IRS Evaluation Plans Run Smoothly, but Lack of Documentation Hinders Managerial Review, Says GAO
The Internal Revenue Service successfully carried out three tests in 2004 to evaluate the main sources or error related to …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersNavy Objects to Enhanced EEO Awards
The Navy has objected to awards workplace discrimination decisions in which administrative judges have enhanced the amounts to the employee …More
Rule Proposed to Allow Agency Officials to Protest Competition Outcomes
The Government Accountability Office has proposed allowing certain designated officials to protest A-76 outcomes on behalf of in-house competitors, with …More
GAO: Program Safeguards Fail to Hold Down Material Costs at CMS
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ program safeguards to limit spending on power wheelchairs have failed, the Government Accountability …More
DoD Issues Changes to Post-Government Employment Restrictions
The Department of Defense has announced changes to its ethics regulation aimed at preventing departing personnel from violating federal “revolving …More
Greater Oversight and Partnership Needed for Aviation Security, Says GAO
The Government Accountability Office has called for Increased federal oversight and continuing partnership with the private sector to protect general …More
FAA Plans to Hire 12,500 New Controllers in Over Ten Years
The Federal Aviation Administration has announced plans to hire and train 12,500 new air traffic controllers over the next ten …More
OPM Clears SES at 28 Agencies for Higher Performance-Based Salaries
The Office of Personnel Management has announced that along with the Office of Management and Budget, it has certified the …More
GAO: Biometric ID Prototype Hit Snags, TSA Needs Management Plan
The Government Accountability Office has called for better planning to develop and operate the Transportation Security Administration’s biometric ID card …More
Union Activity Could Spike as NSPS Gets Under Way in New Year
Official time spent on union activity, whether perceived as counterproductive or vital to representing employees under labor law, could increase …More
OPM Reports Slight Decline in Use of Official Time for Union Activity, Issues New Reporting Requirements
Federal employees spent fewer official hours on union-related activity in fiscal 2003, according to a report from the Office of …More
Intelligence Bill to Restructure FBI
Under the recently enacted intelligence reform and terrorism prevention act, the Federal Bureau of Investigation
GAO: Better Oversight of Data Program Needed to Manage SSA Disability Process
The Social Security Administration — faced with a huge baby-boomer population that
MBA Salaries Rise, Competition Increases
Federal agencies seeking to add business school masters grads to their employment rolls should know that beginning salaries for these …More
Single Entity to Handle Security Clearance
The summary said the president would designate “a single entity to oversee the security clearance process and develop uniform standards …More
Conditions for Advancement Set
The summary also said the DNI would consult with agency heads to develop personnel policies and programs to staff intelligence …More
DNI Given 500 Positions and Authority to Transfer Others In
Five hundred new positions have been authorized for the office of the national intelligence director, under the recently enacted intelligence …More
More Assistance Needed From DoE With NCLB School-Choice Provision
The Department of Education needs to give schools more technical assistance as well as carry out implementation studies to help …More
Additional Overtime Pay Denied to Criminal Investigators For Past Work
The appeals court for the Federal Circuit has upheld a lower court’s decision to deny additional overtime pay to thousands …More
OPM Audit Cautions NSF for Reliance on Temp Expertise
The National Science Foundation’s use of temporary term employees gives it the scientific and engineering expertise it needs, but the …More
4,704 Apply for SES Candidate Program
The Office of Personnel Management has announced that it received 4,704 applications for senior executive service candidate program positions after …More
Presidential Management Fellows Program Applications Up 21 Percent
The Office of Personnel Management has announced that applications for the presidential management fellows program – it replaced the presidential …More
Scrutiny of IT Pay in Progress
The Office of Personnel Management says it is continuing to study pay-setting for information technology employees, although concluding that no …More
OPM Issues Updated Guidelines for Terrorist-Suspect List
The Office of Personnel Management has issued guidelines for the 2005 application for the Combined Federal Campaign through which organizations …More
GAO Calls for More Accurate Responses in Medicare Help Line
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls for more accurate responses from the 1-800-Medicare help line, implemented in …More
Measure Seeks to Boost Telecommuting
The catchall spending bill for the remainder of the current fiscal year that President Bush has signed into law contains …More
Guidance on Telecommuting Included
The OPM memo also repeats special guidance, first issued last year, on the status of employees who telework during weather …More
Annual Weather Policy Issued
In what is something of a holiday season tradition, the Office of Personnel Management has issued a memo calling attention …More
Some Tinkering Envisioned, But Not a Lot
DoD says that there “may be some modest changes that will be necessary” as the NSPS system matures. Once it …More
Training a Major Element of Reform
Defense officials, acknowledging that the NSPS represents a culture change in the way DoD operates, say they recognize the importance …More
