Repercussions Expected from VA Security Lapse
Veterans Affairs Secretary James Nicholson indicated to the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee last week that after the agency’s inspector general …More
Federal Manager’s Daily Report
Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersGuidance Posted for Financial Management LoB Job Competitions
The General Services Administration’s Financial Systems Integration Office has posted draft guidance for migration planning for the financial management line-of-business. …More
Reorganization Moving Forward
FAS acting commissioner Marty Wagner appears committed to moving forward with reorganization efforts as he awaits Senate approval of the …More
GSA May Consider Reduction in Force
The General Services Administration’s acting deputy administrator, Kathleen Turco, said the agency might consider a formal reduction in force as …More
OMB Calls on Agencies to Review Privacy Policies, Processes
The Office of Management and Budget has called on agency privacy officials to conduct a review of their agencies’ policies …More
OMB Approves $90.7 Million Request for Defense Contractor Clearances
The Office of Management Budget’s deputy management director told the subcommittee that OMB approved a request by the Defense Security …More
OPM: Agencies Need to Better Estimate Annual Security Clearance Requests
The Office of Personnel Management’s Federal Investigative Services has called on agencies to re-evaluate their projected needs for security clearances …More
Funding Dispute Slows Security Clearance Process, Says GAO
Communications problems between the Department of Defense and the Office of Personnel Management may be limiting government-wide efforts to improve …More
Includes Standards for Risk Management
The guide gave several standards for risk management. For example, it said management and employees should establish and maintain an …More
NAPA Releases Short Risk-Management Guide
On the heels of several Government Accountability Office reports faulting the Department of Defense and other agencies for failing to …More
NIH Restructuring ‘Lessons Learned’ Have Wide Applicability
The National Academy of Public Administration has released a report detailing lessons learned in helping the National Institutes of Health …More
Bill Includes Oversight Provisions, No Increase in Funds for Personnel System
The appropriations bill would withhold $1.3 billion until DHS provides Congress with strategic plans for catastrophic planning, chemical site security, …More
House Committee Approves 2007 Funding for DHS, Calls for Personnel Increases
The House’s Department of Homeland Security fiscal 2007 funding bill provides $1.8 billion above fiscal 2006 enacted levels and $1 …More
New PART List Released
The Office of Management and Budget has identified the latest set of programs to be reviewed under the program assessment …More
Expert Hiring Authority Little Used
An authority granted to the Defense Department in late 2003 allowing the hiring of up to 2500 “highly qualified experts” …More
Air Force Centralizing Personnel Management
The Air Force is centralizing civilian personnel management into a single operation, combining the directorates of civilian employment and civilian …More
NSPS Materials Released
With the first phase of the National Security Personnel System under way for about 11,000 Department of Defense civilian employees, …More
Pentagon Tries Higher Pay to Close Language Gap
As part of a national program designed to shore up gaps in terror-war associated languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Russian, …More
Transportation IG to Audit Massive Flight Services Contract
The Department of Transportation’s inspector general has announced that it would begin auditing in May the Federal Aviation Administration’s contract …More
EEO Pilot Program Underway at DoD, GAO Says Better Evaluation Plan Needed
While a Department of Defense Equal Opportunity pilot program is moving forward, the department needs to improve its evaluation plan, …More
Union Blames Managerial Resistance
“Management resistance is the main barrier to increased federal sector telework,” declared the president of the National Treasury Employees Union …More
High Gas Prices Another Reason to Work From Home, Says Telework Advocate
At $3 a gallon, the average federal commuter spends $138.80 on gas each month, and could save $55.52 a month …More
Telework Centers May Not be Suited to Continuity of Operations Plans
While agencies are often advised to include telework in their emergency continuity of operations plans, a report from the Congressional …More
OPM Approves HR Competency Model for Agency Use
The Office of Personnel Management has approved the use of the “chief human capital officers council HR management competency model” …More
Bill Would Give Federal Employees Six Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
A bill introduced by Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., would ensure that at least one-half of the 12 weeks of …More
Agencies Need to be Better Prepared to Use Alternate Facilities, Says GAO
Agencies need to better plan for the use of alternate facilities and telework centers during disruptions, the Government Accountability Office …More
Accuracy Problems Also Found
According to GAO, customer service representatives responded to the 500 calls it placed, posing as beneficiaries, to the Medicare help …More
Information on Drug Benefit Unclear, Says GAO
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could stand to improve communications to Medicare beneficiaries on the Part D prescription …More
Contracting Tool Provides Immediate Vendor Support for Contact Center Services
The General Services Administration’s USA Services has unveiled an emergency procurement “tool kit” designed to help agencies get immediate vendor …More
HUD Contracting Decisions to Be Scrutinized
Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Barney Frank, D-Mass., also asked the secretary for an explanation of his remarks, clarifying that …More
