Congress Votes to Forgive Student Loan for Public Servants After 10 Years
The House and Senate have passed in conference legislation that would forgive balances due on direct student loans by borrowers …More
Federal Manager’s Daily Report
Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersDoD Needs to Provides Better Information in R&D Budget Requests, GAO Says
DoD’s $73.2 billion fiscal 2007 budget requests for research and development, testing and evaluation do not provide consistent, complete and …More
Another Blow to Outsourcing Tax Collection
As it has in the past, an independent Taxpayer Advocacy Panel has called on the IRS to scrap its use …More
Role of Leadership Committees in Transformation Unsettled
Until DoD’s business transformation management framework is institutionalized and covers responsibilities for all aspects of business transformation, it will be …More
GAO Renews Call for Chief Management Officer at DoD
DoD needs a chief management officer to provide focus and sustained leadership in order to succeed with its ongoing and …More
Survey: Lack of Data Hampers HR Sourcing Efforts
Measuring the cost of HR services is in large part a guessing game, according to a survey of 25 federal …More
GAO Calls for Management Improvements to USVISIT
DHS needs to address a long-standing lack of strategic direction and management controls over the visitor and immigrant status program, …More
Union Agreement Clears Way for Federal Acquisition Service
GSA has announced an agreement with two unions that has cleared the way for full implementation of the Federal Acquisition …More
Arbitrator Cites Discrimination in SEC Pay System
An arbitrator has decided that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s pay-for-performance system has resulted in discrimination against some African American …More
Appeals Court OK
The Ninth Circuit U.S. appeals court has reversed a district court’s ruling that it lacked jurisdiction to hear a matter …More
Numbers Don
As compared with a similar report covering 2005, use of incentives was up substantially over the 5,998 incentives to employees …More
Use of Incentive Payments Concentrated
Federal agencies made substantially greater use of recruitment, relocation and incentive payments for hard-to-fill and hard-to-keep positions in 2006, OPM …More
Concurring Opinions Seek to Clarify
Two concurring opinions set out to clarify that the MSPB lacks jurisdiction to even review the security clearance removal process. …More
Employee Loses Security Clearance, Job, and Appeal
In a case that revisits the rights employees have to challenge management’s decision to deny — or revoke — a …More
GSA to Miss ID Card Deadline
GSA likely will miss OMB’s Oct. 27 deadline to issue ID cards to all contractors and employees with fewer than …More
USAJOBS Resume Database Hacked
OPM has announced that someone with private sector employer credentials was able to access the USAJOBS resume database using "malicious …More
Army Announces Stricter Contracting Management
The Army has announced a special contracting commission to review joint, expeditionary contracting operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait. The …More
Pentagon Releases Revised Performance Rating Tool
DoD has announced the availability of its revamped performance appraisal application, the online tool that supports the performance planning and …More
Performance Appraisal Not Same as Performance Management
Using the terms "performance appraisal" and "performance management" interchangeably, as is often the case, even with HR specialists, has complicated …More
Report: Six Steps to Improve Performance Management
A new report from the IBM Center For The Business of Government identifies "near-term action steps" the federal government could …More
Mediation Remains Steady at Pre-Complaint Stage, EEOC reports
The use of alternative dispute resolution among agencies before complaints have been filed has remained steady at about 45 percent …More
DoE Announces Energy Efficiency Contracts
The Department of Energy has announced a "transformational energy action management" initiative, aimed at reducing energy use throughout the department’s …More
OPM Announces Job Fairs
OPM has announced upcoming job fairs that it is sponsoring with the Chief Human Capital Officers Council. It is holding …More
OMB Issues Budget Guidance on Research and Development Priorities
OMB has issued updated guidance for the administration’s research and development priorities covering agency programs, investment criteria agencies should use …More
Various Incentives Being Tried
It said State has offered incentives such as extra pay for serving an additional year at "hardship" posts, has allowed …More
GAO: Foreign Language Shortfalls Remain
Staffing and foreign language shortfalls remain despite initiatives to address gaps and limited progress made in the past few years, …More
NSPS Dispute Heading for More Court Action
A coalition of federal unions will pursue a series of legal motions that could have the effect of further delaying …More
Bill Would Provide Full Salary to Re-Employed Annuitants
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has introduced a bill that would allow retired federal employees to return to federal service on …More
OPM Looking to Expand on CHCOC Training Sessions
Attendance at the chief human capital officers council training academy has tripled in fiscal 2007 with over 300 participants — …More
MSPB: Self-Assessments Overrated, Overused
While employee self-assessments can be useful in some circumstances, agencies too often rely on them to make workforce decisions, the …More
