Labor Budget Proposal Favors FECA Reform
The administration’s fiscal 2007 budget for the Department of Labor proposes reforms to the Federal Workers Compensation Program, which provides …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersManagement Score Pulls Down OPM Merit Program Rating
The Office of Management and Budget’s ExpectMore.gov website has posted the 2005 assessment of the Office of Personnel Management’s merit …More
OPM Employees Win A-76 Competition
The Office of Personnel Management has announced that a group of employees in the center for retirement services within the …More
Administration Wants to Decide Job Competitions Based on “Value”
The administration’s 2007 budget request in a section on “managing for results,” criticizes legislative restrictions on competitive sourcing that require …More
New OMB Website Publishes Program Ratings
The Office of Management and Budget has launched ExpectMore.gov, a website showcasing the state of federal programs based rankings via …More
More Money for No Child Left Behind
The budget would increase funding for No Child Left Behind by 4.6 percent to $24.4 billion, and the President requested …More
White House Looks to Cut $3.5 Billion From Education Programs
President Bush’s 2007 budget proposal recommends eliminating 42 and reducing four Department of Education programs representing $3.468 billion, arguing they …More
OMB Releases Details on Proposed Program Terminations and Reductions
The Office of Management and Budget has released details on the 141 programs it has proposed for termination or reductions …More
Cards Would Be Linked to Databases
Chertoff added that under the system, technology enhancements would allow officers to identify travelers more easily by linking cardholders to …More
DHS and State Department Announce New Border
The Departments of Homeland Security and State have introduced joint border screening initiatives under the rubric of Secure Borders and …More
NASA Restructures Research Programs
NASA has announced plans to restructure its aeronautics research program. “NASA is returning to long-term investment in cutting-edge fundamental research …More
OSC Seeks Corrective Action Against DHS for Treatment of Border Patrol Agent
The Office of Special Counsel has announced that it filed a petition for corrective action with the Merit Systems Protection …More
GAO: Management Adjustments Needed to US-VISIT Program
The Government Accountability Office has called for management improvements to the Department of Homeland Security’s “visitor and immigrant status indicator …More
OGE Recommends Changing Conflict of Interest Rules for Executive Branch
The Office of Government Ethics has issued recommendations for modernizing criminal conflict of interest statutes relating to executive branch employment. …More
CBP Ordered to Redo 2005 Employee Awards Process
An arbitrator has ordered the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to rerun its 2005 employee awards process after finding …More
Workforce Challenges Await
The president of the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents about 14,000 CBP employees, said Bashman’s nomination was an opportunity …More
New Heads for CBP, Secret Service
The White House has nominated the current director of the Secret Service, W. Ralph Basham, to serve as the new …More
NTEU Balks at IRS Plans to Cut Taxpayer Telephone Assistance
The National Treasury Employees Union, which represents about 94,000 IRS employees, has called on the agency to heed congressional directives …More
OPM: SES Appraisal Systems Not Approved Without Measurable Results
The Office of Personnel Management has issued a memo reminding agencies that SES appraisal systems will not be certified for …More
Federal Management Improves, Says OMB, but Financial Performance Lacking
The Office of Management and Budget has released its president’s management agenda scorecard for the first quarter of fiscal 2006, …More
Union Calls on IRS to Bring Contracted Functions Back In-House
The National Treasury Employees Union has called on the IRS to use recently enacted legislative authority in the 2006 Transportation-Treasury …More
Allowing Contractors to Collect Taxes Will Remain in Spotlight
Two bills before Congress are likely to keep scrutiny on the hot-button issue of private tax collection and lead to …More
OPM Workforce Conference Meant as Primer for Personnel System Reform
The Office of Personnel Management’s 2006 federal workforce conference, scheduled for Feb. 27-March 3 at the Baltimore Convention Center, is …More
OPM Assessing HR Competency Needs
The Office of Personnel Management has asked agencies to identify at least three staff members who are experts in one …More
If You Are Going to the OPM Workforce Conference in Baltimore, You Need to Stop By Booth 107
More Information FEDweek’s Retirement Planning Training Education Partner, Personal Benefit Services–will be a special exhibitor at booth #107. With the …More
More Vendors Expected at 2006 Workforce Conference
More Information! The Office of Personnel Management’s 2006 workforce conference, scheduled for Feb. 27-March 2, is expected to draw up …More
USPS Opposes Reform Bill
Senior USPS management has come out against major postal reform legislation that it worked with senior lawmakers to draft, saying …More
GAO Calls for Revisions and Oversight of USPS Purchasing Changes
Recent changes to the Postal Service’s purchasing regulations are promising but require ombudsman revisions and continued oversight, the Government Accountability …More
TSA Screener Reinstated, Wasn’t Given Enough Notice of Offense
The Transportation Security Administration’s disciplinary review board has ordered the reinstatement of an airport screener after finding that the agency …More
Use of Transitional Employees Discontinued at Most Postal Facilities
The use of transitional employees at all postal facilities but remote encoding center sites has been discontinued as of Dec. …More
