Manager Training Bill Introduced
Legislation (S-967) offered in the Senate would set new training standards and requirements for managers and supervisors. The main sponsor …More
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The National Public Service Awards, the premier awards for excellence in public service at all levels of government, have been …More
OSC Takes Firm Stance on Political Email
The Office of Special Counsel — enforcer of the Hatch Act ‘s prohibition against partisan activity while on the job …More
Satisfaction With Pay, Not With Rewards
Employees are satisfied with pay but not rewards, the survey found. It said 60 percent of employees are satisfied with …More
Information Gap Persists
As with the last survey, conducted in 2000, MSPB cited an information gap between supervisors and non-supervisory employees, who believe …More
Feds Dedicated but Uncertain About Future of Workforce, Survey Finds
Feds Dedicated but Uncertain About Future of Workforce, Survey Finds Employees at all levels of government are dedicated to supporting …More
Government Has Higher Concentration of Managers
In 2005, 44 percent of federal workers were in management, professional, and related occupations, compared with 32 percent of private-sector …More
CBO Describes an Older Federal Workforce, More Educated, Paid More
About two thirds of the roughly 1.4 million white-collar federal employees — not including the postal service — are on …More
OMB Tightens Requirements for Procurement Data
Agency chief acquisition officers must establish new requirements to ensure data entered into the federal procurement data system is accurate …More
Three Major Barriers to Clean Audit Opinion
Significant progress has been made over the past 10 years improving financial management since the government began preparing consolidated financial …More
GAO Calls for Revisions to Financial Reporting Model, Says Imbalance Alarming
The federal government should consider further revisions to the current financial reporting model, GAO has said following a review of …More
Report Calls for Most Agencies to Migrate to Shared Financial Systems by 2011
OMB’s 2007 federal financial management improvement report sets 2011 as a target for migrating the majority of agencies to shared …More
New Guidance on Veterans Preference, Appeal Rights
OPM has sent out guidance to agencies describing the impact of MSPB and court decisions on veterans preference and appeals …More
OMB Cites PMA Accomplishments
Combs said the PMA helped bring about the following: * In fiscal 2006, 19 large agencies representing more than 75 …More
OMB Sees Five-Year Plan for Financial Management Under PMA
OMB controller Linda M. Combs told the Senate financial management subcommittee recently that the President’s Management Agenda has put the …More
Report Cites E-Gov Successes
As examples of areas where the E-Gov Act has lead to improved operations, OMB cited the Defense Department’s self service …More
IT Employee Exchange Program Struggling
Another strategy to strengthen the federal IT workforce has not gotten off the ground however. The IT exchange program, authorized …More
Report Describes Efforts to Develop IT Workforce
OMB has said agencies are making progress closing IT competency gaps and meeting milestones laid out in workforce plans submitted …More
VA Continues to Face Challenges Processing Disability Claims, GAO Says
Veterans Affairs continues to face challenges improving service delivery to veterans, especially speeding up the claims adjudication and appeals process …More
Earmarks Database Online
OMB has published a database of federal earmarks for fiscal 2005 that it says is intended to establish a benchmark …More
NSPS Rollout to Grow by 35,000 in Third Wave
The Defense Department has begun converting about 35,000 more employees from the old general schedule personnel system to its new …More
Contracting Process Partly Blamed for Walter Reed Ills
Questioned before a House oversight hearing on the treatment of soldiers at the Army’s Walter Reed hospital Army officials testified …More
Proposed Sunset and Results Commissions Face Tougher Resistance
The committee also criticized the administration’s renewed proposal for so-called sunset and results commissions. The committee passed legislation along party …More
PART Ratings Politically Biased, House Democrats Say
Congress should be skeptical that OMB’s assessments via the program assessment rating tool are neutral measures of the effectiveness of …More
FOIA Amendments Act Passed
The committee also passed legislation to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act and increase public access to information. Sponsored by …More
Committee Passes Open Government Bills
he House Oversight and Government Reform committee has passed a bill to tighten government contracting rules. Introduced by committee chair …More
GSA Issues Technical Guidelines for Telework
GSA has issued IT and telecom guidelines for implementing and operating telework and other alternative workplace programs. Effectively immediately, the …More
New Acquisition Policy Chief at GSA
GSA has appointed the Labor Department’s former deputy management secretary, Molly Wilkinson, as the agency’s new chief acquisition officer. Prior …More
Rejects Concerns About Federal Energy Management Program
Davis also said committee majority’s concerns about a proposed funding reduction to the Federal Energy Management Program are unfounded because …More
Davis Supports Expanded Role for Ethics Office
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ranking member, Tom Davis, R-Va., has expressed support for the reauthorizations of the Merit …More
