A greater emphasis on requirements and oversight is needed to improve DoD’s acquisition environment and weapon system quality, GAO has …More
HR Council Helps with Succession Planning
A subcommittee of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council with a focus on hiring and succession planning backed federal efforts …More
Bush Order Seeks Crackdown on Earmarks
President Bush has signed an executive order intended to cut out earmarks from spending bills. Not long after delivering his …More
REGS Would Formalize Earlier Guidance
OPM noted that it issued guidance to the Federal Chief Human Capital Officers last June to help agencies achieve a …More
Regs Would Limit SSN Use by Agencies
Proposed regulations published by OPM in the January 18 Federal Register seek to create what OPM called a "consistent and …More
GAO Calls for Reassessment of Nuclear Nonproliferation Program
A Department of Energy program to hire Soviet-era weapons scientists to control their work has grown beyond its original purpose, …More
Calls for High Level Review
GAO recommended that the Army review and evaluate its procedures for managing and overseeing the task order through the Army …More
GAO: Better Management, Oversight of DoD Maintenance Contract Needed
The Army needs to implement a more effective management and oversight plan for a large equipment maintenance contract at Camp …More
MSPB: Conflict Management Key to Employee Satisfaction
The way agencies handle conflicts within the workplace may have a greater impact on employee satisfaction than whether or not …More
MSPB: Selective Factors Overused in Vacancy Announcements
MSPB in a recent review of federal vacancy announcements found several with exceedingly long lists of selective factors that it …More
NSPS Restrictions Clear Congress Again
Both the House and Senate have passed a slightly revised version of the fiscal 2008 DoD authorization bill that contains …More
2008 NSPS Performance Payouts Made
DoD has completed its 2008 performance-based payouts under the National Security Personnel System, giving all but 0.2 percent of workers …More
Union: Funds Needed to Cut Social Security Disability Backlog
The National Treasury Employees Union has told the House Ways and Means Social Security subcommittee that "adequate funding" is needed …More
Report Calls for Model for Placing Older Workers in Government Jobs
At a launch of the FedExperience initiative, PPS issued a report making a case for a hiring model to move …More
Initiative to Channel Private Sector Retirees into Government Jobs
The Partnership for Public Service has launched an initiative designed to fit private sector baby boomers with "encore careers" in …More
Agrees to Follow Up with Recommendations
The report calls on SSA to establish a "target pending" for cases in the reconsideration stage as the agency does …More
SSA Says Focus Should be on ALJ Performance, Funding Shortfalls
While the agency generally agreed with the tenor of the report, it asked GAO to explore how to improve the …More
GAO: Better Management Could Help Address Social Security Disability Backlog
Better planning, management and evaluation could help address the Social Security disability benefit backlog, GAO has said. At the end …More
Procurement Director Pledges Changes
According to the report, the Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, responding for the under secretary of Defense for …More
IG Faults Defense Purchases Through VA
Contracting officials in the Department of Veterans Affairs and DoD managers did not consistently comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulations …More
OMB Seeks Crackdown on Premium Travel
Reacting to a recent GAO report that criticized the government in general—and the Departments of State and Defense in particular—for …More
GAO: Data Analysis Key to Improving Arms Export Process
The State department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls does not perform systematic assessments to identify root causes of increased workload, …More
OMB: Improved Reporting Needed on Implementation of ID-Standard
Progress has been made and most agencies have posted data for public viewing on their status implementing a presidential directive, …More
NSPS Sorts Out Pay Issues
DoD has once again changed direction on how payouts work under its national security personnel system, dropping a formula it …More
Field Operations Office Lends Context
CBP’s assistant commissioner of field operations, Thomas Winkowski, offered statistics that provided context to the El Paso situation. He said …More
