OPM to Receive 70 Million Visits to Its Job Posting Website
OPM reports that it expects to receive over 70 million visits to its job posting website in 2004. There are …More
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The Merit Systems Protection Board has dismissed a former Department of Transportation worker’s petition for review of a removal decision, …More
OPM to Compete 327 FTEs in 2004
The Office of Personnel Management intends to compete 327 full time equivalent positions in fiscal 2004, according to its competitive …More
GAO: Financial Management Ills Block NASA Opportunities
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration could strengthen its ability to manage highly complex programs by addressing some long-standing financial …More
OPM to Receive 70 Million Visits to Its Job Posting Website
OPM reports that it expects to receive over 70 million visits to its job posting website in 2004. There are …More
House Panel Passes Program Assessment and Results Act
The Government Reform Committee has passed the Program Assessment and Results Act — the PAR Act, HR-3826 — meant to …More
OPM Holds Symposium to Advance Vet Preference
The Office of Personnel Management has held a symposium for key human capital managers, human resources specialists, and program managers …More
GAO: Federal Data Mining Practice Grows at Agencies
Federal agencies and departments reported having 199 ongoing or planned data mining efforts, something both the government and private sector …More
Senate Approves Postal Overhaul Legislation
The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee has unanimously approved postal overhaul legislation sponsored by Chairman Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Tom …More
Recommendations for Improving IT Workforce
The skills assessment survey included several recommendations: Groups such as the CIOC workforce and human capital for IT committee should …More
Survey Reveals IT Skills/Competency Gap and Aging Workforce
The federal IT workforce, with 76 percent reportedly over age 40 and only 5 percent under 30, appears to be …More
Day Off Granted in Reagan’s Memory
Most federal offices will be closed Friday (June 11) and employees given excused absences in memory of former President Reagan, …More
Seven Agencies Granted Direct Hire Authority
The Office of Personnel Management has granted direct hire authority to seven federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security …More
DHS Should Hold Off on IT Spending, Says GAO
The Department of Homeland Security should limit investment in IT systems until its IT strategic management framework is sufficiently defined …More
DoD Back to Square One With Unions on Reform Plan
The Defense Department is holding a fresh round of meetings, starting today, with federal unions over creating the “national security …More
OPM Reaches Out to Minority MBAs
The Office of Personnel Management discussed career opportunities in the federal government for minority MBAs at a conference organized by …More
Enterprise Architectures Still Maturing, says GAO
The Office of Management and Budget has made progress on the federal enterprise architecture (FEA), as its called, that it …More
Partnership Seeks CHCO Continuity Legislation
The Partnership for Public Service has petitioned the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization to introduce …More
EEOC Boosts ADR
In its report, EEOC also urged greater use of alternative dispute resolution techniques, an initiative that the agency, along with …More
EEOC Offers Tips on Complaint Processing
The EEOC report offered tips to agency management to speed up the processing of discrimination complaints, in the context of …More
EEOC Releases 2003 Federal Workforce Report
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has released its annual federal workforce report for fiscal 2003, designed to advise the Executive …More
Differing Criteria a Factor
The OPM telework report added that each agency develops its own policy to fit its own mission and culture, possibly …More
Management Resistance to Telework Continues
The OPM telwork survey found that only about 14 percent of federal employees eligible to telecommute do so–and that about …More
Tug of War on Acquisition Workforce Ahead
The Bush administration has issued a statement saying it “strongly opposes any reduction in the defense acquisition workforce,” such as …More
Amendment to Increase Defense Acquisition Workforce
A Senate amendment to the Department of Defense authorization bill (S-2400) has been passed to increase the defense acquisition workforce. …More
White House Boasts of Big Savings Through Competitions
The Office of Management and Budget estimates that competitive sourcing will save agencies $1.1 billion over the next several years …More
Performance-Based Acquisition and Contract Performance Management Course
The Office of Personnel Management in partnership with Acquisition Solutions, Inc., has scheduled a seminar for July 12 — 16 …More
GAO: Project Management Key to Building VA-DOD Data Exchange
The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense have yet to fully develop an architecture to establish HealthePeople, …More
OPM Promotes Federal Student Loan Benefits
The Office of Personnel Management has issued a report on the federal student loan repayment program stating that agency use …More
GAO Cites Challenges in FAA Transformation
The Federal Aviation Administration is up against “significant and long-standing systemic management challenges” that make it difficult to achieve even …More
