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
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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
Large Overtime Claim Denied
In one of the largest back pay cases ever filed against the government, a group of Justice department attorneys has …More
GAO: Federal Reserve Needs to Tighten Auction Systems Information Security
The Federal Reserve System’s Federal Reserve Banks need to address information security weaknesses in the systems they use to support …More
OMB Issues Audit Requirements for Federal Financial Statements
The Office of Management and Budget has issued a bulletin establishing minimum requirements for audits of executive department financial statements, …More
Cites Unresolved Technical Issues, But Stops Short of Calling for Waiver
The audit said technical issues have gone unresolved for at least nine months and that temporary fixes have resulted in …More
IRS May Try to Opt Out of E-Travel Service
The inspector general for tax administration has called for a more detailed cost-benefit analysis of the Internal Revenue Service’s expected …More
OMB Issues Reporting Instructions Under E-Gov Act, Focus on FOIA
The Office of Management and Budget has issued reporting instructions for agencies’ annual e-gov reports as required under the E-Gov …More
GAO Calls on FDIC to Improve Information Security Program
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which relies on an extensive array of computer systems to enforce banking laws, regulate financial …More
Agencies Must Survey Employee Attitudes and Post Results Online
The Office of Personnel Management has issued a final regulation listing questions agencies must include in mandatory annual employee-satisfaction surveys. …More
More Employees to Fall Under Commerce Department’s Demonstration Project
The Office of Personnel Management has approved an expansion of a Department of Commerce personnel management demonstration project by up …More
GAO: Recruiter Violations on the Rise, Pentagon Lacks Oversight
Between fiscal 2004 and 2005 the number of allegations and recruiter violations identified by the military services increased from 4,400 …More
EEOC Announces 70 New Field Positions
Just before Dominguez’s departure, EEOC announced plans to hire 70 new staff for front line field office positions in its …More
Workforce Issues Remain As Dominquez Steps Down As EEOC Chair
EEOC chair Cari M. Dominguez stepped down from her post on August 31, when her five-year term ended, replaced by …More
