OMB Issues Guidance on Obligating Funds Under Continuing Resolution
OMB has issued guidance covering the obligation of funds in fiscal 2007 under the recently enacted full-year continuing resolution containing …More
Federal Manager’s Daily Report
Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersFinal Bulletin for Good Guidance Practices Published
OMB has published a final bulletin establishing policies and procedures for executive branch agencies on the development, issuance and use …More
OPM Launches Management Assessment Tool
OPM has published an online management competency self-assessment tool designed to determine the leadership and performance management competencies of managers, …More
Group Calls for Investigation into Consultant Use in Suspension Proceedings
The Project on Government Oversight is calling attention to a contract awarded to CACI, Inc., last summer to provide six …More
GAO Calls for Better Program Management and Contractor Oversight
Comptroller General David Walker said in prepared testimony at the hearing that the Deepwater program illustrates problems that can occur …More
DHS Questioned Over Handling of Deepwater and Border Security Contracts
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has held a third contracting oversight hearing, focusing this time on DHS’s management …More
OMB Issues PART Guidance
OMB has issued guidance for OMB resource management offices and their agency counterparts for completing the 2007 program assessment rating …More
GSA Names Acting Acquisitions Head
GSA has tapped Vince Warrick, a former associate administrator in the performance improvement office, as acting chief acquisition officer. Prior …More
Calls on DHS to Finalize Corrective Action Plan
DHS still needs to produce a final corrective action plan specifying how it will address its existing management challenges, GAO …More
DHS Transformation Remains High-Risk, GAO Says
DHS has made some progress planning and integrating key management functions, but much additional work is required to help ensure …More
Administration Backs Results, Sunset Commissions
In its fiscal 2008 budget proposal, the White House endorsed plans to create bipartisan Results Commissions and a Sunset Commission. …More
Cuts Also Proposed in Labor, DoT, Other Programs
Under the White House proposal Labor and Transportation programs would also be reduced by about $1 billion each. OMB …More
Education, HUD Top List of Proposed Program Terminations and Reductions
The White House has proposed terminating or reducing 141 discretionary spending programs totaling $12 billion for 2008, with the Departments …More
Recommends Keeping NNSA Within DoE, Investing in Personnel
GAO rejected what it called continuing calls to remove NNSA from DoE and make it a separate agency, saying such …More
GAO Urges Additional Actions to Improve NNSA Management
The National Nuclear Security Administration needs to take additional actions to improve the management of nuclear programs, GAO has said. …More
Legislation Calls for National Foreign Language Director
Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, has reintroduced the National Foreign Language Coordination Act with several co-sponsors aimed at improving the federal …More
State Department Improving Aircraft Management Approach, GAO Says
The Department of State has initiated a more systematic approach for managing its aviation fleet, GAO has said. State’s Bureau …More
NTEU Seething over Continued Challenge
National Treasury Employees Union president Colleen M. Kelley quickly issued a statement saying she was "absolutely appalled" at AFGE’s decision …More
AFGE to Appeal Unfavorable Ruling on CBP Election
The American Federation of Government Employees will appeal a recent decision by the Federal Labor Relations Authority rejecting its challenge …More
Fight to Enforce Arbitration Award Drags On
In a case that gets to the issue of enforcing arbitration awards — a main union resource against management — …More
House Follows Up With Legislation to End Private Tax Collection
Meanwhile, legislation has been introduced in the House with 44 bipartisan co-sponsors to revoke the IRS’s authority to use appropriated …More
Union Suing IRS for Documents on Private Tax Collection Program
The National Treasury Employees Union has filed in federal district court a suit against the IRS under the Freedom Of …More
House Investigating Political Influence in Global Warming Science
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has announced that it will continue an investigation initiated last Congress regarding the …More
SSA Drops Pursuit of Attorney Fines
The Social Security Administration’s inspector general has dropped an effort to fine four attorneys in the Office of Disability Adjudication …More
MSPB Warns Against Favoritism and its Appearance
Citing the results from a series of nationwide focus groups in which many federal employees said favoritism was a serious …More
Waxman Requests Information on GSA Procurements
The chairman of the House Government Oversight Government Reform Committee, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., has sent GSA administrator Lurita Doan …More
Whistleblower Legislation Reintroduced
Sens. Daniel K. Akaka, D-Hawaii, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, have reintroduced legislation designed to strengthen the existing whistleblower protection act …More
FLRA Rejects Challenge to CBP Union Election
The Federal Labor Relations Board has upheld results from an election for exclusive union representation of Customs and Border Protection …More
Government Reform Committee Investigating Iraq Reconstruction
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has launched an investigation into Iraq reconstruction efforts and requested testimony from key …More
Debate Reflects Contracting-Out Disputes
The debate over private debt collection reflects many of the arguments surrounding the government’s contracting out program in general–as does …More
