OMB Pushes Strategic Sourcing for Acquisitions
The Office of Management and Budget has issued a memo requiring agencies to begin “institutionalizing strategic sourcing” to come up …More
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An amendment to the House’s recently passed fiscal 2006 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill redirects $26.1 million of the …More
EEOC Releases 2004 Report on Federal Workforce
Over 19,000 complaints of discrimination were filed against federal agencies according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s fiscal 2004 report …More
Management Challenges Follow Immigration Enforcement to New Bureaus
Homeland security agencies that took over the immigration enforcement from the Immigration and Naturalization Service in 2003 have inherited many …More
GAO Finds USPS Plans for Better Mail Processing and Distribution Lacking
The Postal Service is trying to scale back its mail processing and distribution operations but a new report from the …More
DoD Plans More Senior Intelligence Exec Slots
The Defense Department has asked Congress to increase the maximum number of Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service employees by 150 …More
Concerns Expressed on Forest Service Management
The House Appropriations Committee, expressing concern about several aspects of Forest Service management, has written several restrictive provisions into a …More
OMB: Use of FTE Statistics in Budgets to be ‘Monitored More Closely’
The Office of Management and Budget has issued a worksheet for agencies with over 1,000 full-time-equivalent employees to ensure they …More
MSPB Optimistic That Recent Efforts Could Speed Background Checks
Recent initiatives undertaken in the federal government could vastly improve the overburdened security background investigation process, the Merit Systems Protection …More
GAO Calls on DoE to Strengthen Contract Management for Major Projects
The Department of Energy has run into substantial cost and schedule overruns on many of its major projects — $400 …More
First Phase of NSPS Training Includes ‘Soft Skills’
Training on specific content of the National Security Personnel System will not begin until later in the year after the …More
GAO Calls on Grant Agencies to Streamline, Simplify Processes
Five years after the financial assistance management improvement act of 1999 was enacted to streamline requirements across grant programs — …More
Whistleblower Legislation Would Improve Protections
Calling national security whistleblowers “modern day Paul Reveres” deserving of legal protection, the ranking democrat on the House Committee on …More
Report Faults Whistleblower Protections
A new report released by the Project On Government Oversight says the government is failing to protect employees who come …More
Congressman Asks GAO to Study Agency Telework Progress
House Government Reform Committee chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., has requested a Government Accountability Office study of progress that agencies have …More
DoD Ethics Program Needs to Better Ensure Procurement Integrity
The Department of Defense is not positioned to assess the effectiveness of its ethics program, according to a report from …More
Partnership for Public Service Issues First ‘Poll Watch’
Nearly half of the federal government’s 1.9 million workers, including 70 percent of supervisors, will be eligible to retire in …More
Some Unions Pull Out of NSPS Talks
Five of 36 unions representing Department of Defense Employees have dropped out of the National Security Personnel System meet and …More
Army HR Competition Winners Named
The Army has named co-winners of its Nick Hoge professional essay competition, an annual program dedicated to promoting excellence in …More
Few Feds Say Promotions are Merit Based, Poor Performance Addressed
Only about one third of federal employees agree that promotions in their work units are based on merit, and only …More
Senate Also Seeks Greater Control of Defense Procurements
The counterpart DoD authorization bill approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee includes financial management and oversight provisions for acquisition …More
Measure Tightens Acquisition Process
Language in the House DoD authorization bill would change the Defense acquisition process, and the committee said it was “taking …More
House Defense Spending Bill Curbs ‘Future Combat Systems’
The House Armed Services Committee has approved a $441 billion fiscal 2006 Defense authorization bill, with a focus on procurement …More
Air Traffic Controller Union Weighs in on Proposed Changes
At the same hearing, National Air Traffic Controllers Association President John Carr outlined ideas to improve the ATO, address staffing …More
Says Lockheed Contract Could Save $2.2 Billion, Lawmakers Object
Chew defended FAA’s award of a five-year, $1.9 billion contract to Lockheed Martin to run the agency’s automated flight service …More
FAA Reorganization Continues, ATO Official Recaps Year One
After beginning an extensive reorganization early last year, the Federal Aviation Administration has made progress streamlining its operations and reducing …More
New Compilation of Ethics Laws
The Office of Government Ethics has published a new compilation of ethics laws, including related statutes on which ethics officials …More
Failure to Accurately Describe Customs Security Policy Pivotal
The appeals court opinion said the FLRA erroneously found that “the agency has exercised its right to determine its internal …More
FLRA Upholds Management’s Right Not to Bargain, But Appeals Court Remands
In a decision that sheds light on the principle of management’s right to invoke internal security practices as a reason …More
Pro Picking
If you’re searching for a trusted financial advisor, keep these pointers in mind: A good advisor finds the facts first. …More
