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Education seeks financial management support
The Federal Student Aid program needs a vendor to monitor activity in the Education Department's Financial Management System and perform development, security and daily operations maintenance.
(Posted May 16, 2008)
Defense bill would halt A-76 competition
The Defense Authorization bill for fiscal 2009 would impose a three-year moratorium on A-76 competitions and require stronger contractor ethics rules.
(Posted May 15, 2008)
Will NARA be ready for Bush's e-records?
GAO and NARA's IG are concerned about whether NARA's new system for archiving the Bush administration's e-records will be ready by January.
(Posted May 15, 2008)
Networx fee to remain unchanged
GSA says it is not planning to modify its management fee for the Networx contracts until it gets a better grasp of its actual costs.
(Posted May 15, 2008)
Networx fee to remain unchanged
GSA says it is not planning to modify its management fee for the Networx contracts until it gets a better grasp of its actual costs.
(Posted May 15, 2008)
DHS faces human capital challenges
DHS' acting deputy secretary told a Senate committee that the department's top human resources job should be held by a career official, not a political appointee as required by current law.
(Posted May 15, 2008)
OMB plans domain name security measures
The agency plans to to require agencies to implement security measures designed to protect information from the federal government’s domain name servers from unauthorized access.
(Posted May 14, 2008)
GSA to re-evaluate Alliant bids
The General Services Administration said it's redoing its past performance evaluations for the 62 companies that bid on the $50-billion information technology contract.
(Posted May 14, 2008)
Report: "Onboarding" helps retain employees
The Partership for Public Service and Booz Hamilton Allen conclude in a new study that successful "onboarding" can increase employee retention by 25 percent.
(Posted May 14, 2008)
Networx transition still slow
Officials say fair opportunity requirements and other factors are slowing progress in moving services to new network contracts.
(Posted May 14, 2008)
Interior's deputy CIO to retire
Edward Meagher, deputy chief information officer at the Interior Department, will retire effective July 1.
(Posted May 13, 2008)
Senior execs still want performance pay
The Office of Personnel Management's 2008 survey of the Senior Executive Service members reports that the overwhelming majority of those executives say their pay should be based on performance.
(Posted May 13, 2008)
DHS seeks IT procurement management system
The Homeland Security Department is asking industry for information as it seeks to create an automated system to manage task orders from its major information technology procurement programs.
(Posted May 13, 2008)
DOD's EA programs still struggling
The military services' work to develop enterprise architectures has not advanced beyond initial steps in some cases, according to the Government Accountability Office.
(Posted May 12, 2008)
Bush names new DHS CHCO
The president plans to appoint Thomas Cairns to DHS' top HR slot, which has been open since January.
(Posted May 9, 2008)
OMB promotes fiscal cooperation
The agency's Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business relies on MAX wiki for federal agencies to collaborate on ways to align processes, standards and data.
(Posted May 9, 2008)
Feds raid Special Counsel's office
FBI agents raided the office of U.S. Special Counsel Scott Bloch as part of an ongoing obstruction of justice investigation.
(Posted May 7, 2008)
Groups choose winning workforce idea
Sixteen people offered two-minute pitches for improving the federal workforce during a Public Service Recognition Week event today.
(Posted May 7, 2008)
White House reveals e-mail backups missing
The Bush administration has disclosed that back-up tapes of e-mail messages with dates that coincide with the invasion of Iraq have not been preserved.
(Posted May 6, 2008)
Practice sessions spur COOP programs
State government leaders found that taking training with elements of surprise helps agencies and legislatures think about emergency planning.
(Posted May 6, 2008)
Report: Agencies must head off brain drain
The Partnership for Public Service said the government must recruit a new generation of talent to offset an exodus of employees in the next five years.
(Posted May 6, 2008)
Panel takes up price reduction clause
An advisory panel considering ways to improve the multiple award schedule contract system heard about price reductions at its inaugural meeting.
(Posted May 6, 2008)
DHS cybersecurity strategy draws fire
DHS' cybersecurity initiative might be relying too much on contractors and might not be providing enough information to the public, according to two key senators.
(Posted May 5, 2008)
DHS delays TWIC deadline
The department has moved back the compliance date by seven months as demand increases for the maritime workers’ secure credential.
(Posted May 5, 2008)
Doan's undoing
In the end, ethics allegations didn't force her exit, but the hassles she caused did.
(Posted May 5, 2008)
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