DHS Shows Them The Money
One question of top interest to managers and line employees of the Department of Homeland Security and Defense Department is …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersGAO Report Cites High Performance Management Strategies
Comptroller General David Walker put forward several agency-transformation strategies that could lead to higher performance at the General Accounting Office. …More
Ratings Could Make a Bigger Difference
The distribution of ratings for senior executives could have an important effect on OPM’s decisions on carrying out recently enacted …More
Three-Fourths in SES Get Top Ratings
About three-fourths of career senior executives get the highest rating available to them in their performance evaluation systems, according to …More
Schedule C Appointee Briefings Scheduled for April 12
Schedule C appointee briefings will take place April 12, following briefings scheduled for March 2, in Washington D.C., providing an …More
Unions and DHS Meet Over Proposed Personnel Rules
Meetings are ongoing between those designing the Department of Homeland Security’s personnel system and the heads of federal employee unions, …More
DHS Managers Won’t Have Free Rein
The proposed rules on the DHS personnel system show that the agency took into account comments it received over the …More
Board Rejects Homeland Security Non-Hire Appeal
The Merit Systems Protection Board recently found it could not hear the appeal of an individual who was not selected …More
GAO: Agencies Need Better IT Planning and Measurement Links
The strategic planning practices agencies have in place for managing IT are not always linked to specific performance measures that …More
Competitive Sourcing in the Red
Agency competitive sourcing efforts consistently receive yellow and red ratings on the President’s Management Agenda scorecard. According to the fiscal …More
Agencies Receive eGov Awards
The Industry Advisory Council’s eGov Shared Interest Group and the Federal Chief Information Officers Council in partnership with e-Gov have …More
FMA Convention and Training Seminar
The Federal Managers Association’s annual convention is scheduled for March 20-25 at the Double Tree Hotel in Arlington, Va. Its …More
DoD Personnel System Could be Model
President Bush’s 2005 budget request promotes the strategic management of human capital initiative under the President’s Management Agenda and cites …More
Board Splits Over Whether Employee Retired Involuntarily
The Merit Systems Protection Board recently split over whether a former Internal Revenue Service Tax Examining Assistant involuntarily retired after …More
GAO: IRS Making Program Management Progress But Not Done Yet
The Internal Revenue Service has taken the General Accounting Office’s advice to implement management controls, deliver certain business applications and …More
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
DHS 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
