Due Diligence Not Just for First Contract, Postal IG Says
Due diligence “shouldn’t end after a contract is awarded” but should continue through all further contracting actions with that provider, …More
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‘Nearly Everyone’ at CPSC Says Productivity as Good or Better with Maximum Telework
Of employees and supervisors at the Consumer Product Safety Commission surveyed about their experience during maximum telework “nearly everyone agreed …More
Agency Missing Insights into Why Employees Leave, Audit Finds
The Farm Credit Administration is missing out on potential insights into why employees leave, an IG audit has said. Like …More
Review Ordered to “Revitalize” National Security, Foreign Policy Workforces
President Biden has ordered a review of personnel policies for the national security and foreign policy workforces, saying the government …More
Senate Panel Starts with Bipartisan Transparency Bill
The newly reorganized Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, traditionally one of the more bipartisan panels of Congress, has …More
Biden’s Management Team Starting to Shape Up, but Many Vacancies Remain
President Biden continues to draw on officials from the Obama administration as he forms his own administration, most recently naming …More
Mandatory Firing Rules Proposed Following Report on Misused HHS Research Funds
A new Senate bill (S-191) would require firing of a federal official who is found by an administrative or judicial …More
Public Satisfaction with Government Continues Decline
Public satisfaction with the government declined for the third straight year in 2020 as measured by the American Customer Satisfaction …More
OPM Calls for Data on Student Loan Reimbursements
OPM has told agencies to report on their calendar year 2020 use of student loan reimbursements, one authority agencies can …More
IGs Seek Greater Access, Independence
The central council of agency IGs has issued a statement of priorities for IG operations, including several aimed at improving …More
Tighter Scrutiny of Social Media Postings for Security Clearances Pushed in House
A key House member on security clearance issues has backed scrutiny of social medial postings for purposes of obtaining or …More
Poll Finds Widespread Burnout in Federal Workforce
More than half of federal employees reported in a recent poll that they feel burned out, most commonly citing workload; …More
Wholesale Change Coming at Labor Impasses Panel
A wholesale change lies ahead for the Federal Service Impasses Panel, an arm of the FLRA that decides on bargaining …More
MSPB Calls for Improving Job Candidate Assessments
The MSPB has called attention to its findings that in hiring agencies “often use assessments that are not the best …More
OPM Tells Agencies to Report on Use of Physicians’ Allowances
OPM has told agencies to report by March 1 on the “physicians comparability allowance,” a form of recruitment/retention incentive payment …More
Report Lists Federal Workplace Lessons Learned from Pandemic
The pandemic “highlighted the extent to which the resilience of the United States relies on the resilience of its government” …More
OGE to Stress Ethics to New Agency Leaders
The Office of Government Ethics has said it will again contact new agency leaders as they are confirmed to stress …More
Support Urged for Boosting Technology Modernization Fund
Several leading House Democrats have urged that planned pandemic relief legislation contain the $9 billion supplement for the interagency Technology …More
Progress Remains Slow on Disposing of Unneeded Properties, Says GAO
Some steps toward disposing of unneeded federal properties have been taken under a 2016 law designed to speed that process, …More
Biden Reemphasizes Scientific Integrity Policies
President Biden has issued an executive order reemphasizing and expanding on integrity policies for government science, saying that “improper political …More
Agencies Falling Short on Conservation Steps, House Leaders Say
Federal agencies are falling short of requirements for energy and water conservation in their facilities, leaders of four House committees …More
Retirements, Other Turnover Fall in Fiscal 2020
Retirements and other forms of turnover fell in fiscal 2020, according to numbers newly released by OPM reflecting that full …More
Energy Dept. IG Raises Concerns about Security Controls
The inspector general’s office at the Energy Department has said the department is not revoking security clearances and access cards …More
Unions Look for Reversal of More Labor Policies
While the Biden administration already has revoked the two key Trump administration executive orders restricting bargaining and official time, unions …More
Report Calls for Improving Privacy Protections at DHS
While DHS has established policies to comply with privacy laws it is not sufficiently tracking compliance, including on whether employees …More
OMB Instructs Agencies on Review of Unfinished Trump Rules
OMB has issued guidance on President Biden’s executive order imposing a general 60-day freeze, pending a review by his administration, …More
Biden Tightens ‘Buy American’ Requirements for Agencies
President Biden has issued an executive order tightening requirements for agencies to buy U.S.-sourced materials and goods, saying that while …More
Candidate Self-Assessments Get Heavy Weight in Hiring, Report Says
Nine-tenths of competitive, open-to-the-public-job announcements rely only on the applicant’s answers to a self-assessment—beyond the review of their resume by …More
GAO Urges Attention to Personnel Recommendations
The GAO has urged the Biden administration and the new Congress to focus on its priority recommendations for agencies, including …More
Restrictions on Guidance Documents, Several Other Trump Regulatory Policies Repealed
President Biden has repealed two 2019 executive orders on issuing and enforcing agency guidance documents, policies the Trump administration had …More
