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
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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
DHS Slow to Implement US-VISIT Program Improvements,Says GAO
The Department of Homeland Security has made mixed progress making recommended management improvements to the US-VISIT program, the Government Accountability …More
New Director of OGE Nominated
Robert I. (Ric) Cusick, a Kentucky lawyer with long experience in legal and public officer ethics, has been nominated as …More
Pentagon Announces Business Transformation Agency Leadership
The Department of Defense has announced the establishment of two new positions within the Defense Business Transformation Agency, established in …More
Defense Leadership and Management Program Key to Developing Senior Civilians
At the hearing, Chu identified the Defense Leadership and Management Program as the premier DoD program to develop senior civilian …More
DoD Developing Senior Civilian Employees, Recruiting Disabled Vets
The Department of Defense is preparing for an exodus of career senior executive service employees – 67 percent of whom …More
OMB: Agencies Making Progress With Information Security
Agencies made progress improving IT security in fiscal 2005, a period that saw the number of reported IT systems grow …More
Treasury Union Pickets IRS Over Plans to Outsource Tax Collection
Members of the National Treasury Employees Union — as part of the union’s annual legislative conference — rallied outside IRS …More
DHS Awards PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Reporting Contract
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP a blanket purchase agreement with a potential five-year value of $42.4 …More
GSA Delivers FAS Organizational Plan to House Committees
The General Services Administration announced recently that it has delivered its proposal for merging the Federal Acquisition Service with the …More
Lieberman Says $8 Billion More Needed for DHS Budget
The ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., has said the President’s fiscal …More
Independent Evaluations Show Effectiveness and Results to a ‘Small Extent’
When asking whether “independent evaluations of sufficient scope and quality,” indicated “that the program is effective and achieving results,” OMB …More
Strategic Planning and Accountability Scores Hold Back Rating of HR Program
The Office of Management and Budget’s ExpectMore.gov website has posted the 2005 assessment of the Office of Personnel Management’s Center …More
AFGE States No Confidence But NSPS Going Forward
The American Federation of Government Employees has issued a vote of no confidence against Department of Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld …More
Veterans’ Preference Extended to Operation Iraqi Freedom
The fiscal 2006 Defense authorization act contains two provisions extending veterans’ preference rights to Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Office of …More
GAO: Agencies May Not Be Able to Meet Deadlines for ID Standard
The benefits of a Presidential directive aimed at establishing a government-wide smart card system won’t be realized and agencies may …More
Senators Say Katrina Waste, Fraud and Abuse Could Cost Hundreds of Millions
Waste, fraud and abuse in the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina could add up to the hundreds of millions of …More
OPM Released Draft Research Grade Evaluation Guide, Solicits Comments
The Office of Personnel Management has released a Draft Research Grade Evaluation Guide and has asked the Departments of Health …More
GAO Calls for Improved Accuracy and Reliability of IT Investment Information
Agencies need to improve the accuracy and reliability the capital asset plans and business cases used to justify requests for …More
Momentum Builds for Bill That Could Force FAA to Negotiate With Unions
More than 30 lawmakers have signed on to a House bill — identical to one introduced in the Senate in …More
FLRA Upholds Union Status for USDA Import Inspectors
The Federal Labor Relations Authority, which hears federal labor-management disputes, has blocked the Department of Agriculture from prohibiting union representation …More
GAO: Lack of Control Exposed Government to Fraud, Abuse in Katrina Response
Control weaknesses of billions in emergency relief payments to victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita left the government vulnerable to …More
