Performance.gov Touts Tool for Reaching Local Media
A posting on performance.gov says that a tool developed by the USDA for reaching out to communities in emergency situations …More
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VA Says it Has Given Initial Vaccine Shots for 50K on Frontlines, 5K Vets
The Department of Veterans Affairs has said it administered initial COVID-19 vaccines to over 5,000 veterans, and another 50,000 health …More
Known Shortcomings on Pandemic Preparedness Cost DHS, IG Says
DHS “did not effectively implement corrective actions” to address shortcomings in its preparedness for a pandemic that had been identified …More
FDIC Programs Held Up as Model for Entry-Level Hiring
The FDIC is effectively using an internship program and agency hiring events in filling entry-level positions, an issue common to …More
New Technologies Raise Need for Employees with New Skills, GAO Says
New technologies arising in the transportation sector of the economy require that the Transportation Department have employees with new skill …More
Milestone Reached on Latest FITARA Scorecard
The latest assessment of agency compliance with the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act reflects a first-time milestone of all …More
Trump: Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again
Saying that with few exceptions the federal government for decades “has largely stopped building beautiful buildings,” President Trump has issued …More
Mileage Rate Likely to Decrease
The IRS has announced that a mileage rate used for certain tax purposes will decline in 2021 to 56 cents …More
IG Gives Good Grade to Education Department Workplace Plan
An inspector general audit has given the Education Department generally good marks on its policies for returning employees to their …More
GPO Closes Venerable Headquarters Bookstore
In a sign of the times, the GPO is closing the venerable bookstore at its headquarters, saying a review “determined …More
VA Widens Inoculation Availability but Questions Arise Elsewhere
As nationwide inoculations against the Coronavirus are expanding following the approval of a second vaccine, the VA has announced an …More
GSA Calls Attention to Technology Restriction
The GSA has issued a notice to agencies calling their attention to a government-wide restriction in the 2019 Defense Department …More
Union Lists Steps to Pressure Management on Covid Response
The AFGE union has circulated to its locals a list of strategies, many of them involving invoking outside attention, to …More
EEOC Issues Guidance on Vaccination Practices in Workplaces
The EEOC has issued guidance on policies related to vaccinations at the workplace, the latest in a series related to …More
Training Pilot on Data Skills Called Successful, Scalable
A pilot project of training federal employees in data management, performance management and communicating with data has proven successful and …More
Gift Policies May Apply to Inauguration Events, Says OGE
Ethical policies regarding acceptance of gifts by federal employees may apply to some inauguration-related events, the Office of Government Ethics …More
Agencies Vulnerable to Tech Supply Chain Risks, Says GAO
Federal agencies need to pay more attention to risks in the supply chain for the information and communications technology (ITC) …More
House Democrats Decry Wide Impact of Training Order
Leading House Democrats on civil service issues have said the Trump administration’s order on employee training has “shut down initiatives …More
Court Affirms Limits on Review of SES Personnel Actions
A federal appeals court has affirmed that the informal hearings that while the MSPB may conduct regarding disciplinary actions against …More
Audit of Three Postal Facilities Finds Safety, Security Issues
An inspector general audit of three Postal Service facilities in the Baltimore area found safety issues at all three and …More
Behavioral Insights Could Benefit Agencies, Report Says
Federal agencies could expand their use of behavioral insights to improve their delivery of services and operate more efficiently, says …More
IGs Remind Biden Team of Their Independence
A committee of inspectors general from agencies involved in financial matters has emphasized to the incoming Biden administration the independence …More
GAO Urges Better Tracking of Promotions
The information the government collects on promotions in the federal workforce is incomplete and inconsistent, making it of only limited …More
Bill on Building Ownership Passes; One on Cyber Incident Transparency Offered
Congress has sent to the White House for an expected signature a bill (S-1869) to require new scrutiny of ownership …More
Intelligence Community Diversity Still Hard to Pin Down, CRS Says
Concerns about lack of diversity in the intelligence community date back more than three decades but the publicly available information …More
Bills Signed on Internet of Things, Technology Modernization
President Trump has signed into law (P.L. 116-207) a bill to tighten security controls on the Internet of Things including …More
Report Cites IT Lessons Learned from Agency Responses to Pandemic
The pandemic “highlighted the decades of neglect” of IT systems by the federal government and other levels of government but …More
Agencies Told to Submit Requests for Allocations of Senior Positions
OPM has told agencies to submit their requests for allocations of senior positions including SES, senior level and senior scientific …More
Navy Hits the Trail to Round Up Obsolete and Wasteful IT
The Navy has saddled up for “Operation Cattle Drive” to send obsolete and wasteful IT off into the sunset, calling …More
Better Planning Needed for EPA Laboratory Consolidations, IG Says
An inspector general report has cited numerous shortcomings in consolidations at three EPA laboratories, saying the initiative—which has roots beginning …More
