Congress Approves Bills on IT Security, Contracting, BoP, FEMA
Congress has approved and sent to the White House: * HR-7535, to require OMB to produce a strategy to address …More
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Bills on VA Bargaining, Other Issues Advance
The House has passed HR-1948, to provide the full range of bargaining rights to VA “Title 38” health care professionals, …More
Report Recommends Steps toward Better Customer Experience from DHS
Improving the customer experience at DHS “hinges on how the department can modernize and streamline its customer-facing processes, ensure adequate …More
FLRA Changes Direction Again on Arbitration Disputes
The FLRA has reverted to standards it had used before a 2018 decision regarding situations in which an agency can …More
Report Sees Challenges, Suggests Steps on Improving Customer Service
Efforts to improve customer service provided by federal agencies have been hindered by “the baggage of decades of government-centric design” …More
Understaffing Hampering State Department AIDS Program, Says GAO
Staffing vacancies “have led to heavy workload and retention issues” in the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief program, GAO …More
OPM Call for Data on Telework Coming, with Changes
OPM has told agencies that it will issue in January a data call for its annual report on telework usage, …More
Better Coordination between VA, Medicare on Billing Needed, IG Says
Lack of coordination between the VA’s health care branch and the Medicare program is continuing to allow for duplicative payments …More
Management-Related Measures Become Part of Defense Bill
The DoD authorization bill (HR-7776) now near final approval in Congress includes provisions of several management-related bills that had made …More
Bills on Disaster Planning, Special Retirement Systems Signed
President Biden has signed into law a bill to require federal agencies to take disaster resilience into account when investing …More
IG Finds Disparate Treatment by Gender in FBI Training
An IG report on the FBI’s training process for new special agents and intelligence analysts has found disparate treatment by …More
Webinar Upcoming on Management Agenda
The Biden administration is sponsoring a webinar Tuesday (December 13) from 1-2:15 Eastern time on activities under the President’s Management …More
Senate Bill Would Try Again on ‘Reskilling’ Federal Employees
A bipartisan Senate bill (S-1330) would expand and learn the lessons from a prior program seeking to “reskill” federal employees …More
Probes of Possible Pandemic Relief Fraud Include Federal Employees
An interagency group of inspector general and law enforcement officials has said that its activities include investigating federal employees for …More
New Questions on Employee Survey Set Baseline on Management Issues
OPM’s release of a detailed report on this year’s Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results shows a mixed bag of responses …More
OMB Sets Reporting, Other Requirements under FISMA
OMB has issued updated guidance on compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act, or FISMA, to continue carrying out …More
GOP Pushback against Telework Settlement a Possible Sign of Things Ahead
The AFGE has announced a settlement with over unfair labor practice complaints it had filed against the EEOC over telework …More
Bill Would Tie Performance Goals to Budget, With Milestones in Presidential Term
The Government Performance and Results Act Modernization Act of 2010 has been only “somewhat successful,” says a Senate report in …More
Performance.gov Touts Recent Efforts on Management Agenda
The latest quarterly update on performance.gov on efforts under the President’s Management Agenda cites recent developments under the priority goal …More
Attrition, Hiring Struggles Add Up to Understaffing at HUD, Says Report
An inspector general report has identified understaffing as one of the major management challenges for HUD, saying that “attrition and …More
OPM Finalizes, Narrows Rules Allowing Longer Term Appointments
OPM has finalized rules to allow agencies to hire on a “term” basis for up to 10 years—a substantial lengthening …More
Nominations Open for Flemming Awards
Nominations are open for the annual Arthur S. Flemming Awards, a top honor for early-career (between three and 15 years …More
Deferred Maintenance at Army Facilities $19 Billion and Growing, CBO Says
The Army would have to spend at least $19 billion to eliminate the maintenance backlog in its buildings and bring …More
Partnership Suggests Changes in Law to Aid Retention
The Partnership for Public Service has said its recent study of two generations of federal workers—Generation X, born 1965-1980, and …More
Improper Payment Rate ‘Meaningfully Declined,’ Says OMB
OMB has said that the government-wide improper payment rate “meaningfully declined” in fiscal 2022 from 7.2 to 5.1 percent, “even …More
GAO Maps Out Natural Hazard Risks to State Department Facilities
In a blog posting with an accompanying interactive map, the GAO has listed the State Department overseas facilities most at …More
Test of Census Bureau Cybersecurity Finds Vulnerabilities in Employee Records, Other Areas
In a test of cybersecurity at the Census Bureau, an IG team “was able to gain unauthorized and undetected access” …More
USAspending.gov Data Not Fully Reliable, Says Report
The USAspending.gov site suffers from “continuing data quality issues,” says a report for Congress, adding that users of the site …More
Revisit Efforts to Provide Services to Those Not Proficient in English, Agencies Told
The Biden administration has told agencies to revisit and report within six months on their initiatives to provide services to …More
IG Raises Concerns about Air Quality in GSA Headquarters Building
In the latest in a series of reports raising concerns about air quality in GSA-controlled buildings, the agency’s inspector general’s …More
