OPM Calling For Volunteer Instructors for “Presidential Classroom” Program
OPM has asked federal agencies to encourage employees to serve as volunteer instructors for the Presidential Classroom program, which it …More
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Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md. and nine other lawmakers have sent OMB a letter opposing aspects of the HR lines of …More
OPM Says Security Clearance Process Speeding Up, Wants New GAO Review
OPM has called on lawmakers to request an updated version of a GAO assessment of the government’s background investigation and …More
Treasury to Integrate Telecom Network
The Treasury Department has tapped AT&T as the prime contractor to integrate the telecommunications networks of all its component agencies …More
Union Sees Scheme at Work in IRS Labor Negotiations
The president of the National Treasury Employees Union, Colleen Kelley, has accused the IRS of angling to declare an impasse …More
MSPB: New Hires Not So Young After All
The average age of entry-level new hires into the federal government in fiscal 2005 was 33 years old, the Merit …More
Similar Attacks Not Uncommon
The allegations follow reported security incidents elsewhere. Before the cyber-security panel in April a Commerce official discussed a cyber attack …More
Panel Calls for Investigation of Contractor Role in DHS Cyber Attacks
The chair of the House homeland security committee, Bennie Thompson, D-La., and chair of the House subcommittee overseeing cyber security, …More
OMB Says One in Five Programs Not Demonstrating Results
About 20 percent of federal programs are unable to demonstrate results, according to a summary of program ratings compiled through …More
Legislation Highlights Executive Reach
During the Clinton administration, just seven people at the White House and the Justice Department were permitted to initiate discussions …More
Committee Votes to Put up Wall Between Justice and White House
The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a measure to limit certain communications between the Justice Department and the White House …More
VA Pushing Though Challenges to Centralize IT Management, Says GAO
The Department of Veterans Affairs has made progress centralizing IT management but continues to be dogged by challenges in completing …More
Better Explanation of Problems Sought
However, while OMB began publishing aggregate lists of watch list and high-risk list projects by agency last September and updates …More
OMB High-Risk and Management Watch Lists Lack Detail, GAO Says
GAO’s director for IT management issues, David Powner, told the subcommittee that further improvements are needed to identify and oversee …More
Senator Recommends Scrapping Problem IT Programs
The chairman of the Senate federal financial management subcommittee, Tom Carper, D-Del., has suggested scrapping large IT programs that are …More
Actions Underway
GAO called on the department take 17 actions to improve information protection, including recommendations to hire a CIO quickly and …More
GAO Calls for Information Management Improvements at VA
Sustained management commitment and oversight are needed to resolve long-standing information security weaknesses at the Department of Veterans Affairs, GAO …More
OPM Issues Final Rule for Hiring of Retirees
PM published a final rule in the September 19 Federal Register on the criteria under which it may grant dual …More
Puts Forward A-76 Fixes for Congress to Consider
Though CRS does not issue recommendations, it basically did so by putting forward options for improving the A-76 process for …More
Report: A Convergence of Factors Led to Failures at Walter Reed
The Walter Reed A-76 competition is a case much went wrong and Congress may want to act to prevent similar …More
CBO Says Information on Managerial Training is Lacking
As part of a cost estimate on a managerial training bill pending before the Senate, the Congressional Budget Office said …More
OFPP Releases Guidance on Hiring Annuitants
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy has issued a memo to senior procurement executives on hiring retired federal employees receiving …More
Collins: DHS Needs to Bolster Acquisition Management
Committee ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she was troubled that GAO found the department still lacks clear, department-wide acquisition …More
DHS Mission Progress Outpacing Management Improvements, GAO Says
DHS has made more mission progress than management progress, comptroller general David Walker told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental …More
GSA Chief Wants Steep Increase in Telework
GSA administrator Lurita Doan has called on the agency to come up with plans to get half its eligible employees …More
DHS and Lawmakers at Odds Over Future of Federal Protective Service
DHS intends to change the role of the Federal Protective Service by reassigning its 950 officers to other law enforcement …More
Most Relocation Incentives Go To Senior Employees
Out of the 1,009 relocation incentives agencies used in 2006 for an average amount of $11,530, 80 percent went to …More
GAO: Improvements Needed in Homeland Security IT Personnel Plan
While DHS’s human capital plan for IT is largely consistent with relevant guidance, improvements and implementation steps are still needed, …More
GSA Announces Personnel Shuffle in Acquisition Service
GSA has announced plans to realign resources within the Assisted Acquisition Service, a part of the Federal Acquisition Service that …More
DoD to Pursue NSPS Changes
DoD has announced an expansion of its national security personnel system, along with a revision in the way pay raises …More
