GAO: Minorities Under-Represented at Top State Dept. Levels
The minority share of the State Department workforce has increased in recent years but minorities are under-represented there in both …More
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Gears of Government Award Winners Announced
The Trump administration has announced agency- and council-level winners of its second set of Gears of Government Awards, an initiative …More
Senate Backs More Disclosure of Building Ownership
The Senate has passed S-1869, to require new scrutiny of ownership of building space leased by federal agencies, in particular …More
FDIC Offering Buyouts, Early-Outs to 20 Percent of Workforce
The FDIC will offer buyouts and early retirement offers to about 20 percent of its workforce, a move it says …More
OPM Urges Preventive Actions on Coronavirus
OPM’s latest memo to agencies on the Coronavirus urges “everyday preventive actions to help mitigate the spread of respiratory diseases” …More
OPM Urges More Telework, Other Precautions against Coronavirus
Although the CDC continues to assess the immediate health risk from the Coronavirus as “low at this time,” OPM has …More
Improper Payments, Information Sharing Bills Signed
President Trump has signed into law a bill (S-375) to improve efforts to identify and reduce governmentwide improper payments and …More
Chief Financial Officers Act Being Updated After 30 Years
A bipartisan bill (S-3287) introduced in the Senate to update the 1990 CFO Act regarding how agencies manage and monitor …More
GSA Touts Efforts to Shed Excess Real Estate
GSA’s latest update on the management challenges it faces touts the progress it has made toward disposing of excess real …More
SSA, VA Better Coordinating on Who Pays and When, IG Says
The SSA has improved its coordination with the VA on persons who are potentially eligible for both Supplemental Security Income …More
OMB Backs Interior on Shutdown Work-Around
OMB has backed the Interior Department’s use of a budgetary work-around to keep certain services operating in last year’s partial …More
Anti-Phishing Training at TVA Called Ineffective
In a report that could serve as a warning to other agencies as well, the inspector general of the TVA …More
Government-Academia Initiative Expanding
The Volcker Alliance, a good-government group, will expand to two more areas its Government-to-University Initiative aimed at creating partnerships to …More
$90K in Damages Awarded to FAA Whistleblower
The Office of Special Counsel has announced settlements in two whistleblower retaliation cases, including one in which the agency was …More
IG Finds Failures to Comply with Office Space Lease Terms
An IG audit has called on a GSA region to increase its oversight of leased space, saying that in a …More