MSPB Issues Guide to Reference Checks
The Merit Systems Protection Board has issued a report on reference checking in federal hiring coving legal issues and best …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersOPM Issues Guidance for Dismissal and Closure Procedures for D.C. Area
The Office of Personnel Management has issued its annual reminder on dismissal and closure procedures for federal agencies in the …More
FAA Calls for Mediation in Union Contract Dispute
Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Marion C. Blakey is seeking help from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service after four and …More
Justice IG Cites Financial Management as Top Challenge to Department
The Department of Justice inspector general has cited financial management and systems as a major management and performance challenge facing …More
Post Employment Restrictions Change for Some Executives
On November 25 the grandfather provision for determining post- employment conflict-of-interest restrictions for the senior executive service and others expired …More
DoD Posts Draft NSPS Implementing Documents
The Department of Defense has made available draft implementing issuances for the HR portion of its National Security Personnel System …More
Cites Implementation Challenges
The report cited ongoing challenges that have affected the department’s implementation of the risk-management framework that if not successfully addressed …More
GAO: Pentagon Needs Risk-Based Approach to Allocating Resources
The Department of Defense needs to do more to implement a risk-based and results-oriented management approach to allocating resources across …More
OPM Report Finds Changing Work Force
According to the latest stats from the Office of Personnel Management, among the government’s cadre of top career executives the …More
Rank in Person Concept at Issue
According to the report, the new SES pay system could change the concept of rank in person for the SES …More
Potential for Politicization
How the SES pay system is judged and/or accepted will depend on whether it is seen as being equitable, including …More
Report: Ambiguity, Risk of Politicization in SES Pay-for-Performance System
While the new pay-for-performance system being implemented for the senior executive service could bring benefits, it leaves open questions for …More
OMB Issues Guidance Guide
The Office of Management and Budget’s office of information and regulatory affairs has issued a draft bulletin for guidance practices. …More
Bill Would Establish Minimum Qualification Standards for DHS Leadership
Ranking member of the Senate government management oversight subcommittee, Daniel K. Akaka, D-Hawaii, has introduced a bill that would set …More
EEOC Needs More Systematic Approach to Restructuring Effort
As the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission moves forward with its reorganization, the Government Accountability Office has called on the agency …More
Courses Being Offered on Gift-Related Ethics Issues
In the run up to the holiday season, the Office of Government Ethics has announced dates for training in Washington …More
NSPS Court Date Set
The District Court for the District of Columbia has set January 24, 2006, as the hearing date for a union …More
PPS Warns of Imminent Brain Drain
The Office of Personnel Management estimates that among all full-time permanent employees in the federal workforce as of October 2004, …More
Balanced Funding, Cultural Change Required to Transform Airspace System
Transforming the Federal Aviation Administration’s National Airspace System, a complex network of airports, aircraft, air traffic control facilities, employees, and …More
Unions Offer Praise, Decry Lost Opportunity to Give CBP Officers LEO Status
The National Treasury Employees Union said that while the bill resulted in some positive provisions, it represented a lost opportunity …More
House Homeland Security Committee Passes Border Legislation
The House Homeland Security Committee has passed legislation to address border protection problems across the Department of Homeland Security. Introduced …More
Nominees Sought for Awards
The Army is soliciting nominees for two of the most prestigious annual awards for civilian employees working there, the William …More
Student Loan Conference, Call for Info Announced
The Office of Personnel Management has told agencies to submit their annual reports on the use of student loan reimbursement …More
Spending Bill Would Change Contracting Policy
The Transportation-Treasury appropriations bill for fiscal 2006 that is now awaiting President Bush’s signature would scale back in several important …More
Agencies Meet Financial Audit Timeline
For the first time since it was set in 2001, all major federal agencies met the Nov. 15 deadline for …More
Federal Transit Benefits Could Increase, Expand
In August, a proposal introduced by Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., to encourage federal employees in the Washington D.C. area to …More
Telework Has New Ally in Soaring Gas Prices
Telework was one answer at a recent hearing before the House federal workforce subcommittee to the question of how to …More
GAO: Education Department Needs Better Planning to Accomplish Project Goals
The Department of Education has made significant progress with its data management initiative, but needs better planning to accomplish project …More
Study Finds Coordination, Other Problems
Among the report’s findings that the senators singled out are a lack of effective coordination between the agencies that led …More
Homeland Security Committee May Consider Merging CBP and ICE
The leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee have said that unless the Department of Homeland Security …More
