EEOC Issues Management Directive to Agencies
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has released guidance for agencies to establish and maintain effective programs and to accomplish the …More
Federal Manager’s Daily Report
Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersOPM Rolls Out Health Campaign
In an effort to promote the physical fitness and health of federal employees the Office of Personnel Management has launched …More
Agency COOPs: GAO Calls for Greater FEMA Oversight
Agency Continuity of Operations Plans do not include all the elements of a viable plan as defined by the Federal …More
GAO: DOD Needs Better Anti-Tamper Management
Department of Defense program managers have encountered difficulties in implementing an anti-tamper policy on individual weapon systems as required by …More
Executive Communications Workshop
The Office of Personnel Management has scheduled a workshop for May 3 — 7 for managers and executives who need …More
OMB Launches eGov Task Force to Help Form Budget
The Office of Management and Budget has announced that it has begun an eGovernment analysis to identify opportunities to reduce …More
OPM Adds Telework Courses to Online Learning Center
The Office of Personnel Management has added an introductory telework course for employees and one for managers to the Gov …More
GAO: SSA Has Yet to Address Disability System Risks
The Social Security Administration is carrying out a risky and accelerated strategy to implement its electronic disability application processing system, …More
Report Identifies Creative Approaches to Competitive Sourcing
The National Academy of Public Administration and the National Commission on the Public Service Implementation Initiative met recently to explore …More
Survey Finds Respondents Like their Jobs
Among supervisors responding to the Army survey, the highest level of favorable responses came to the statements “my job makes …More
Hiring Process Scores Lowest in Army Survey
Issues related to the hiring process scored the highest levels of dissatisfaction in a recent Army survey of its workforce, …More
Minorities and Women Gaining at Higher Levels
The representation of women and minorities as federal executives and managers is increasing, according to latest Office of Personnel Management …More
OPM Issues New Data Requirements for Use of Retirement Incentives
In order to ensure that they follow merit principles agencies are required to provide quarterly and final reports on their …More
GAO Favors Phased-in DHS Personnel System
The General Accounting Office has said it supports a phased approach to implementing Department of Homeland Security management reforms and …More
Group Leadership Course
The Office of Personnel Management has scheduled a course for May 18 — 21 for GS-15s, SES members, and their …More
GAO Training Guide Reveals Characteristics of Successful Programs
In updating an exposure draft of its training guide for agencies, the General Accounting Office has identified core characteristics that …More
GAO: Mixed Progress on e-Government
Mixed progress has been made in achieving the 91 objectives originally defined for the 25 e-government initiatives sponsored by the …More
OPM Cautions Against Political Appointments
In anticipation of politically motivated appointments toward the end of the current Presidential term, OPM is promoting merit system principles …More
GAO Wants DoD to Appoint Management Transformation Official
In response to what it called a lack of sustained leadership, a cultural resistance to change, the lack of meaningful …More
GAO Issues To-Do List for DoD Transformation Efforts
The Defense Department is committed to transformation and improving business operations but overhauling the financial management and related business operations …More
GSA Selects Supply Chain Management Software
The General Services Administration says its modified SmartBUY agreement with Manugistics Group, Inc. of Rockville, Md., will provide supply chain …More
OPM Determines It Has Best Value
Employees at the Office of Personnel Management have won five competitive sourcing competitions representing 247 full-time jobs over the course …More
GAO: Information Sharing A One-Way Street for VA and DoD
Better project management and better planning were among the recommendations the General Accounting Office made to the Department of Veteran’s …More
Increase Your Agency or Organization’s Exposure Within the Federal Government
If your agency or organization would like to increase its exposure to the federal government, we are now offering newsletter …More
GAO Questions Quality of FISMA Data
Agencies are making progress with longstanding information security weaknesses but there is an evident lack of accountability among agency officials …More
Initiative Includes Career Tracks
In the Army’s SAW program, career tracks will be created by combining logical groupings of current occupations into functional groupings …More
Army Launches Manager Development Initiative
The Army is beginning to launch its “Senior Army Workforce” (SAW) concept, aimed at preparing mid- and higher-level managers to …More
Leadership Course: Emotional Leadership
The Office of Personnel Management has scheduled a course for May 10-14 for all federal employees. Given at the Western …More
OPM-DHS Meet Over DHS Personnel System; Next Topic Vets
In what it called a meeting to further the ongoing effort to construct a contemporary HR system that protects merit …More
GAO: Information Security Not Just Anti-Virus and Firewalls
The General Accounting Office has identified 18 technologies available to agencies to improve information security. It also listed categories of …More
