Navy Sends Survey on NSPS
The Navy has sent a Performance Management Survey to 38,000 randomly selected civilian employees across the Navy and Marine Corps. …More
Federal Manager’s Daily Report
Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersDeputy Labor Secretary to Chair E-Gov Management Subcommittee
The Office of Management and Budget has appointed Steven J. Law, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Labor, as chairman …More
OPM Seeks Reports on Special Hiring Authority, Allowances
The Office of Personnel Management has told agencies to report on their use of category rating, an alternative hiring practice …More
GAO Calls for Crucial Financial Management Improvements
Sustained improvement in federal financial management is crucial to addressing future fiscal challenges, said GAO following an audit of the …More
Ethics Advisory Letters Available
The Office of Government Ethics has made available online its 2004 informal advisory letters and memoranda and formal opinions on …More
Boost for DHS IT
Total IT spending in the 2006 DHS budget increases $1.2 billion to about $6 billion, according to the department’s 2006 …More
DHS Budget Increases Funding for Management and Operations Division
Of the $41.1 billion initially requested for Department of Homeland Security in 2006, $140 million would go to department management …More
E-Training Enrollment Jumps in 2004
The Office of Personnel Management has announced that enrollments in agency online training programs and the GoLearn service provider jumped …More
Agency Reporting Guidance Misses Competition Costs, Union Argues
The National Treasury Employees Union objected to OMB’s figures, saying they to do not provide Congress with an accurate picture,” …More
OMB Says 2004 Competitions Could Save $1.4 Billion
The Office of Management and Budget has reported that 217 competitions completed in fiscal 2004 could save $1.4 billion over …More
Independent Board to Manage Drug Safety Issues
The Food and Drug Administration has announced plans to hand over management of drug safety issues to an independent Drug …More
Big Role for PART Ratings in 2006 Budget Cuts
The major criteria guiding the administration in proposing the fiscal 2006 budget were whether programs met the priorities of national …More
Budget Proposes to Merge Federal Technology and Supply Services
The 2006 budget proposes to change the funding mechanism and organization of the General Services Administration’s Federal Technology Service, and …More
Davis Announces CISO Exchange Program
Congressman Davis and the chief information officers council announced at the hearing that they will co-chair a new chief information …More
CISOs Give Federal Security Report Card “C”
Around 30 agency chief information security officers gave the federal computer security report card a grade of C, according to …More
Information Security Grades Rise Slightly, Show Room for Improvement
The overall grade for federal agencies on the federal information security management act report card rose 2.5 points to a …More
GAO Says Fiscal Policy Unsustainable
National fiscal policy is “unsustainable,” according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office, and continuing with it “will …More
FEHB Integrity Program: “Effective”
The PART summary rated the Federal Employees Health Benefits integrity program as effective. Administered by OPM’s office of the inspector …More
PART: Passing Grade for Federal Employee Benefits Programs
The latest Program Assessment Rating Tool program summaries rate three federal-employee benefit programs managed by the Office of Personnel Management …More
OPM Issues Updates Diploma Mill’ Guidelines
The Office of Personnel Management has said that new revisions to its qualifications standards operating manual are designed to make …More
Human Capital Management Remains on High Risk List
Strategic human capital management remained on the list because “strategies are still not appropriately constituted to meet current and emerging …More
GAO Adds to “High Risk” List
The Government Accountability Office has added four government programs and operations to its “high-risk” list for the 109th Congress, that …More
OMB Downgrades Management Scores at Four Agencies
The latest Office of Management and Budget scorecard dropped the scores for four departments in one of five management agenda …More
Deadly Sins Proposal Also Repeated
The administration also is seeking once again to revise the “10 deadly sins” policy at the IRS, a program that …More
FECA Charge-Back Targeted Again
The Bush administration once again is seeking to change the way costs are accounted for in the Federal Employees Compensation …More
Big Task for Managers Ahead
Under the new DoD personnel system–as at DHS–there will be a significant responsibility for managers to set performance expectations for …More
Some Areas of Difference
When compared with the DHS rules, the DoD program will have some areas of difference, however, reflecting differing authorities in …More
DoD Plan Tracks DHS in Many Areas
The Defense Department’s proposed rules (in Monday’s Federal Register) to put in place its “national security personnel system” track in …More
White House Pledges to Continue Removing ‘Legislative Restrictions’ to e-Gov Consolidations, Competitions
According to the White House’s 2006 budget proposal, “the administration will continue to work with the Congress to remove legislative …More
Wider Personnel Reform Idea Debated
In the 2006 budget the Bush administration has announced it will be pushing to reform personnel systems across government to …More
