GSA Releases Outline for New Organization
Following House approval of the General Services Administration Modernization Act, GSA has released a design proposal for its new Federal …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersReport Affirms Navy Whistleblower Allegations
The Office of Special Counsel has announced that it passed on a report to the President and Congress following an …More
Senators Decry Withholding of BRAC Data
Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Susan Collins, R-Maine, and ranking member Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., are …More
OFPP Tightens Workforce Inventory Guidance
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy has revised guidance for classifying functions as “inherently governmental,” “commercial,” or “suitable for competition,” …More
IRS to Close 68 Walk-In Locations
The Internal Revenue Service has announced plans to close 68 of 400 taxpayer walk-in assistance centers. The agency says increased …More
Detailed Justification Required
According to the guidance, materials submitted to OMB in this context should include a first-year cost estimate and if possible, …More
OMB Issues ‘Budget Discipline’ Guidance
The Office of Management and Budget has issued guidance implementing a “budget-neutrality requirement on agency administrative actions affecting mandatory-spending programs.” …More
NASA Needs Strategy to Retain Workers in Expiring Shuttle Program
Under the “vision for space exploration” the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been directed to retire the space shuttle …More
Audit Prompts Senators to Seek Details on Waste Prevention Plans
Following a critical audit report by the Department of Homeland Security inspector general, Senate committee leaders have asked the assistant …More
OGE Announces Program for Temp Ethics Assignments in Host Agencies
The Office of Government Ethics has announced a program for temporary rotational assignments in the executive branch ethics program. It …More
IG Says DHS Data Network on Course, Crunched Time Frame Left Loose Ends
The Department of Homeland Security has taken a number of key steps toward implementing its data network designed to share …More
House Passes GSA Modernization Act
The House has unanimously approved the General Services Administration Modernization Act – HR-2066 – combining the Federal Supply Service and …More
GAO: Small Business Subcontracting Overstated at DoE
Small business subcontracting reported by Department of Energy facility management contractors is overstated, according to a new Government Accountability Office …More
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
House Cuts Implementation Funds for DHS Personnel System
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
