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 Manager’s Daily Report
Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersFederal 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
GAO: SSA Needs Better Management Plan for Claims
The Social Security Administration’s Disability Determination Services are having trouble managing the personnel responsible for determining who gets disability benefits. …More
2004 Federal Employee’s Handbook Available for Immediate Shipment
The #1 Selling Publication to the federal community, THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HANDBOOK Has Just Been Completely Updated and Expanded for …More
GAO Raises Concern About VA’s Ability to Care for Elderly Veterans
The number of veterans most in need of long-term care, those age 85 and over, is set to increase from …More
FSA Enrollment Quadruples
The Office of Personnel Management has announced that 121,342 federal employees opened flexible spending accounts for 2004 in order to …More
Agencies to Pay for Judgments Against Them
Under the Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act), agencies will have to reimburse the Department …More
Possible Standards for Performance Management
The same tentative policies drafted by DoD also addressed standards the department might employ in performance management under the new …More
How Pay Banding Might Work
One key aspect of the Defense Department’s revised personnel system will be how it will apply its authority to create …More
Program: Coaching as a Leadership Tool
The Office of Personnel Management has scheduled a workshop for March 31-April 2 for GS-15s, SES members, and their equivalents …More
Management Changes at NASA Headquarters
NASA has announced a comprehensive restructuring of its Washington D.C. headquarters to reflect a new exploration agenda outlined by President …More
Ethics Alert: DoD IG Probing Outside Hiring Practices
Pentagon officials – especially those with decision-making authority in awarding contracts to military suppliers – should expect even keener scrutiny …More
2004 Federal Employee’s Handbook Available for Immediate Shipment
The #1 Selling Publication to the federal community, THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HANDBOOK Has Just Been Completely Updated and Expanded for …More
DoD Authorizes Buyouts
The Pentagon is telling the military services and Defense agencies that they may offer buyouts (worth up to $25,000 each) …More
Customer Service Seminar
The Office of Personnel Management has scheduled a workshop for March 15-19 for managers, project leaders, and others who are …More
GAO: Agencies Don’t Always Follow Capital Planning
The long-term capital planning efforts at several agencies, something representing $100 billion in investments in 2002, are far from consistently …More
Crackdown Set for Diploma Mill Abuse
The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee recently held a meeting with federal and state officials to figure out how to stop …More
Competitive Sourcing Memo Outlines Agency Requirements
A recent memo from the President’s Management Council outlines the criteria that the Office of Management and Budget will use …More
Board Rejects Law Enforcement Officer’s Retirement Credit Application
The Merit Systems Protection Board recently rejected a Federal Protective Service police officer’s challenge to the General Services Administration’s denial …More
OPM Announces Exceptions to ’12-Month Rule’ for SESers
Due to the rapid transition to a new performance-based pay system, the Office of Personnel Management is delegating responsibility to …More
Drug Testing Changes Could Stir Controversy
Changes under consideration in the government’s drug testing policy could once again roil an issue that once was one of …More
