Amendment Adds $986 Million to Homeland Security Budget
The Senate has approved an amendment put forward by the chairman and ranking member of the Homeland Security And Governmental …More
Federal Manager’s Daily Report
Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersJohnson Offers Recipe for Resolving Management Woes of High-Risk Programs
OMB deputy director for management Clay Johnson has outlined key element necessary for agencies to solve the problems identified by …More
Union: NASA Workforce Proposal Leads to “Job Shop Mentality”
The International Federation of Professional Technical Engineers, representing workers at five NASA locations, has said that the agency’s workforce management …More
Term Appointments Key
Term appointments and temporary hiring authorities are main HR tools featured in its workforce strategy, NASA said. It said a …More
NASA Issues Draft of Workforce Strategy
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has issued a workforce strategy, saying that while it “realizes it’s not possible to …More
Updates State of High-Risk Programs
Walker was most dire in his warning that the Department of Defense, long a prominent member of GAO’s high-risk list, …More
Walker Recommends More Stringent Building Codes, Repossessing Properties
FEMA must continue to adopt and enforce more stringent building codes for construction in areas at risk of flooding and …More
Flood Insurance Program Designated High-Risk
The Government Accountability Office, unsurprisingly, has designated the national flood insurance program as high-risk, following the unprecedented losses to the …More
Better Channeling of Resources Touted
The center would be supervised by a director appointed by DHS secretary Michael Chertoff, in consultation with the director of …More
Bush Orders DHS to Establish Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
President Bush has signed an executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security to establish a Center for Faith-Based and …More
GSA Contractors Often Get Away With Tax Abuses, GAO Says
More than 3,800 General Services Administration contractors — about 10 percent – had tax debts, amounting to $1.4 billion as …More
AABPA Spring Symposium Slated for May 24
The American Association for Budget and Program Analysis will conduct its 2006 Spring Symposium May 24 at the Capital Hilton …More
FBI Awards Information Management Contract to Lockheed Martin
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has awarded a six-year, $305 million contract to Lockheed Martin to develop Sentinel, the agency’s …More
OMB Improving Financial Management but More Efforts Needed, Says GAO
The Office of Management and Budget’s initiatives for reforming federal financial management systems government-wide could help address the key causes …More
New Personnel Authorities Needed, IBM Could Provide Model
The panelists also called for new personnel authorities to enhance leadership development, and noted limitations such as an aspect of …More
Military Practices Needed in Civilian Leadership Development
Another theme in the symposium was the need to apply the military’s life-cycle approach to civilian leadership development. For example, …More
NAPA Releases Report on Federal Leadership Development
A panel of federal experts convened for a symposium on key issues in federal leadership development has concluded that leaders …More
Federal Job Opening: PROGRAM OFFICER, HUMAN FACTORS (General Engineer, Computer Scientist or Engineering Psychologist)
The Office of Naval Research is seeking a qualified individual to manage sponsored basic/applied research, and advanced technology development programs …More
Navy Issues Memo on New Student Loan Repayment Limits
The Navy HR policy and programs department has reissued and updated Navy civilian employee student loan repayment program and procedures. …More
OPM Requests Data on 2006 Physicians’ Comparability Allowance Payments
The Office of Personnel Management has requested agency chief human capital officers and HR officers to submit reports on their …More
GAO: Business Case Lacking for Future Combat Systems
The Future Combat System, a networked family of weapons and other systems central to the Army’s combat transformation, remains a …More
GAO: Better Use of RFID Tags Could Save Millions
The Department of Defense could avoid millions of dollars in unnecessary RFID — radio frequency identification tag — purchases by …More
NTEU Continues to Balk at Pla
The president of the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents about 90,000 IRS employees and has been an outspoken critic …More
IRS Hires Contractors to Collect Taxes
The Internal Revenue Service has awarded its first contracts to three private firms to collect delinquent federal tax debts, allowing …More
GAO: Management Challenges Remain Under Financial Reporting Law
Financial management challenges remain for agencies in meeting the requirements of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002, the Government …More
NTEU Files Grievance Over IRS Decision to Close Sites in Chicago, Houston
The National Treasury Employees Union has filed a grievance challenging the Internal Revenue Service’s decision to close telephone call sites …More
OMB Calls on Agencies to Designate Officials for Geospatial Information
The Office of Management and Budget has issued a memo calling on selected agencies to designate a senior official to …More
SES Notification Rules Finalized
The Office of Personnel Management has finalized, in a March 16 Federal Register notice, rules requiring agencies to notify members …More
Legislation Would Increase Whistleblower Protections
Three Democratic lawmakers have announced legislation that would expand whistleblower protections to national security employees and contractors and allow them …More
OMB Issues Memo for Preparing Job Activity Inventories
The Office of Management and Budget has issued a memo to agencies on preparing fiscal 2006 inventories of commercial and …More
