Customer Service Seen as Both Challenge and Opportunity for Agencies
An update to the President’s Management Agenda adding information about planned strategies and measures of success identifies one of the …More
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OPM IG Confirmed; Picture Mixed for Governing Board, FLRA, MSPB Nominees
The Senate has confirmed Krista Boyd, a senior staff member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee as inspector general …More
Workforce Issues Contribute to Lag in Agency Use of Data, Says Report
A report has said that federal agencies lag both other governments and the private sector in “digital maturity” — that …More
Committee Approves Bills on Hiring, Other Issues
The House Oversight and Reform Committee has approved HR-6967, to specify that hiring in the competitive service may not be …More
Postal Bill Signed, Called a Major Accomplishment of Current Congress
President Biden has signed into law bill containing a wide-ranging set of changes to the Postal Service that passed the …More
OMB Highlights Personnel, Management Requirements in Current Budget Year
OMB has reminded federal agencies about requirements related to personnel and other management matters in the recently enacted budget measure …More
GAO Repeats Concerns about VA Oversight of Outside Providers
The GAO has repeated in a House hearings concerns it raised in a report last year on the VA’s oversight …More
IG Calls for More Transparency in Hiring Immigration Judges
The Justice Department should improve the transparency of the process for hiring immigration judges, said an IG report which however …More
MSPB Backs Settlement in Hatch Act Case
In its first ruling involving the Hatch Act since it regained its quorum to again issue decisions, the MSPB board …More
Agency Performance Dashboard’ Presents Workforce, Management Data
The Partnership for Public Service has launched an “agency performance dashboard” which pulls together workforce and other data on major …More
Audit Finds Thousands of Unapproved Programs on EPA Computers
The inspector general’s at the EPA has recommended that the agency strengthen controls for detecting and removing unapproved software on …More
Committee Advances TSP, OPM Nominees Plus Several Management Bills
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved nominees for the inspector general position at OPM and four …More
Public Service Recognition Week Coming Up
Public Service Recognition Week this year will be May 1-7, with events to include a May 2 online presentation on …More
General Reentry to Worksites ‘Long Overdue,’ Hill GOP Leaders Say
A general return of teleworking federal employees to their regular worksites is “long overdue,” the top two House Republicans on …More
OPM Calls for Ratings, Awards Data for High-Level Employees
OPM has told agencies to report by May 13 on their fiscal 2021 performance ratings and the resulting performance-based pay …More
GSA Highlights Budget Proposals for Federal IT, Buildings
The Biden administration’s budget includes $300 million for the interagency Technology Modernization Fund to provide up-front funding for upgrading cybersecurity …More
Boost Sought in Federal Executive Board Program
The White House’s fiscal 2023 budget proposal seeks to “refresh” the Federal Executive Board Program, including creating a central $10 …More
Budget Projects Employment Growth at VA, Agriculture, Other Agencies
The Biden administration’s budget proposal projects growth in federal employment in fiscal 2023 over current-year levels of 82,300 positions—3.6 percent—with …More
Budget Charts Familiar Trends in Federal Workforce
The White House budget proposal says that long-running demographic trends in the federal workforce are continuing, including a shift to …More
First MSPB Board Decision in Five Years Backs Agency on Probationary Period Dispute
With two of its three seats now filled, the MSPB board has issued its first decision in more than five …More
State Dept. Training Bill Advances; Bills Offered on Legacy IT, Cybersecurity
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved S-3492, which would boost professional training programs at the State Department with a …More
Report Suggests Consolidating Oversight of Agency IT Supply Chain Risks
A report for Congress has suggested possible strategy changes for managing agency cyber supply chain risks, including consolidating oversight that …More
Another Report Cites Issues with Private Tax Debt Collection Program
The inspector general’s office at the IRS again has raised issues with the agency’s program in which some tax debt …More
Bills on Public Lands Agencies, Other Issues Advance in Senate
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has approved S-2433, which would require Agriculture and Interior to produce an inventory …More
Tighter Controls Sought on Employee Leave at IRS
An IG report has called for tighter controls over employee leave at the IRS after finding lack of documentation and …More
Public Views Federal Employees More Highly Than It Views Government in General
The public has a higher opinion of federal employees than it does of the government in general, according to a …More
VA Announces ‘Reentry’ Plans; Hill Republicans Continue to Press Agencies
The VA has started “reentry” of employees who have been mainly or exclusively teleworking to a hybrid of onsite and …More
Update to CFO Authorities Proposed
Legislation offered in the House would update and expand authorities of agency chief financial offices in what would be the …More
OPM Calls for Data on Agency Workforce Diversity
OPM has issued a call to agencies for fiscal 2021 data on the diversity of their workforces for three separate …More
Injury Compensation Measures Advance; Transparency, CBP Hiring Bills Introduced
The House Education and Labor Committee has passed HR-2499, to provide that heart disease, lung disease, and specified cancers are …More
