Needs Risk-Based Staffing Model, Better Communication
CBP has hired some 630 specialists since the transfer, but has yet to develop or use a risk-based staffing model …More
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Management and coordination problems in the Department of Homeland Security’s Agricultural Quarantine Inspection program are increasing the danger posed by …More
OPM Pushing Flexible Work Arrangements With Career Patterns Initiative
The Office of Personnel Management has released a guide for its new career patterns initiative trying to get managers to …More
GAO: Weaknesses Remain in EPA Grants Program
The Environmental Protection Agency has made progress reforming its grant program under a 2003 grants management plan, but the Government …More
Senate Passes Bill to Curb Purchase Card Abuse
Meanwhile, the Senate has passed bipartisan legislation that would require the Office of Management and Budget to provide guidance and …More
Tighter Rules on Charge Cards Proposed
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has introduced S-3480, designed to address the repeated instances of wasteful and abusive use of travel …More
MSPB: Supervisors Need Management Capability More Than Technical Expertise
Managerial capabilities need to be emphasized over technical expertise in hiring supervisors for pay or performance systems, the Merit Systems …More
GAO: Management, Oversight Improvements Needed in Coast Guard Acquisition
The Coast Guard needs to make management and oversight improvements in the acquisition of its rescue communications system, the Government …More
New Acquisition Chief at GSA
The General Services Administration has announced that Jim Williams, currently the director of the Department of Homeland Security’s visitor and …More
GAO: Pentagon Needs to Improve Inventory Retention Management
The Department of Defense needs to improve management of its inventory retention activities, the Government Accountability Office has said. It …More
MSPB Says to Mine USAJOBS for Resumes
Don’t just post a vacancy announcement to USAJOBS and sit back waiting for highly qualified applicants to contact you, the …More
MSPB Explains Employee ‘Property Interest’ in Job
Public employees hold a property interest in their jobs, are entitled to due process rights in federal regulations as well …More
DoD Adds Online Personnel Features
The Defense Department has added new features to its Defense Civilian Personnel Data System–self-service human resources services for employees and …More
GAO Questions Management of Deep Space Network
The current management structure of NASA’s deep space network is not suitable to adequately matching resources with future requirements, the …More
Employee Denied Royalties From Textbook
The U.S. Court of Appeals for The Tenth Circuit has upheld a district court’s decision to deny publishing royalties to …More
MSPB Links Training for Contract Representatives and Better Outcomes
Training contracting officer representatives in contracting topics, technical or functional areas, and general competencies often leads to better contract outcomes …More
Customs Facing Long-Standing Management Challenges With IT Acquisition
The Department of Homeland Security has made progress on its multiyear, multibillion-dollar acquisition of a trade processing system, but faces …More
GAO: Better Management Info Could Improve IRS Program
The performance of the Internal Revenue Service’s Offers in Compromise Program — which allows strapped taxpayers to pay what they …More
Committee Retains Competition Requirement for Federal Jobs
The House Transportation-Treasury appropriations bill contains language to keep a public-private competition requirement for federal jobs in fiscal 2007. As …More
GAO Calls for More Transparent, Frugal Budget Process
With the Office of Management and Budget telling agencies to get creative to find ways to cut future costs in …More
GSA Seeking Proposals for $65 Billion in IT Contracts
The General Services Administration has issued draft proposal requests for government-wide Alliant and Alliant Small Business IT contracts worth up …More
More Reliance on DoD Projected
Meanwhile, the head of the House subcommittee on emergency management, Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Pa., said that both short-term and long-term …More
Impacts of FEMA Independence Assessed
Legislation (HR-5316) pending in the House to separate FEMA from the Department of Homeland Security and to order certain other …More
House Blocks Further Talks With Controller Union
The House has voted 271 to 148 in favor of legislation reopening labor contract negotiations between the Federal Aviation Administration …More
NTEU Seizes on Vet Data Loss to Criticize Use of Contractors to Collect Taxes
The backlash from the recent loss of personal information on millions of veterans has set back efforts to promote telework, …More
Personnel Changes also Result from Breach
The current assistant general counsel for management and operations, Paul Hutter, will provide leadership to the department’s Office of Policy …More
VA Suspends Telework, Announces Personnel Changes in Wake of Data Loss
In testimony last week before the House Government Reform Committee, Department of Veterans Affairs secretary James Nicholson said the agency …More
Could Damper Dissent
In his majority opinion, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy noted that public employees that make statements outside of their official duties …More
Supreme Court: Fed’s Statements Pursuant to Their Duties Not Protected
A five-member majority of the Supreme Court ruled recently that a Los Angels assistant district attorney’s First Amendment rights were …More
Internet Protocol Transition Guidance Released Ahead of June 30 Deadline
The Federal CIO Council has released guidance for the federal government’s transition to a new Internet protocol with a greater …More
