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If you are investing in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS), consider using a mutual fund such as PIMCO Real Return Bond …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersOnline Performance Appraisal Tool Available for NSPS
One tool that DoD has made available to help build and refine the NSPS performance appraisal process is an online …More
FMA Says Implementation Going OK, but Emphasizes Need to Fund Training
Education and training have eased the concerns of anxious managers and supervisors entering the new system but larger issues will …More
Deadline Looming for NSPS as Lawsuit Drags On
In testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, deputy defense secretary Gordon England said the Pentagon could …More
Navy, Army Collaborate on Assessment Program
The Army and Navy have produced in collaboration the Civilian Leader Improvement Battery (CLIMB), which is now ready for use …More
Congress Passes Bill to Establish Website to Publicly Track Federal Spending
Both the House and Senate have passed legislation directing the Office of Management and Budget to set up and maintain …More
House Passes Bill to Open Prison Industries to Competition
The House has passed legislation to require the Federal Prison Industries to compete for its contracts rather than remain the …More
Union Wants Say in VSR Training, Cites Confusing Performance Standards
The secretary-treasurer for the American Federation of Government Employees, J. David Cox, argued on behalf of the union at the …More
VA Increases Training Requirements for Service Reps
The Veterans Benefits Administration is increasing required annual training for veterans-service representatives to 80 hours, Michael Walcoff, VBA’s associate deputy …More
GAO to DoD: Use More Commercial Best Practices to Get More Out of Research
The Department of Defense should more closely follow commercial best practices in applying research to develop weapons systems, GAO has …More
IG Blasts Interior for Managerial Irresponsibility, Culture of Bungling
The Interior Department’s inspector general has issued a scathing criticism of department management and senior leadership after looking into why …More
GAO Calls for Better Strategy and Reporting in Pentagon’s Force Restructuring
A comprehensive strategy and annual reporting are needed to measure the progress and costs of the Pentagon’s overseas force restructuring, …More
USPS Plans to Cut Work-Hours and $1.1 Billion in Costs
The USPS Board of Governors has approved a fiscal 2007 financial plan that aims to cut $1.1 billion in costs …More
Management Turf at Issue
One reform the board objects to is an enhanced role for the Postal Regulatory Commission, which would be empowered to …More
CRS: Postal Reform May Have Reached Impasse
The Congressional Research Service has suggested that postal reform, which had been gaining momentum in recent years and seems to …More
Direct Hire for Acquisition Positions Extended to Non-Defense Agencies
OPM has published a final rule in the September 12 Federal Register allowing non-defense agencies to continue to use direct-hire …More
IG Blasts Interior for Managerial Irresponsibility, Culture of Bungling
The Interior Department’s inspector general has issued a scathing criticism of department management and senior leadership after looking into why …More
GAO Calls for Better Strategy and Reporting in Pentagon’s Force Restructuring
A comprehensive strategy and annual reporting are needed to measure the progress and costs of the Pentagon’s overseas force restructuring, …More
USPS Plans to Cut Work-Hours and $1.1 Billion in Costs
The USPS Board of Governors has approved a fiscal 2007 financial plan that aims to cut $1.1 billion in costs …More
Management Turf at Issue
One reform the board objects to is an enhanced role for the Postal Regulatory Commission, which would be empowered to …More
CRS: Postal Reform May Have Reached Impasse
The Congressional Research Service has suggested that postal reform, which had been gaining momentum in recent years and seems to …More
Direct Hire for Acquisition Positions Extended to Non-Defense Agencies
OPM has published a final rule in the September 12 Federal Register allowing non-defense agencies to continue to use direct-hire …More
New Online NSPS Tool Launched
DoD has released an online tool to support the performance management phase of national security personnel system: the performance appraisal …More
GAO: Mixed Results Using Enterprise Architectures in Transformations
The 27 major departments and agencies have made only mixed progress leveraging IT through their enterprise architecture programs to transform …More
IG May Investigate FCC Management for Suppressing Report
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., has indicated that she may ask for an inspector general investigation of the FCC’s alleged suppression …More
CIO Council Sponsors IT Summit
The CIO Council is sponsoring an IT Summit October 4 in Arlington, Va., designed for IT community professionals, with focuses …More
GAO: Special Operations Forces Face Human Capital Challenges
The Special Operations Command needs to determine headquarters staffing needs to increase the number of special operations personnel as well …More
Website to Track Federal Spending Approved
The Senate has passed legislation, S-2590, establishing a public, searchable online database showing how much federal agencies and other entities …More
Senate Approves Federal Acquisition Service Bill
The Senate has passed legislation establishing the Federal Acquisition Service, which is to replace the General Supply Fund and the …More
GAO: Stronger Internal Controls Needed for Middle East Broadcasting
The United States government’s Middle East Broadcasting Networks, made up of Radio Sawa and Alhurra, lacks a comprehensive, long-term strategic …More
