Management Award Winners Chosen
Two Army officials have been chosen as winners of prestigious management awards, the William H. Kushnick and John W. Macy, …More
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The National Treasury Employees Union has announced that it won arbitration for Internal Revenue Service employees guaranteed compensation for use …More
GSA, OMB Solicit Information to Bolster e-Gov Practices
The General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget are requesting information in order to accelerate the government …More
OPM Reaches Out to Hispanics for Civil Service
Speaking at the National Association of Hispanic Federal Executives annual summit, Office of Personnel Management Deputy Director Dan Blair, said …More
Air Force Tests Hiring Reforms
The Air Force has started a pilot project running through August at seven bases aimed at improving the hiring process …More
GAO: SAFECOM Requires Stronger Collaboration
Project SAFECOM, an effort to streamline communications among government first responders, is likely to take years and has been fraught …More
GSA Announces 2004 Expo
The General Services Administration has announced its 2004 Products and Services Expo for May 11-13, featuring over 1,000 booths with …More
GAO: Multi-Entity Information Sharing a Challenge
Federal critical infrastructure protection policy under the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies has encouraged the creation of …More
Davis Supports More TSA Management Flexibilities
House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., is encouraging the Transportation Security Administration to grant more management flexibilities to …More
GAO Finds Consistency Among Agency Small Business Advocates
Most agency small business advocates view their roles as similar, the General Accounting Office has found. It said 80 percent …More
Best Places to Work by Demographic Announced
The Partnership for Public Service and American University’s Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation have released rankings for …More
GAO: Agency Improper Payment Information Not On PARs
Fiscal 2003 financial management Performance and Accountability Reports contain only limited information about improper payments that the government has made, …More
NASA Gets to Green on Human Capital Management, OPM Sings Praise
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has become the first federal agency to reach green status on the President’s Management …More
GAO: Improved Oversight Needed For Under-Funded DoE Benefits Program
The Department of Energy, which has a long history of using contractors and faces significant retirement health benefits and pension …More
DoL Ranks Highest in Mercatus Report
The Department of Labor ranked highest in the George Mason University Mercatus Center’s 5th Annual Performance Report Scorecard for the …More
Congressmen Ask Ridge to Propose New Personnel Rules
A group of congressmen, 75 in total, have signed a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, asking …More
OPM Moving Ahead With Competitions
The Office of Personnel management has just completed three A-76 streamlined competitions representing 44 jobs in network management, employee benefits …More
GAO: Nudges OSC to Process Whistleblower Cases
The Office of Special Counsel needs to come up with a better strategy to processes whistleblower cases and deal with …More
Pay for Performance: MSPB Proposes Formula for Success
Developing a formula could be the key to making pay for performance work, and that means a departure from relying …More
GSA Promotes Property Management Program With Cash Awards
In an attempt to drive interest in and build on its e-Practice Library, a database of federal real property management …More
GAO: Farm Bill Purchasing Guidance Idle, Management Lax
The Department of Agriculture has not done enough to implement the 2002 farm bill requirements for purchasing bio-based products, considered …More
TSA Employee Complaint Process Gets House Support
House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., has written a letter to Admiral David Stone, Acting Administrator of the …More
DoD Announces Phased NSPS Transition
The Department of Defense has approved plans for the National Security Personnel System, calling for “aggressive, but event-driven schedules,” according …More
Money Also a Factor
Another reason management shies away from mediation programs, the report said, is the perception that mediation requires a monetary settlement. …More
Why Employers Shun EEOC Mediation
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in recent years has been pushing mediation as an alternative to formal complaints processing, although …More
Postal Work Force Trimming Bills in Works
There’s a strong possibility that legislation will be introduced this year reducing postal employment, providing more opportunities for private companies …More
Hispanic Hiring Up; But More to Do, Says James
Despite a 58 percent increase in Hispanic hiring in the federal government during fiscal 2002, the Office of Personnel Management …More
DHS Awards Data Network Contract
The Department of Homeland Security has announced it has awarded a contract to begin implementing its Homeland Secure Data Network, …More
PMF Alumni to Lend OPM a Hand in Recruitment Fair
Alumni of the Presidential Management Fellows program — until recently called the Presidential Management Intern program — are going to …More
TSA Screener Wins Settlement in Union Dispute
Pittsburgh International Airport screener Frederick C. Schwartz won a settlement in federal court after filing a suit against the Transportation …More
