Bill Would Tighten Purchase Card Regulations
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved legislation to crack down on government purchase card abuse. Introduced …More
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The National Treasury Employees Union is seeking a preliminary injunction along with four other unions to stop the Department of …More
NASA Taps Contractor for Shared Services Center
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has chosen Falls Church, Va., based Computer Sciences Corporation as the prime contractor for …More
CBP Moves Forward With New Procurement Plan
The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection has announced a strategic sourcing plan — “A12” — that it says it …More
Pentagon Hands Over BRAC Documents Following Subpoena
The Pentagon has delivered what the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee says is thousands of pages of documents …More
Technology Advancements Reduce Workload Demands– Improve Efficiencies
http://fedweek.sparklist.com/t/295130513/829470/511/0/ Now more then ever, government agencies are challenged with quickly delivering accurate answers to military personnel deployed worldwide. They …More
Approved Bills Give Tax Breaks to Feds
The House Committee on Government Reform has unanimously passed civil service bills expanding tax breaks for employee health premiums, student …More
Committee Asks if Continued Reorganization is Counter-Productive, Warns of “False Sense of Security”
Noting that the President’s fiscal 2006 budget proposes to establish an office of screening coordination and operations, part of “a …More
Senate Report Blasts DHS Management
The Department of Homeland Security has “significant management dysfunctions,” according to language from the Senate report on the DHS appropriations …More
Report: FAA’s Acquisition Problems Stalling Modernization
Cost growth, schedule delays, and performance shortfalls with FAA’s major acquisitions continue to stall air traffic modernization, a new report …More
Legislation Sought to Block Screener Contracting
Facing the prospect of a wave of privatization of airport screening operations, and following recent reports critical of Transportation Security …More
GAO: Wireless Networks Exposed
After finding “unauthorized wireless activity” and “signal leakage” at six federal agencies, the Government Accountability Office has called on the …More
OMB Issues 2005 FISMA Reporting Guidance, Privacy Programs at Issue
The Office of Management and Budget has issued 2005 guidance for annual Federal Information Security Management Act reports due by …More
CBP Employees Could Win Back Pay for Training
An arbitrator has ruled that former employees of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection who are seeking back pay …More
Committee Calls on FBI to Improve HR Management
Language in the committee report on the $57.5 billion 2006 Commerce-Justice-State appropriations bill recently passed by the House calls on …More
GAO Calls on IRS to Address Resource Management Challenges to Move Forward
A new Government Accountability Office report calls on the Internal Revenue Service to address resource management challenges to continue making …More
Retirements Coming among Senior IT Execs
Just under one third of senior IT executives expect to retire in the next three years with a total of …More
IT Workforce Holds Steady, Says Survey
The Chief Information Officers Council has released the 2004 IT workforce survey showing little change from last year’s findings of …More
GAO Questions Redundancies in Food Safety System
In the latest of a series of reports documenting problems with the “fragmented” federal food safety system the Government Accountability …More
DHS Proposes Discipline, Training, OSC Says Not Enough
Another report followed on March 2004 proposing 45 disciplinary actions and recommending additional training and more stringent reimbursement procedures, but …More
OSC Says Managers Likely Knew of Kickback Scheme
The Office of Special Counsel has rejected two Department of Homeland Security reports clearing Border Patrol management of knowledge or …More
Other Key Features of Postal Bills Analyzed
The CRS analysis said HR–22 and S–662 propose incremental reforms aimed at making the service operate more openly and predictably, …More
Vote Pending for Postal Reform Bills
The House and Senate are considering bi-partisan postal reform bills–HR-22 and S-662, that are considerably closer than bills introduced in …More
Navy Performance Management Survey Shows Room to Improve
Navy personnel feel that informal feedback from managers is generally “fair, accurate and a reflection of the managers’ level of …More
Committee to Examine OMB Progress Updating Acquisition Regulations
In comments on the report, Davis said the government reform committee would examine progress the Office of Management and Budget …More
Davis Calls for Tighter Control of Contractor Access to Federal Data
Chairman of the House Government Reform Committee Tom Davis, R-Va., has warned that the IT services and systems relied on …More
Fed Exec Institute Hits Milestone
The Office of Personnel Management has announced that more than 20,000 federal employees have graduated from the flagship program of …More
Union Criticizes Laundry Service Cost Comparison
The American Federation of Government Employees has sent a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs threatening legal action if …More
Lieberman: ‘Long Road Ahead’
“We have a long road ahead before the cyber-structure that underpins our nation’s critical infrastructure is secured from pranksters and …More
GAO Calls on DHS to Step Up Cyber-Security
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls on the Department of Homeland Security to ramp up its cyber-security …More
