NSA Chooses HR Planning Company
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service has signed a contract with Boyden Global Executive Search to help it with human …More
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Under the charge card guidance, the official that approves the travel must take the same training as cardholders, and the …More
GSA Issues New Guidance for Travel Charge Cards
The General Services Administration has released guidance on new requirements for the issuance and management of government-wide travel charge cards …More
OMB Specifies Procedures for Budget Reduction
The Office of Management and Budget has issued guidance on implementing a government-wide across-the-board spending reduction required by the fiscal …More
Summary Judgment Elusive in Dispute Over Pay for Dangerous Work
The U.S Court of Federal Claims has denied summary judgment in a case involving a group of shipyard workers who …More
Energy Department to Contract Management of Argonne Lab
The Department of Energy has issued a request for proposals for the management and operation of the Argonne National Lab …More
DHS Meets Biometric Technology Installation Requirement
The Department of Homeland Security met a year’s end congressional deadline by installing biometric screening capabilities at 104 land border …More
Unions Blames Managers for Slow Adoption of Telework
The leader of the National Treasury Employees Union said she’ll continue to advocate for teleworking in the federal government in …More
IBM Awarded Commissaries Contract
IBM has been awarded a $270 million five-year IT contact to support the Defense Commissary Agency’s point-of-sale system. Specifically, IBM …More
OMB Issues Guidance on Security Clearance Reciprocity
The Office of Management and Budget has issued guidance developed by a security clearance oversight steering committee that outlines actions …More
Bill Requires NASA Management to Work with Unions on Workforce Changes
The NASA authorization act of 2005 approved by House and Senate conferees in December contains provisions directing the NASA administrator …More
Army Begins Attitude Survey
The Army Civilian Attitude Survey is now open to all appropriated and nonappropriated fund Army civilian employees and supervisors. The …More
Memo Spells Out Information Management Requirements for Agencies
The Office of Management and Budget has issued a memo specifying requirements for organizing and categorizing information and making it …More
Cost Accounting at Treasury Gets Mixed Review
The report said Treasury has delegated responsibility for developing MCA systems to its bureaus while maintaining oversight, but that officials …More
Managerial Cost Accounting Taking Hold, Top-Down Implementation Needed
The Departments of Education, Treasury and Transportation are gradually putting managerial cost accounting systems in place, the Government Accountability Office …More
FBI Recruiting IT Personnel
https://www.fbijobs.gov/ The Federal Bureau of Investigation has launched a campaign to recruit IT professionals to operate and maintain the agency’s …More
Cost Accounting at Treasury Gets Mixed Review
The report said Treasury has delegated responsibility for developing MCA systems to its bureaus while maintaining oversight, but that officials …More
Managerial Cost Accounting Taking Hold, Top-Down
Implementation NeededThe Departments of Education, Treasury and Transportation are gradually putting managerial cost accounting systems in place, the Government Accountability …More
FBI Recruiting IT Personnel
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has launched a campaign to recruit IT professionals to operate and maintain the agency’s global …More
Military Sexual Misconduct Survey Shows Gender Divide
The Department of Defense has released the results of a 2004 survey revealing gender-based differences on how sexual harassment and …More
Patent Office Expands Telework Program
Setting a goal of having 500 employees in its telework program by September 2006, the Department of Commerce’s Patent and …More
DHS Science and Technology Directorate Needs Better Ethical Safeguards
The Department of Homeland Security needs to improve the ethics-related management controls of its science and technology directorate, the Government …More
OSC Staff Need Separate Redress Process
Federal employees, including OSC employees, are protected from prohibited personnel practices and may seek redress from OSC, but conflicts of …More
GAO: Office of Special Counsel Cut Corners to Award Contract
Without authorization or training, the Office of Special Counsel assumed the duties of contracting officer representatives in getting an office …More
Foreign Service Institute to Provide Content for OPM’s Online-Training
The Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute, which prepares foreign-service personnel for duties abroad, has signed on as a content …More
Scope of Contract Defined
It said the new contractor is committed to contributing to the economic development of New Mexico through the commercialization of …More
University of California to Continue Managing Los Alamos Lab
The Department of Energy has announced that it selected Los Alamos National Security LLC – made up of Bechtel National …More
Pentagon Makes HR Briefs on NSPS Available
The Department of Defense has made available a series of briefing slides covering HR elements of its new National Security …More
Key HR Issues to Get Airing
The Office of Personnel Management has scheduled an important conference to address significant personnel issues that touch all agencies at …More
Air Force Awards $24.8 Million NSPS Training Contract
The Air Force has awarded a $24.8 million contract to a Virginia company, Centre Consulting, to provide management skills training …More
