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- Contractors with security clearances lack path to report problems
- Proposed commission would give teeth to cost-saving ideas but some lawmakers skeptical
- Feds outside the Beltway react to furloughs
- Contracting executives guilty of 8(a) program fraud
- EPA CIO Jackson returning to private sector
- Navy strikes enterprise licensing deal with Oracle
- 29-year-old NASA engineer going where no one has gone before
- USPS reaches energy reduction goal ahead of schedule
- NOAA meteorologist helps save lives one storm at a time
- ICE Director John Morton stepping down
- NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women
- House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill
- NIH tops list of best companies for baby boomers
- Latest postal reform proposal OKs 5-day delivery
- IRS official contradicts claims about reviews
- House presses VA for more details after cyber attacks
- DoD maintains BRAC fight, despite opposition
Social media challenges agency records management
Agencies are increasingly using social media in their work. But platforms like Facebook and Twitter offer challenges to records management.
OPM says managers are too timid
OPM Director John Berry is calling for agency executives to use their existing tools to get rid of poor performers. Berry tells House lawmakers that over the next year OPM will work with managers improve performance management. OPM also giving up on its retirement systems modernization program and putting its financial management system upgrade on hold.
Carter: DoD needs acquisition 'fast lane'
Ashton Carter, the Defense Department's undersecretary for acquisitions, said the Pentagon can buy things quickly when it truly needs to. But when it comes to supporting overseas contingency operations, he said the country needs a dedicated, permanent "fast lane" that leapfrogs DoD's notoriously slow methods of buying goods and services.
Strategies for managers under CRs
Focusing on these five strategies could help federal managers deal with budget constraints and low morale in the workplace.
Communication key for managers during tough times
Susan Grundmann, chairwoman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, offers advice for agencies dealing with employee morale issues and workplace demands.
FedMentors video series shares leadership best practices
The project, launched by FedScoop, is aimed at a newer generation of federal executives as current leaders prepare to retire.
GSA shares mobile love and best practices
GSA's Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies provides information to the public through a variety of ways. GSA's Gwynne Kostin tells us about how the agency is sharing lessons learned governmentwide.
CPSC safe products database debuts
Beginning today, consumers are encouraged to visit www.SaferProducts.gov to submit Reports of harm or risks of harm, and to search for safety information on products they own or may be considering buying. Inez Tenenbaum, CPSC chair, explains.
OSC head nominee promises whistleblower support
Carolyn Lerner plans to improve the Office of Special Counsel if confirmed following the agencies two-year span without a Senate confirmed leader.
Managers! It's not what you do, it's how you do it
There really IS innovation in government, despite budget constraints and a culture of "do more with less." Or is it because of it? We ask the head of Hay Group's Federal Sector Leadership and Talent Practice, Scott Spreier.
What innovative fed leaders have in common
The Partnership for Public Service's study presented nine attributes that fuel agency innovation and the role of those agencies to encourage it.
Lessons for successful interagency collaboration
Kathryn Friedman, director of Law and Policy Research at the University of Buffalo's Regional Institute, wrote a case study on an inter-agency collaboration for transportation./
OPM hiring reforms aim to improve applicant experience
The Office of Personnel Management lays out initiatives it has taken to assist agencies in their hiring process.
OPM, OMB urge more investment in senior execs
The memo issued by the Offices of Personnel Management and Management and Budget lay out proposals for developing the Senior Executive Service.
Streamlined hiring processes become more of a precedent
Angela Bailey of OPM joined Tom Temin on The Federal Drive
Dodaro tells agencies how to stay off high-risk list
Comptroller General Gene Dodaro discusses government management and projects on the high-risk list.
HCMD: best practices from the biggest employer
Approximately 3 million people work for the Department of Defense, making it the largest employer in the US. Human Capital Management For Defense conference director, Lisa Ringlen, tells us why the personal touch is important.
OMB, ACT-IAC launch website to improve acquisition process
The groups have launched a website, asking for public input in an effort to improve the acquisitions process between government and industry.
Can government reorg produce real efficiency?
American University scholar in residence Beryl Radin outlines the challenges of reorganization government, called for by President Obama in his State of the Union address.
VA, HUD to use better data to aid homeless vets
The departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development have partnered to conduct a more thorough analysis of the nation's homeless veteran population. The agencies said the new data will allow them to get the right services to the vets who need them.
