Management
OMB Ratchets Up Pressure on Agencies to Reduce Office Space
New national strategy goes beyond “Freeze the Footprint” effort.
Oversight
Modified FOIA Reform Bill Clears House Oversight Panel
GSA is preparing a centralized portal to consolidate all requests.
Defense
Pentagon’s Quest for Clean Books Takes Hit
The IG withdrew the Marine Corps audit after new information was discovered.
Management
Survey: Feds Favor Face-to-Face Meetings Over Videoconferencing
Meeting-planning industry offers data to counter travel budget cuts.
Management
Plan to Reorganize Agriculture Department Unit Surprises Lawmaker
House chairman Aderholt questions fate of Rural Business-Cooperative Service.
Defense
Union Decries Pentagon’s Proposed Cuts to Commissary Subsidy
AFGE warns of “Walmartization” as DoD retailers struggle to stay open.
Tech
Did an IG Vacancy Delay Exposure of Clinton Emails?
POGO criticizes State Department watchdog for overlooking issues at highest levels.
Management
Is Commerce’s Technical Information Service a Dinosaur in the Internet Age?
Senators reintroduce plan to kill the department’s purveyor of technical documents.
Management
Justice, HHS Recover $3.3 Billion from Medicare Fraudsters
IG report hints sequestration might have prevented recapturing even more.
Management
Reverse Auctions Once Again in Lawmakers' Crosshairs
House Small Business subcommittee presses bill to restrict tool that could promote a “race to the bottom
Management
Agencies Could Do More to Convert Properties to Aid Homeless
Defense Department and HUD fail to adequately track parcels, GAO finds.
Management
Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Calls for Chemical Safety Board Firings
House Oversight’s letter to Obama cites misleading testimony, mismanagement, private emails.
Management
IRS Won’t Have to Furlough Employees After All, Commissioner Says
Koskinen tells appropriators a budget hike is needed to preserve taxpayer compliance.
Management
Agencies Will Cut 100 Million Hours of Paperwork, White House Says
Effort to curb burdensome or outdated regulations may not satisfy GOP critics.
Management
Getting the Living Off Social Security’s Deceased List May Take Legislation
Alabama woman testifies on being reduced to poverty after erroneous designation.
Management
Nearly Half of the Largest Federal Contractors Are Also Receiving Federal Grants and Loans
Nonprofit’s “corporate welfare” study names Boeing as top “double dipper.”
Management
Transparency Advocates Launch Sunshine Week with Mixed Reviews for Obama
FOIA process critics rank agencies on their public posting of documents.
Defense
Is There a 'Sickening Child Porn Crisis Infecting' the Federal Government?
Arrest of State Department employee Sunday on voyeurism charges is the latest sign of a much bigger problem, Daily Beast reports.
Management
Why Agencies Often Resist Shared Services
Better data on cost-effectiveness and clearer transition guidelines would make arrangement more attractive, report finds.
Management