Management
Accountability in performance management remains elusive
From the top to the bottom of the workforce, from inside government and from outside, there is little satisfaction with the state of performance management in federal agencies.
Tech
Judge orders partial Internet blackout at Interior
The Interior Department this week has disconnected computer systems from the Internet for the second time in two years amid a federal judge’s concerns about computer security for Native Americans’ financial records.
Defense
At DHS, the Bush team and unions are actually getting along
Federal unions and officials at the new Homeland Security Department are doing a surprising thing: They’re getting along.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies urged to cover flexible spending account fees
Federal employees have until the end of next week to sign up for new health care, child care and elder care benefits, the Office of Personnel Management has announced. The office is also urging federal agencies to pick up the administrative costs of the new benefits, rather than pass those costs on to employees.
Defense
New personnel rules to come out this week
Federal managers could have more discretion in hiring decisions, while federal workers could get the government to pay for academic degrees, under regulations that the Office of Personnel Management will publish this week.
Pay & Benefits
Student loan repayment program off to slow start
With some exceptions, most federal agencies helped few or no employees with their college debt under a two-year-old repayment program aimed at recruiting and retaining good federal workers.
Management
Printing office to retain monopoly power
The Government Printing Office will continue its century-old monopoly on federal agencies’ printing jobs, under an agreement the Bush administration announced Friday. The agreement ends Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels’ year-long quest to let agencies avoid using the printing office as their middle man.
Management
New federal jobs site delayed by legal snags
A revamped federal jobs Web site designed by Monster.com has run into legal delays that may force Uncle Sam to give other companies a chance to work on the site.
Management
OMB chief: Management agenda needs ‘relentless follow-up’
Outgoing Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels' advice on management matters for his successor.
Management
Bush nominates new OMB director
President Bush on Thursday announced plans to nominate one of the White House’s deputy chiefs of staff to be the next Office of Management and Budget director.
Management
Federal workers protest outsourcing at Washington rally
A couple hundred federal workers gathered in Washington Tuesday to protest the privatization of government jobs.
Pay & Benefits
Congress urged to hold Thrift Savings Plan officials more accountable
Thrift Savings Plan officials should be held more accountable to Congress, the General Accounting Office said in a report issued Thursday.
Management
Federal officials figuring out who wears the human capital hat
Across government, agency leaders are figuring out who will be their chief human capital officers, a new position that every major agency has to fill.
Defense
Bush appoints first chief human capital officer
President Bush plans to appoint an Ohio lawyer to be the federal government’s first chief human capital officer.
Management
IRS plan to outsource tax collection panned
The IRS should hire more agents rather than outsource tax collection to private debt collection agencies, critics of a Bush administration proposal said Tuesday.
Pay & Benefits
New TSP system on track, but at a higher cost
A much-delayed computer system that would give federal employees more control over their retirement savings accounts is still on track to debut in mid-June, officials said Monday. But the new system will cost more than originally expected.
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