‘Reactive IT Management Approach’
The report also cited inadequate definition of requirements, and testing prior to deployment, as well as a lack of alternatives …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersAudit: IT Capability Lacking in DHS Emergency Preparedness and Response
The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General has come out with an audit faulting IT support and capability in the …More
DHS Expands Biometric Screening Program
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that it has begun expanding the US VISIT program’s biometric entry procedures to …More
Recommends Changing Statue and Regulations
The report argues for changing the statue and regulations to give agencies the flexibility to set the length of the …More
MSPB Urges Agencies to Use Probationary Period More Effectively
The probationary period of federal employment has in many cases been reduced to a mere formality, the Merit Systems Protection …More
CBP Commissioner to Retire
Robert C. Bonner, Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection has announced plans to retire, possibly as early …More
GAO: Army Corps of Engineers Needs to Retool Financing Habits
The Army Corps of Engineers, with more work than funds available for it, often reprograms actions to manage project funds, …More
Judge Skeptical of DHS Proposal to Move Ahead With Labor-Management System
After hearing arguments from federal employee unions and Department of Homeland Security officials on the department’s latest proposal to move …More
Study Finds that Political Appointees Get Lower PART Scores
After comparing the Bush Administration’s Program Assessment Rating Tool scores with the backgrounds of bureau chiefs, a study by David …More
HUD Management Signs Volunteer Leave MoU
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has signed a memorandum of understanding with a group of employees in the …More
House Committee Passes Bill to Prohibit Discrimination for Sexual Orientation
The House Committee on Government Reform has passed by voice vote a bill introduced by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., intended …More
GAO: Space Program Personnel Development Policy Needs Work
The Department of Defense has made limited progress since 2001 developing a cadre of personnel for its space programs and …More
Liberal Pleading Standard Under USERRA
The applicant had also alleged that the agency discriminated against him for his military service, saying the reasons the agency …More
Appeals Courts Sends Veteran’s Preference Case Back to MSPB
Citing a liberal pleading standard in allegations of discrimination, the Federal Circuit appeals court has reversed and remanded the Merit …More
GAO: Agencies Behind With FFMIA Compliance, Lack Management Data
Federal agencies continue to have problems producing data needed to manage daily operations and comply with the Federal Financial Management …More
Senators Introduce Bill for Advancing First Responder Communication
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins, D-Maine, and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., have introduced legislation …More
NAPA Calls for Changes to FBI Human Capital System
“An unwieldy human capital system remains a strong obstacle” to transforming the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to a new …More
Waxman Proposes 9-11 Style Commission to Oversee Katrina Contracting
As lawmakers and the administration hash out how reconstruction oversight will be managed – and how agency inspectors general offices …More
DHS Announces Special Audit Office for Katrina Oversight
The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General, Richard L. Skinner, has announced that the department is establishing a new Office …More
Congressmen Propose Katrina IG Council
In the scramble to organize how auditing for the estimated $200 billion Katrina relief and reconstruction effort will be carried …More
Tax Relief on Loans Would Cost, Says CBO
The Congressional Budget Office has released a cost estimate on a bill (HR-1765) awaiting a House floor vote to make …More
DFAS Reducing Paper
The Defense Accounting and Finance Service, which provides payroll services to Defense Department civilian and military personnel and military retirees, …More
AFGE: Defense Won’t Reveal Cost of NSPS
The Department of Defense has declined a request to disclose the cost of implementing its proposed National Security Personnel System, …More
Needs Performance-Based Contracting
The Bureau is relying on contractors to develop the EA, but “it has not employed effective contract management controls,” or …More
FBI Needs to Finalize Blueprint for IT Transition, Says GAO
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has made progress over two years in developing an enterprise architecture for modernizing its IT …More
GSA Raises Mileage Reimbursement Rate
The General Services Administration has announced that it has raised the reimbursement rate for employees using their automobiles for official …More
GAO: Visa Process Would Benefit From Additional Management Actions
The Departments of State and Homeland Security have taken steps since 2002 to strengthen the visa application process, but that …More
Employee Engagement High, but Many Feel Complaints Not Resolved Fairly
The PPS rankings also showed that one out of three federal agencies had higher employee engagement scores than the private …More
PPS Releases “Best Places to Work in Government” Survey Results
Drawing on the Office of Personnel Management’s Federal Human Capital Survey of 150,000 executive branch employees, the Partnership for Public …More
Report Cites How Performance Data Can Improve Results
The report also cited five ways that performance information can be used to improve the results of policy and program …More
