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The Government Accountability Office has said it has continuing concerns about the current strategy to build a massive waste treatment …More
GSA Gets Final Approval for Federal Acquisition Service
Congress has given the General Services Administration the go-ahead to merge the Federal Supply Service with the Federal Technology Service …More
Pentagon Needs to Distinguish Wants from Needs, Says GAO
Citing a doubling in the last five years of planned investments in weapons systems without an increase in stability, better …More
Committee also Clears Lobbying Transparency Bill
The committee also passed HR-4975, “The Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006,” that with the committee’s amendment would deny …More
House Panel Passes Ethics Bill for Executive Branch
The House Government Reform Committee has approved ethics reform legislation for a broad class of executive branch employees designed to …More
ICE to Lead Joint Task Forces to Crack Down on Document Fraud
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that together with the Departments of Justice, Labor, State and other agencies it …More
GAO:Challenges Remain for Managing Screener Workforce
The Transportation Security Administration has taken steps to strengthen aviation security in areas it has regulatory and oversight responsibility such …More
Rules Governing Intra-Governmental Transactions Suspended
The Office of Management and Budget has suspended two rules covering intra-governmental transactions while the Chief Financial Officers Council works …More
Court Denies Pay to Lawyers for Un-Approved Overtime
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has denied 1,100 IRS lawyers payment for overtime hours worked without the written approval …More
GAO: Poorly Structured Incentives for Defense Contractors Waste Billions
The Department of Defense has paid out about $8 billion in award fees for a portion of its contracts regardless …More
Ethics Office Reiterates Policy on Accepting Free Travel
Citing questions over the propriety of executive branch employees soliciting free air travel, the Office of Government Ethics has issued …More
GAO: More Buyouts Being Used to Reshape Workforce
The number of agencies using buyouts and early-outs to reshape workforces has increased from 28 to 51 from fiscal 2003 …More
Increasing Documentation of Privacy Activities
According to OMB’s e-gov report, agencies are increasingly documenting their privacy program activities, and reports from the 24 CFO act …More
Agencies Moving Forward with Privacy Programs
The Office of Management and Budget’s fiscal 2005 report to Congress on the implementation of the e-government act of 2002 …More
OPM’s HR Products and Services Division Wins A-76 Competition
The Office of Personnel Management’s HR products and services division has won a streamlined A-76 competition for case-processing services related …More
DHS Needs to Institutionalize IT Management, Says GAO
The Department of Homeland Security continues to work to institutionalize IT management controls and capabilities across the department but it …More
Federal Management Associations Form Coalition
Five federal management associations have joined to form the Government Managers Coalition to collectively advocate for good government solutions. The …More
MSPB Emphasizes Role of Supervisors in Pay-for-Performance
Supervisors are the “linchpin” between management and front-line employees and play a pivotal role in pay for performance, the Merit …More
One-Time Pay Bump Likely
As the 11,000 employees in spiral 1.1 are brought in to the new system about 85 percent will be eligible …More
Pentagon Releases Handbook for NSPS Spiral 1.1
The Department of Defense has released a handbook for the first wave of non-union employees set to come under the …More
Bill Would Cut Student Loan Debt for Federal Employees by $5,000
The House has passed a higher education bill that includes language making federal employees eligible to receive up to $5,000 …More
ICE Needs to Better Allocate Investigative Resources, Says GAO
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Office of Investigations needs to better allocate investigative resources, the Government Accountability Office has said. …More
NIST Releases Employee ID Verification Standards
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released requirements for personal identity standards for federal employees and contractors — …More
VA to Centralize IT Control
The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced plans to bring its IT resources under more centralized control in order to …More
FEW Conference Set
Federally Employed Women will hold its annual national program July 18-20, 2006 in Atlanta with a theme of “New Connections …More
FAA Walks Out on Labor Talks With Controller Union
After exchanging final pay proposals on April 4, the Federal Aviation Administration walked out of talks with the National Air …More
Position Remains Unfilled, Discrimination Case Moves Forward
The U.S. appeals court for the District of Columbia reversed and remanded a district court’s decision for summary judgment in …More
Supports Other Administration Management Initiatives
The committee also said it looks forward to working with the administration on human capital management reforms including premium conversion …More
House Committee Report Supports Sunset and Results
The House Committee on Government Reform has said in its report on the fiscal 2007 budget that it intends to …More
