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
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersOMB 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
Committee Investigating GSA Allegations
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is widening its probe into conflict-of-interest allegations against GSA administrator Lurita Doan. …More
Tighter Post-Employment Restrictions for DHS Officials
The Office of Government Ethics has published a final rule in the March 8 Federal Register on post-employment conflict of …More
FAA Updates Controller Staffing Plan
The Federal Aviation Administration has released an updated plan to hire nearly 1,400 new air traffic controllers this year, a …More
Senate Tables Amendment to Block Collective Bargaining Rights for Screeners
The Senate has defeated an amendment by 51 — 46 offered by Jim DeMint, R-S.C., that would have removed a …More
Differences in Ratings are Resulting
The report said that OPM has focused attention on the percentage of senior executives who receive the highest summary appraisal …More
Credibility an Issue in SES Pay System
The potential for politicization and the emphasis on reducing the number of executives getting top ratings have raised questions about …More
No Need for Supply Centers to Review Lead Time Methodology, DoD Says
To improve the components’ accuracy in setting acquisition lead times GAO called on the Secretary of Defense to direct the …More
GAO Cites Opportunities to Improve DoD Acquisition Management
Opportunities exist to improve the management of the defense department’s acquisition lead times for spare parts, GAO has said. It …More
OPM, NNSA Propose Pay for Performance Pilot
The National Nuclear Security Administration and OPM have proposed a demonstration project to test a pay banding and performance-based pay …More
Senators Request Investigation of Federal Protective Service Funding Shortfalls
Senior members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee have requested a GAO review of the ability of …More
IG: Fish and Wildlife Service Enforcement Office Beset by Management Problems
The Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement has made progress over the past five years, but further progress …More
IT Security Improving But for a Few Agencies, Says OMB
Agencies have continued to close the IT security performance gaps in some areas over the past year but progress dropped …More
