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
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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
Army Publishes Disaster ‘Smart Book’
The Army has compiled general information on a variety of civilian personnel matters in a “smart book,” including information and …More
Voinovich Praises Executive Order, to Introduce Bill Digitizing FEHB Records
Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, chairman of the Senate federal workforce subcommittee, praised the executive order, saying it would help promote …More
White House Orders Health IT Standardization
President Bush has issued an executive order calling for health programs sponsored or administered by the federal government–or those offered …More
After Removing Feds in Hatch Act Cases, OSC Cites ‘Cautionary Tale’
The Office of Special Counsel has won hatch act decisions against both a Small Business Administration lawyer for sending email …More
GAO: Improvements Still Needed in ICE’s IT Infrastructure Modernization
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau is beginning to address program weaknesses in its IT infrastructure modernization program but key …More
OPM Requests Annual Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program Reports
The Office of Personnel Management has requested that agencies submit their Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program Plan certifications for fiscal …More
GSA Gives ID Card Contract to Bearing Point
The General Services Administration has announced that it awarded Northern Virginia-based Bearing Point, Inc., a five-year contract that could be …More
GAO: Grants Process Improving, but Complications Persist
Process has been made in the past year with interagency reform initiatives aimed at streamlining the grants process, but federal …More
Contracting is Focus of Latest Ethics Guidance
The Office of Government Ethics has released a question-and-answer for federal employees covering ethics and working with contractors. It found …More
