Patent Dispute Threatens U.S. BlackBerry Use
Federal lawyers are seeking to make sure that a patent dispute doesn’t wind up interfering with federal employees’ use of …More
Federal Manager’s Daily Report
Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersGulf Coast Reconstruction Coordinator Named
In the race to control the oversight and management of federal response and recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane …More
Recommends Extended Oversight Role for OPM, Other Improvements
The Office of Personnel Management needs to extend its oversight role by addressing the internship trial period as well as …More
MSPB: Career Intern Program Producing Result
The number of employees entering federal service through the Federal Career Intern Program has increased from 400 in 2001 to …More
Telework Solution Aimed at Employee Accessibility and Information Security
The Viack Corporation, a government contractor specializing in secure communications, has released a telework guide that gives an overview of …More
Labor Intensive PART Needs Greater Focus, Says GAO
The Office of Management and Budget’s Program Assessment Rating Tool has fostered scrutiny of program performance, but its “labor-intensive” reviews …More
DoD Hints at Mandatory Removal Offenses
The Defense Department has provided relatively few details–but some hints–as to what types of employee misconduct would warrant being deemed …More
LEO Status for CBP Officers Uncertain
The proposal would allow OPM to determine eligibility for retirement benefits and pay and classification decisions, which leaves open the …More
Would Establish Federal Law Enforcement Pay and Retirement Council
According to the concept paper, the director of OPM would establish a Federal Law Enforcement Pay and Retirement Council consisting …More
House, Senate Committees Release Blueprint to Reform LEO Personnel System
Over a year after the Office of Personnel Management proposed giving itself broad authority to establish and maintain a pay …More
Building Reconstruction Measure Moves
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has approved HR-4125, to permit the General Services Administration to make repairs and lease …More
Policy on Higher Salary Cap Released
The Defense Department has issued policy for employees who perform work in support of, or related to, a military operation, …More
Court Rules in Favor of Agency Regarding Gender-Based Pay Differences
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has ruled in favor of the Federal Aviation Administration after three high-level female managers …More
Comp Time Benefit Expansion Moves
The House Government Reform Committee has approved a bill (HR-4057) to clarify that Department of Justice attorneys are eligible to …More
Problems Not Uncommon Among Federal Agencies, NASA Making Some Progress
The problems NASA has encountered trying to produce an unqualified audit opinion — something most federal agencies have managed to …More
GAO: Financial Management Challenges Threaten NASA Program Management
Major, long-standing financial management challenges threaten the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s ability to manage its complex programs, the Government …More
FMA: $20 Million Less for DHS Personnel System an ‘Ominous Start’
President of the Federal Managers Association Michael B. Styles has criticized the House-Senate conference on 2006 Department of Homeland Security …More
OPM Launches New Resources for Federal Managers
The Office of Personnel Management has published a new human capital resources center website for federal managers and supervisors as …More
GAO: High-Level Attention Needed to Assess Fitness of Reserve Forces
Top management attention is needed to address long-standing problems with determining the medical and physical fitness of the Reserve Force, …More
Opinions of Government, Business Drop
Reflecting discontent with a range of conditions nationwide, Americans are increasingly expressing negative opinions about the federal government and business …More
VA Behind on Implementing Study”s Recommendations to Improve Acquisitions
The Department of Veterans Affairs, which spends about $7.3 billion on products and services each year, has made limited progress …More
Arbitrator Rules Against CBP Employee Appearance Code
An arbitrator has ordered the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to rescind grooming regulations it introduced last fall for …More
NTEU: More Frontline Employees Needed
National Treasury Employees Union President Colleen M. Kelley said more frontline IRS employees are needed in both compliance and enforcement …More
Treasury IG, GAO Call for Better Data
Treasury Inspector General J. Russell George said at the hearing that the IRS should not “emphasize enforcement at the expense …More
IRS Focuses on $300 Billion Tax Gap
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Mark Everson told Senate lawmakers recently of the agency’s plan to close the estimated $300 billion …More
Pentagon to Establish Business Transformation Agency
An October 7 memo from Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England directs the establishment of the Defense Business Transformation Agency …More
Calls for the Use of Compatible Tracking Systems
Incompatible data systems, a reliance on paper files and an opaque and segmented process have limited the ability of agencies …More
GAO Calls for Improvements to Management of USERRA Rights
A new report from the Government Accountability Office says the management of employment rights for those called to active military …More
NPS To Implement Project Review Process
Recognizing that past building projects have “exceeded minimum functional requirements,” depleted the agency’s operations budget, and expected too large of …More
Park Service Updates Management Policy
The National Park Service has released for public comment an updated version of its management policy that it says will …More
