Program Assessment Rating Tool Recognized for Innovation
The Office of Management and Budget’s Program Assessment Rating Tool has been selected for one of this year’s six Innovations …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersSenate Subcommittee Approves $70.7 Billion for VA
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs has approved legislation providing $70.7 billion in direct payments to …More
Competing Agendas
FAA said labor costs account for 80 percent of its operating budget and that the 1998 agreement tied its hands …More
FAA and Controllers Negotiating New Contract
The Federal Aviation Administration is sparring with air traffic controls over a new contract as the agency tries to reduce …More
OMB Issues Telecom Regulations for Federal Buildings
The Office of Management and Budget has issued a regulation that requires agencies to begin reviewing telecommunications capabilities regarding contingency …More
OPM to Hold SLR Forum
The Office of Personnel Management is holding a forum for agency chief human capital officers, their staff, and student loan …More
Student Loan Repayment Programs Catching on But OPM Could Do More to Help Agencies, Says GAO
The Office of Personnel Management could give the federal student loan repayment program greater momentum by building on its efforts …More
NTEU: Plan ‘Counter-Productive and Flawed’
Long an outspoken critic personnel reforms being implemented at DoD and DHS, the National Treasury Employees Union criticized the draft …More
Much Would Hinge on Ratings
Under the administration’s plan, appraisal systems would include an unacceptable performance rating, a fully successful rating and at least one …More
Draft Bill Outlines Government-Wide Performance Management System
The Office of Management and Budget’s recently released draft of its government-wide personnel reform bill — the so-called Working for …More
Report Calls on OPM and Agencies to Drive Core-Ring Model
Many agencies already use similar models but the report’s authors, James R. Thompson and Sharon H. Mastracci – assistant professors …More
Report Advocates Relying More on Temp Workers
The nearly exclusive use of full-time, full-year federal employees impedes managerial flexibility when dealing with budget cuts or increases in …More
OMB Issues Tough R-and-D Guidance for Fiscal 2007 Budgets
The Office of Management and Budget is telling agencies to “vigorously evaluate” current research and development programs when developing their …More
GSA Seeks Ideas for Charge Card Program, Conference Scheduled
The General Services Administration has invited government charge card program managers to attend the seventh annual SmartPay conference in Boston …More
Budget Submissions Lack Detail Over Impact of Cuts
ATO’s budget, submitted for review to senior officials at FAA, the Department of Transportation, the Office of Management and Budget, …More
FAA Faces Challenges Acquiring Air Traffic Control Systems
The Federal Aviation Administration has made progress with its multibillion-dollar effort to modernize the national air traffic control system but …More
CBP Begins Hiring Drive
The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection has launched an intensive campaign to hire border patrol agents through the Federal …More
Lieberman Calls on DHS to Heed Report
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee ranking member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., has called on the DHS to implement recommendations in …More
DHS Needs to Fully Implement Security Program, Says GAO
The Department of Homeland Security has not fully implemented a comprehensive information security program to protect information and information systems, …More
SAIGE Training Conference Set
The Society of American Indian Government Employees will host a national training conference August 15-18 in Washington, D.C., with a …More
Agencies Asked to Justify Increased Senior Slots
The Office of Personnel Management has sent a memo to agencies that asked for additional Senior Executive Service, senior level, …More
Pay Reform Bill Has Several Management Elements
The Bush administration’s proposed civil service reform bill–dubbed the “Working for America Act”–whose stated purpose is the ensure that agencies …More
Clarification
A July 12 item about revised Air Force personnel policy (“AFPC Revises Civilian Rules for Official Duty”) should have clarified …More
AAGEN Holding Leadership Conference
The Asian American Government Executive Network will hold a one-day leadership conference October 6, in the Crystal City section of …More
CBO Puts Cost of Postal Reform Bill at $3.9 Billion Through 2015
The Senate’s Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act — S-662 — would result in on-budget savings of $37.7 billion and off-budget …More
DoL Receives Highest Rating on OMB Scorecard
The latest scorecard issued by the Office of Management and Budget rating agencies according to how well they are performing …More
OMB: Agencies Required to Transition to New Internet Protocol by 2008
Federal agencies will be required to have their network backbones running on a new Internet protocol — IPv6 — by …More
Combs Cleared as OMB Controller
The Senate has confirmed the former Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs and Chief Financial Officer at the Department of …More
OPM Director Sworn In
Linda M. Springer has been sworn in as the new Office of Personnel Management Director after being unanimously confirmed by …More
GAO: Agencies Should Foster Performance-Based Cultures
As the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security transition to their new personnel systems and set the example for broad …More
