OPM Issues Guidance on Suitability Determinations
The Office of Personnel Management has released guidance on when agencies may initiate suitability determinations, which are used to ensure …More
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A Department of Defense base realignment and closure transition website has been created to provide civilian employees affected by changes …More
Pentagon Makes BRAC Recommendations
The Pentagon has proposed closing 33 major bases and realigning 29 others throughout the United States, likely meaning a loss …More
Walker Calls for ‘Honest’ Communication With Unions Over NSPS
In a follow up to a recent Senate hearing on the Department of Defense’s new National Security Personnel System, Comptroller …More
Agencies Report Success Recruiting and Retaining Employees
OPM said 21 of 28 agencies using the student loan reimbursement program reported that the program improved recruitment and retention …More
OPM Reports Jump in Use of Student Loan Repayment Program
Federal agencies have reported using the federal student loan repayment program to recruit and retain valuable employees, according to the …More
The Official Base Realignment and Closure List Just Posted!
http://fedweek.sparklist.com/t/295109361/829470/489/0/ Key BRAC Report: Must Read! FEDweek and Armed Forces News have located for you a the direct link to …More
OPM Begins Training Background Investigators
Office of Personnel Management is moving forward with an expansion of its national investigative capacity to 8,000 “fully productive investigators …More
House Committee Approves GSA Reorganization
The House Government Reform Committee has unanimously approved HR-2066, the “General Service Administration Modernization Act,” amending the Federal Property and …More
Government agencies reap high returns from new technologies that improve communications with constituents.
http://fedweek.sparklist.com/t/295108913/829470/488/0/ All agencies communicate with constituencies. These constituencies include individual citizens, businesses, other agencies, and even their own internal staffs. …More
OMB: Most Agencies in the Red for Financial Performance
Financial management continues to be an area of concern for the Office of Management and Budget, which rated 18 of …More
Kushnick, Macy Award Winners Named
The Army has announced winners of two awards that recognize outstanding achievements of Department of the Army civilians. The joint-winners …More
Reminder Issued on Financial Disclosure Reports
The Office of Government Ethics has sent out a reminder that annual public financial disclosure reports (SF 278) for those …More
IG Blasts TSA for Ethics Violations Relating to Office Setup
The Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General citied “breakdowns in management controls” as reasons for lavish and unethical spending throughout …More
Panel Identifies Ways to Improve Air Traffic Control Modernization Program
A panel consisting of various aviation experts and hosted by the Government Accountability Office recommended a strategy of short and …More
Privacy Concerns High Among U.S. Citizens
The Accenture report said the United States is “fairly advanced in how it deals with privacy and security of personal …More
U.S. Ranks High in e-Gov Services
The United States ranked second among all nations–trailing only Canada–in the provision of e-government services in a recent study by …More
Progress Too Slow, Says Government Reform Committee Chair
The implementation of the 14 SARA provisions more than a year after being enacted “should be further along,” said chairman …More
GAO: Key SARA Provisions Being Impleme
Progress implementing provisions of the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003 varied throughout fiscal 2004 as federal spending on service …More
Partnership for Public Service: Hiring Key to Medicare Modernization
As part of its ongoing “extreme hiring makeover” of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Partnership for Public …More
OPM Clarifies Anti-Nepotism Rule
After a public comment period the Office of Personnel Management issued a revised final rule in the April 20 Federal …More
House Leader Concerned GSA Has Spread Itself Thin With Acquisitions
House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., has expressed concern over the “apparent lack of management coordination” at the …More
Government-Wide IT Contract Vehicle Announced
The Office of Management and Budget, General Services Administration and Department of Defense have announced a government-wide SmartBUY agreement with …More
Political Emails Did Not Violate Hatch Act, Rules Judge
An administrative law judge of the Merit Systems Protection Board has cleared two federal employees accused of violating the Hatch …More
DENTAL BENEFITS NOW AVAILABLE TO FEDS IN DC, DE, MD, PA and VA
Dominion Dental Services, Inc. is now offering federal employees in DC, DE, MD, PA and VA a new option in …More
Group Seeks Info on Whistleblower Complaints Filed With OSC
The Government Accountability Project, a non-profit government and corporate accountability group, has called on federal employees who have filed whistleblower …More
National Security Whistleblowers Group Forms
A new group has formed to push Congress to crack down on government retaliation against those who allege national security …More
Nominees Sought for DoD Awards
The Defense Department is seeking nominees for the new David O. Cooke Excellence in Public Administration Award, which was created …More
IRS Bound by Agreement
The report suggested alternative assistance, such as using the agency’s “individual development plan,” a process by which managers and employees …More
Audit Faults Costly Tuition Assistance Program
The Internal Revenue Service’s tuition assistance program costs too much to run and keeps inaccurate records, according to an audit …More
