DHS Announces New IT Acquisition Programs
The Department of Homeland Security has announced two new programs for IT acquisitions, one for IT services called EAGLE – …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersOPM Promotes Student Loan Repayment Program
After the Office of Personnel Management held a forum recently meant to advance the use of the federal student loan …More
FLRA Office Rejects National Security Rationale for Denying Union Representation
The Federal Labor Relations Authority’s Chicago region has rejected the Department of Agriculture’s stated national security rationale for ending union …More
Makes Policy Recommendations
CSIA outlined policy recommendations to the Administration and Congress to expand telework programs, for example, by including telework in the …More
Report Calls for Greater Role of Telework
A new report looks at reasons why telework has been slow to catch on in the federal government and calls …More
More to be Done, Lieberman Says
“The Postal Service deserves credit for its efforts to make sure postal employees know what they need to do to …More
GAO: Greater Refinement of Suspicious Mail Guidance Needed for USPS
When an envelop marked “Caution: Ricin Poison,” generated some confusion after showing up at an airmail facility in Greenville, South …More
OMB Issues Implementation Guidance for Government-Wide ID Standard
The Office of Management and Budget has issued guidance for implementing a presidential directive signed last year requiring the development …More
FBI Announces Information System Solicitation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released a formal solicitation for proposals to develop its next generation electronic information management …More
Report Reviews How Planning is Done
The agencies GAO looked at have assigned responsibility for succession planning and management efforts to councils or boards, and VHA …More
GAO Calls for Better Succession Planning
The Census Bureau, Department of Labor, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Veterans Health Administration have all implemented succession planning …More
MSPB Outlines Requirements for Success
In order for a pay system to direct organization change, agency leaders need to demonstrate their commitment to performance pay …More
MSPB Promotes, Endorses Pay for Performance
An organization’s culture can be changed through its pay system to focus more on performance, according to the Merit System …More
Pentagon Needs to Reign in Military Compensation, Says GAO
The Department of Defense needs to reassess the way it compensates service members, the Government Accountability Office has said in …More
GAO Advocates Greater Use of Performance Budgeting for DHS
Risk management principles such as performance management could help the Department of Homeland Security allocate resources, Comptroller General David Walker …More
House Seeks to Guide OPM Policies
As part of the Transportation-Treasury appropriations bill for fiscal 2006 (HR-3058)—a bill that covers the Office of Personnel Management, among …More
GAO: Too Few Audits of GSA Vendor Pricing Forego Hundreds of Millions
In its most recent review of the General Services Administration’s multiple awards schedule program — through which $34 billion changed …More
OMB Issues Federal Charge Card Guidance
The Office of Management and Budget has issued new charge card policies taking effect October 1, for executive departments and …More
Defense Unions Question Price Tag of Personnel Changes
The American Federation of Government Employees has asked for details on the cost of implementing the Department of Defense’s new …More
Judge Rules for Unions in DHS Rules Suit
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has sided with the National Treasury Employees Union in its suit against the personnel …More
DHS Needs to Step Up Oversight of Visa Security Program, Say Collins, GAO
The Department of Homeland Security lacks a strategic plan outlining the mission, activities, program goals, and intended results of its …More
PPS Announces Pilot to Recruit Students into Civil Service
The Partnership for Public Service has announced a pilot project with five universities to help recruit graduates into the civil …More
Navy Emphasizes Accountability in NSPS
In a recent message to Navy employees regarding the national security personnel system that could apply as well to other …More
MSPB Outlines Requirements for Success
In order for a pay system to direct organization change, agency leaders need to demonstrate their commitment to performance pay …More
MSPB Promotes, Endorses Pay for Performance
An organization’s culture can be changed through its pay system to focus more on performance, according to the Merit System …More
DoD Reissues Ethics Guidance for DoD Personnel Leaving Government
The Department of Defense standards of conduct office has re-issued guidance summarizing restrictions of the Procurement Integrity Act – and …More
OPM Authorizes Direct Hiring for Acquisition Positions
The Office of Personnel Management has issued an interim regulation granting federal agencies — excluding the Department of Defense — …More
OPM Taps Monster to Run USAJOBS
The Office of Personnel Management has awarded a contract to Monster Government Solutions to continue running the government website and …More
GSA Releases FAS Organizational Plan
The General Services Administration has released the organizational design plan for the reorganization of the Federal Technology Service and Federal …More
Davis to Push for Share-in-Savings Reauthorization
“Share-in savings contracts represent an innovative, performance-based approach to procurement that encourages industry to share technology and solutions with the …More
