Also Passes Contracting Reform Bill
The committee also passed the Accountability in Government Contracting Act of 2007, S-680, which seeks to increase competition and accountability …More
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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved the nomination of former Republican congressman from Iowa, Jim Nussle, …More
House Votes on NSPS, Teleworking
Just before recessing until after Labor Day, the House adopted amendments affecting DoD’s national security personnel system, as part of …More
Appropriators Block FDA Lab Consolidation
In their fiscal 2008 Agriculture spending bills the House and Senate appropriations committees have denied funding for the Food and …More
GAO Calls for Better Integration and Explanation of Mail Processing Changes
The Postal Service needs to better integrate and explain its efforts to realign its mail-processing network, GAO has said. It …More
Union Asks Congress to Step in and Control USPS Privatization
The leader of the American Postal Workers Union asked the Senate federal services subcommittee recently to pass legislation that would …More
GAO: Army Needs “Integrated Strategy” to Implement Asset Visibility System
The Army estimates that it will invest about $5 billion to implement systems to enable it to track and monitor …More
House Passes Customer Service Bill
he House has passed HR-404, which would GAO and OMB to develop metrics of customer service performance to use for …More
Management Agenda Expands
The White House has added to the President’s Management Agenda two new areas where certain departments and agencies will be …More
Decision Challenged on FOIA Grounds
When MSPB sustained the employee’s removal, he appealed on the grounds that the evidence against him was obtained in violation …More
Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Employee for Misuse of Computer
The Federal Circuit U.S. appeals court has upheld a decision by the Merit Systems Protection Board affirming the dismissal of …More
FMA Calls for More SSA Funds
The Federal Managers Association has issued a statement criticizing funding for administrative expenses in the Social Security Administration provided by …More
Bargaining May Restart for Controllers
Air traffic controllers, meanwhile, could soon be returning to the bargaining table. The FAA authorization bill recently passed by the …More
TSA Bargaining Rights Stripped from Bill
A provision has been stripped from legislation meant to implement outstanding recommendations from the 9-11 commission report that would have …More
Federal Service Scholarship Planned
The Partnership for Public Service has announced plans to create a Roosevelt Scholars program that would cover one year of …More
Labor Drops Plans to Outsource Admin Jobs
The Department of Labor has canceled plans to outsource over 300 administrative support jobs to a contractor following the passage …More
Bill Would Forgive Federal Student Loans After 10 Years of Public Service
The House has passed legislation that would forgive balances due on direct student loans by borrowers who have been public …More
Greenhouse Gas Bill Would Have Wide Effect
Only limited information is available on the greenhouse gas emissions of the government, and a measure pending before the House …More
Customer Service Bill’s Cost Hard to Gauge
The Congressional Budget Office has said that while it expects that there would be some cost to enactment of a …More
MSPB Requests Flexibility to Grand Motions for Summary Judgment
The Merit Systems Protection Board as part of its reauthorization proposal has requested the authority allow its employees and administrative …More
Unions File for Review of Decision Upholding NSPS
The United Department of Defense Workers Coalition, a consortium of civilian Defense labor organizations, has filed a petition for full …More
USDA, DHS Reject Call for Response Agreement
GAO recommended that USDA and DHS develop a memorandum of understanding that describes how they would work together in the …More
GAO: USDA Preparing for Flu Outbreak, but Better Planning Needed
USDA is taking steps to prepare for an avian flu outbreak such as establishing surveillance programs and building a national …More
Interior Launches Ethics Reform Effort
Department of Interior secretary, Dirk Kempthorne, has issued a "10-point plan" to promote ethics reforms in the wake of recent …More
After Hiring “Shenanigans” State Agrees to Corrective Actions
State Department officials have agreed to a number of corrective actions after they were called out for revising and reissuing …More
Committee Cites Vacancies at DHS
About a quarter of senior leadership positions at DHS are vacant, according to a report by the House Homeland Security …More
Pentagon Adds “Don’t Leave,” to Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
The Department of Defense press office has issued a statement on its "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy on sexual orientation …More
Coast Guard Extends Deepwater Contract
The Coast Guard has announced that it has entered a new agreement with the team of contractors carrying out the …More
Panel Passes Deepwater Reform Bill
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has passed legislation to help the Coast Guard’s troubled Deepwater fleet modernization acquisition. The …More
GAO: Military Construction Project Grossly Mismanaged
Construction of a military shopping and entertainment complex near Kaiserslautern, Germany, has been hampered by cost, schedule, and performance problems …More
