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VanRoekel's 2012 IT goals: Crawl, walk, run
"Crawl before you can walk. Walk before you can run." That's how Federal CIO Steve VanRoekel framed his 2012 priorities in his first speech to government IT contractors in Washington. He said agencies would have to do "more with less," but he wanted to emphasize the "more."
Tags: Steven VanRoekel , technology , IT , acquisition , acquisition policy , industry , cloud computing , cybersecurity , FedRAMP , ACT-IAC ,
Feds plan to shell out more money to get to work
Without Congressional action, the public transit benefit that many federal employees use to take the subway, bus or vanpool to work will decrease on Jan. 1 from $230 to $125 per month. Feds said, for the most part, they'll continue to use mass transit even if it costs them more to get to work.
Tags: mass transit benefit , NTEU , Colleen Kelley , Congress , Ben Cardin , Barbara Mikulski , Matthew Magazu , Shannon Richardson , FEMA , Caroline Tiplin , Keith Eichenholz , HHS , telework , pay and benefits
Contentious hearing leaves more questions about NRC leadership
Chairman Jaczko told lawmakers he would not resign despite criticism from NRC commissioners. Republican members push for Jaczko to leave. Democrats said their investigations found no legal violations.
Tags: workforce , NRC , Elijah Cummings , Darrell Issa , Jason Chaffetz , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , Gregory Jaczko , William Magwood ,
NIST, DHS trying to tame cyber workforce definitions
Agencies, vendors can comment until Friday on the draft standard describing cybersecurity workers. A common definition will help agencies classify who is a cyber worker.
Tags: cybersecuirty , cybersecuirty update , workforce , Government Business Council , Hord Tipton , (ISC)² , DHS , Peggy Maxson , Angela Curry , National Initiative for Cyber Education , NIST ,
Veteran hires at highest level in 20 years
Nearly three in every 10 new hires in the government is a veteran, marking the highest percentage of new hires in more than 20 years. Just two out of the 24 agencies in the President's Council on Veterans Employment failed to meet their goals. The council released Tuesday preliminary fiscal 2011 employment data.
Tags: veterans , employment , workforce , hiring , OPM , John Berry , DHS , Treasury , NRC
OPM gives agencies help when rehiring retired feds
Retirees can earn a paycheck from an agency on top of their pension benefits if they are fulfilling mission-critical functions and working for less than 20 hours a week. Those are two of the answers provided in an Office of Personnel Management factsheet to agencies interested in putting federal retirees on their payrolls.
Tags: Reemployed annuitants , pay and benefits , OPM , National Defense Authorization Act of 2010 ,
GAO pushes for more oversight of interagency programs
The Government Accountability Office thinks Congress can play a greater role in improving federal agencies' coordination and performance. In a recent report, GAO recommended Congress use new powers under the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010 in its oversight, authorization and appropriations roles. The law emphasizes program achievements over processes.
Tags: performance management , GAO , management , GPRA , OMB , Congress , Chris Mihm , DoD , Education , IRS ,
Tips for agencies when hiring veterans with disabilities
Agencies are increasing the number of disabled veterans in their ranks as they try to fulfill White House hiring mandates. But there's still a lot of unease about how disabled vets will fit into civilian environments. "The civilian workplace is a really bizarre place" for veterans, said workforce and diversity consultant Lisa Stern at a recent training she gave federal hiring officials in Bethesda.
Tags: DoL , hiring , workforce , disabilities , veterans , Lisa Stern , diversity ,
DC-area officials cheer federal 'shelter-in-place' snow strategy
Capital region officials cheered the Office of Personnel Management's "shelter-in-place" option for snow emergencies. Having people stay at the office during sudden or extreme snowstorms would lessen gridlock, officials told lawmakers Wednesday. They also urged area workers to know their children's school emergency policies and have backup childcare arrangements in place.
Tags: DHS , Senate , Congress , Daniel Akaka , Mark Pryor , workforce , weather , emergencies , disaster preparedness , National Capital Region , OPM , Terrie Suit , Dean Hunter , Steward Beckham ,
IGs push for greater whistleblower protections for contractors
Whistleblowers at government contractors need better protections against reprisal and need to know how to contact agency inspectors general. Two IGs and a whistleblower awaiting trial were among the witnesses at a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Reform Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight. It is considering legislation to extend federal whistleblower protections to all contractors, subcontractors and local governments receiving federal funds.
Tags: contracting , whistleblowers , Senate , Claire McCaskill , Rob Portman , Walter Tamosaitis , Hanford Waste Treatment Plan , Energy , DoD , Marguerite Garrison , Peggy Gustafson , SBA , Recovery Act , transparency , URS , Bechtel ,
