Cloud.gov Open-Source Platform Speeds Development, Requirements Process
IT development in the federal government has earned its reputation for being a painfully slow process but Cloud.gov, the government’s …More
Federal Manager’s Daily Report
Enter your email to subscribe free!Agencies Told to Report on Student Loan Reimbursements
OPM has told agencies to report on their calendar year 2017 use of student loan reimbursements, one authority agencies can …More
Management-Related Bills Advance
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has approved: HR-2846, to broaden the authority of agencies to seek voluntary feedback …More
MSPB Finds Use of Supervisory Probationary Period Lacking
Federal agencies “rarely use the supervisory and managerial probationary period to take action against unsuccessful leaders,” the MSPB has said …More
Army Diverted Civilian Pay Money for Other Purposes, Says Audit
Army officials overestimated the number of civilian positions the agency would need for fiscal 2017 and then used the excess …More
Report Makes Business Case for Work-Life Balance Programs
In a report finding that more federal employees want to participate in work-life balance programs but are frustrated at least …More
New Restrictions on VA Purchase Cards Proposed
A bipartisan bill (HR-5215) sponsored by members of the House Veterans Affairs oversight subcommittee would require the department to revoke …More
OPM Outlines Focus on Conduct, Performance Issues
OPM has said that in the remainder of this fiscal year and next it will “review and update, as needed, …More
Space Consolidation Effort Yields Mixed Results
Seventeen of the 24 largest departments and independent agencies reduced their space in 2016 but of those, seven did not …More
OPM Plans Changes to Hiring Policies
OPM has previewed the Trump administration’s plans for changes to federal hiring practices, which would include amending a 2010 Obama …More
New Strategies for Assessing Candidates Planned
An OPM document in support of the administration’s budget proposal says the agency will address a concern that hiring managers …More
Employee Separation Trends Little Changed in Fiscal 2017
Contrary to predictions of a significant exodus–either voluntary or involuntary–of employees once the Trump administration took over, separations of federal …More
Committee Backs Use of Postal Carriers in Census
The bipartisan leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and its subcommittee overseeing the census are questioning why …More
Extended Vacancies Said to Hamper Agencies
Filling senior positions on only an acting basis–as has been done commonly during the present administration and before–contributes to a …More
DHS Inventory of Cybersecurity Jobs Still Incomplete, Says GAO
DHS has taken steps to identify, categorize, and assign employment codes to its cybersecurity positions as required by the Homeland …More
