OPM Calls for Data on Student Loan Reimbursements
OPM has told agencies to report on their calendar year 2019 use of student loan reimbursements, one authority agencies can …More
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OPM Solicits Rank Awards Nominations
OPM has asked agencies to submit nominations by April 10 for the annual Presidential Rank Awards, the top honors for …More
Ethics Bill Cleared for House Floor Vote
Two House committees have approved for floor voting HR-745, a bill to reauthorize the Office of Government Ethics while giving …More
GAO: Minorities Under-Represented at Top State Dept. Levels
The minority share of the State Department workforce has increased in recent years but minorities are under-represented there in both …More
Gears of Government Award Winners Announced
The Trump administration has announced agency- and council-level winners of its second set of Gears of Government Awards, an initiative …More
Senate Backs More Disclosure of Building Ownership
The Senate has passed S-1869, to require new scrutiny of ownership of building space leased by federal agencies, in particular …More
FDIC Offering Buyouts, Early-Outs to 20 Percent of Workforce
The FDIC will offer buyouts and early retirement offers to about 20 percent of its workforce, a move it says …More
OPM Urges Preventive Actions on Coronavirus
OPM’s latest memo to agencies on the Coronavirus urges “everyday preventive actions to help mitigate the spread of respiratory diseases” …More
OPM Urges More Telework, Other Precautions against Coronavirus
Although the CDC continues to assess the immediate health risk from the Coronavirus as “low at this time,” OPM has …More
Improper Payments, Information Sharing Bills Signed
President Trump has signed into law a bill (S-375) to improve efforts to identify and reduce governmentwide improper payments and …More
Chief Financial Officers Act Being Updated After 30 Years
A bipartisan bill (S-3287) introduced in the Senate to update the 1990 CFO Act regarding how agencies manage and monitor …More
GSA Touts Efforts to Shed Excess Real Estate
GSA’s latest update on the management challenges it faces touts the progress it has made toward disposing of excess real …More
SSA, VA Better Coordinating on Who Pays and When, IG Says
The SSA has improved its coordination with the VA on persons who are potentially eligible for both Supplemental Security Income …More
OMB Backs Interior on Shutdown Work-Around
OMB has backed the Interior Department’s use of a budgetary work-around to keep certain services operating in last year’s partial …More
Anti-Phishing Training at TVA Called Ineffective
In a report that could serve as a warning to other agencies as well, the inspector general of the TVA …More
Government-Academia Initiative Expanding
The Volcker Alliance, a good-government group, will expand to two more areas its Government-to-University Initiative aimed at creating partnerships to …More
$90K in Damages Awarded to FAA Whistleblower
The Office of Special Counsel has announced settlements in two whistleblower retaliation cases, including one in which the agency was …More
IG Finds Failures to Comply with Office Space Lease Terms
An IG audit has called on a GSA region to increase its oversight of leased space, saying that in a …More
Disclosure Bills Advance
The House has passed HR-3830, to require that specific information about each program administered by a federal agency be available …More
Report Suggests How to Build a Case for Talent Development
A report from the Partnership for Public Service suggests ways to build a business case for investing in talent development …More
OPM Raises Time to Hire Reporting Requirements
OPM has imposed new time to hire reporting requirements that it says will help agencies “better pinpoint successful practices and …More
GSA: 5 Percent of Budget Should be Going to Innovation
Federal agencies can end up merely running in place on technology instead of improving it as they intend, says a …More
USA.gov Shows What Public Wants to Know about the Government
The USA.gov site has released data on what people are seeking when they visit that site, with questions regarding U.S. …More
Update on Performance Initiatives Released
The administration has released an update of activities in 2019 toward its “high-performance government goal,” saying that among the more …More
DISA Acknowledges Personal Data Breach
The Defense Information Systems Agency has acknowledged a breach of personal information on some 200,000 people including many of its …More
Congress Asked to Prevent Trump Policy Barring DoD Unions
A coalition of two dozen federal unions has asked Congress to prevent DoD from carrying out a recent memo from …More
VA Faces Challenges in Adapting to Veterans’ Changing Needs, Says GAO
The VA is facing several challenges to meet the growing demand for long-term care for veterans, GAO has said, including …More
FLRA Set to Change Policy on Ending Union Dues Withholding
A divided FLRA has said it will move to allow federal employees who are paying dues to stop those payments …More
Report Decries Underfunding at Lands Agencies
Years of underfunding at agencies managing public lands has resulted in understaffing, deferred maintenance, lower visitor satisfaction rates, and resources …More
Agency Honored Agreement Long Enough, Says Court
A settlement agreement between an agency and a federal employee expires after a “reasonable time” has passed unless it specifies …More
