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
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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
OPM Clarifies Educational Credential Rules
Under the Office of Personnel Management’s qualifications for general schedule positions, degrees obtained from schools designated non-accredited/pending are acceptable provided …More
Labor Report Draws Conclusions for Emergency Procedures for Disabled
A report following an interagency seminar on emergency preparedness for people with disabilities hosted by the Department of Labor cites …More
OPM and Labor Partner to Promote Asian-Pacific Americans
The Office of Personnel Management has announced a partnership with the Department of Labor to reach out to Asian Pacific …More
GAO: Mixed Success for Postal Supply Chain Management
The Postal Service has had mixed success with supply chain management initiatives it began in 2002 aimed at improving its …More
Note of Irony in Veto Threat
Watchers of federal contracting-out policy found a note of irony in a recent statement by the Office of Management and …More
Measure Would Codify Program Reviews
Federal programs would have to be reviewed on a five-year cycle to determine whether they should be continued, modified or …More
CIO Council Reviews IT Investment Measurement Tool
The contractor said that as a top-down methodology, BSCs are most effective when “organizations cascade them down and throughout organizations …More
NNSA to Overhaul Security Management With Pilot Program
The National Nuclear Security Administration, an agency in the Department of Energy that maintains the nuclear arsenal and provides nuclear …More
Science Agencies Collaborate to Launch Science.gov 2.0
The Department of Energy has announced the launch of Science.gov 2.0, an online database of over 47 million pages of …More
Congress to Step in if Clearance Backlog Persists
In a letter claiming that continuing security clearance delays for government contractors could affect national security, House Government Reform Committee …More
OPM Moves Ahead With New IT Policies, Casts Self as Role Model
The Office of Personnel Management has announced three new internal IT policies to improve the coordination and oversight of procurements, …More
Union Appeals OCC Pay Decision
The National Treasury Employees Union is appealing a Federal Labor Relations Authority decision that the Office of the Comptroller of …More
Legislation Would Give Employees A-76 Appeal Rights
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Carl Levin, D-Mich., have introduced …More
