Internet and Management Emphasized in Face of Flat IT Budget
According to the Bush administration’s fiscal 2005 budget request the government needs to strengthen IT management and leverage the Internet …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersDHS Funding Small Businesses to Develop New Technologies
As a way to harness the greater science and technology community in support of its mission, the Department of Homeland …More
GAO: DoD Lax About Contractor Tax Abuse
Department of Defense and Internal Revenue Service records show that over 27,000 contractors owed about $3 billion in unpaid taxes …More
Demonstration Project Widening Seems Dead
The concept of expanding “demonstration project” authority-which in some agencies has allowed a de facto form of civil service reform …More
Schedule C Appointee Briefings Scheduled for March 2
Schedule C appointee briefings will take place March 2 in Washington D.C. providing an overview of executive branch priorities, offering …More
10 Ways to Improve the Federal Hiring Process
The Office of Personnel Management has released a tip sheet for federal managers to improve hiring with an emphasis on …More
DoD Authorities Have Strings Attached for Execs
Although the Defense Department recently was granted broad authority to pay buyouts and offer early retirements to its employees for …More
GAO Compiles Lessons from Agency Training and Development Experiences
The General Accounting Office has put together a report detailing key lessons and experiences from agency efforts to design training …More
GAO Compiles Lessons from Agency Training and Development Experiences
The General Accounting Office has put together a report detailing key lessons and experiences from agency efforts to design training …More
Bush Attempts to Control FECA Costs
In the latest attempt to control workplace injury costs, President Bush has established a program for fiscal 2004-2005 called SHARE …More
DOE and OPM Rate Highest on Management Agenda
Following its most recent scorecard assessment for the President’s Management Agenda, the Office of Management and Budget has said agencies …More
Board Rejects Petition as Untimely
The Merit Systems Protection Board recently rejected a Department of the Navy employee’s petition for review, filed nearly four years …More
GAO Cites Challenges and Opportunities for Agency Rating Tool
The Office of Management and Budget’s Program Assessment Rating Tool is meant to provide a consistent approach to evaluating federal …More
DoD Budget Request Supports Management Transformation
President Bush has requested $401.7 billion in his fiscal 2005 budget for the Department of Defense, a seven percent increase …More
OPM and DoD Trying to Fill Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction Jobs
The Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Defense have sent targeted emails to 136,000 registered USAJOBS users in …More
Bush Requests $274 Million for Bio-Surveillance
The President’s fiscal 2005 budget request includes $274 million to develop bio-terror surveillance and to strengthen the public health infrastructure, …More
OPM Conducts Forum Addressing Emergency Personnel Designations
The Office of Personnel Management has conducted a second session for agency emergency personnel designations in which 120 specialists from …More
Government Affairs Committee Weighs Issues Before Introducing Postal Legislation
The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee is continuing a series of hearings on Postal Service reform prior to introducing legislation. The …More
Bush Requests $59.7 Billion for IT
President Bush has requested that Congress approve $59.7 billion for IT spending as part of his fiscal 2005 budget, a …More
IRS Wins ‘Guardian Award’ for Personnel System Security
The Office of Personnel Management has awarded the Internal Revenue Service’s Personnel Security and Investigations Program its Guardian Award for …More
Federal Benefits Get Scrutiny
Among the programs that have been put through the PART rating process are federal retirement and the Federal Employees Group …More
Rating Tool Starts to Drive Budget
The Bush administration’s budget proposal released last week includes an attempt to make a connection between assessments of programs and …More
GSA Telecenters Offering Free 60-Day Trial
The General Services Administration is offering federal employees new to telework a free sixty-day trial at its 15 Washington Metropolitan …More
GAO Calls for Postal Service Reform
Postal Service reform is needed to avert a drastic financial bailout, or huge postage rate increases and Congress needs to …More
Federal High Court Affirms Back Pay Denial
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently upheld a U.S. Court of Federal Claims decision denying a …More
GAO Faults Army Guard Pay Process for Erroneous Payments
Payments to mobilized Army National Guard have been untimely and inaccurate, the General Accounting Office has said. It blamed the …More
DHS Unveils Cyber Alert System
The cyber security division of the Department of Homeland Security has unveiled an alert system designed to protect information systems. …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
OPM Announces IT Exchange Program Details
The Office of Personnel Management has announced details for its IT exchange program allowing federal IT workers to temporarily work …More
Acquisition Management Course
The Office of Personnel Management is offering a course for March 8-12 for program managers responsible for contracting and managing …More
