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GSA cancels 2013 Expo conference
Budget uncertainty at the General Services Administration, other agencies and among vendors is the main cause behind the decision to call off the annual training conference, GSA officials said.
Tags: GSA , management , Dan Cruz , budget , conference spending , Larry Allen , travel , Roger Waldron , Coalition for Government Procurement , Allen Federal Business Partners , GSA Expo
OPM eases burden to hire people with disabilities
The agency will publish a final rule Friday that will remove the need for people with disabilities to have a "certification of job readiness."
Tags: hiring , workforce , management , people with disabilities , hiring reform , OPM , Jason Miller
EEOC becoming one by meeting strategic goals
A year into its 16-point strategic plan, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is making solid progress against most of its milestones. The strategy includes using technology to improve its services and creating a federal sector plan to better address specific issues.
Tags: workforce , management , EEOC , Claudia Withers , Jacqueline Berrien , Constance Barker , Carlton Hadden , Deidre Flippen , Performance goals , Jason Miller
Furloughs pose pitfalls for managers, rank-and-file feds
Talk of federal-employee furloughs has intensified as the clock winds down to March 1 -- the date automatic, across-the-board spending cuts are set to kick in. But even if agencies are forced to go the furlough route, they will have to ensure the workforce reductions are implemented fairly or face a series of potential pitfalls, said John Mahoney, chairman of Tully Rinckey's labor and employment practice group, in an interview on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp.
Tags: furloughs , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Emily Kopp , Jack Moore , John Mahoney , Tully Rinckey , sequestration , management
Small agencies' sequestration plans build from budget frustrations
The congressional ritual of punting budget work into the next fiscal year has helped agencies prepare their workforces for sequestration. Managers have learned much over the past few years about preparing contingency plans.
Tags: workforce , budget , sequestration , management , Raymond Limon , Corporation for National and Community Service , Chief Human Capital Officers Council , Ruben Gomez , Federal Drive
National Cancer Institute feels the budget pinch
John Czajkowski, deputy director for management at the National Cancer Institute, is this week's guest on Agency of the Month.
Tags: John Czajkowski , NCI , HHS , Agency of the Month , management , NIH , budget , sequestration , grants , research , cancer , exclusive
Agencies could be liable for certain costs under sequestration
Agencies will be liable for many of the costs coming from the termination of contracts, including legal fees and employee compensation costs, if sequestration happens Jan. 2, 2013 and if vendors do not issue layoff notices this fall.
Tags: management , contracting , acquisition , OMB , DoD , Danny Werfel , Joe Jordan , Richard Ginman , sequestration , budget , Jason Miller
Transforming the way the National Archives and Records Administration does business
Mr. Ferriero is the Archivist of the United
States for the National Archives and Records
Administration.
David S. Ferriero
Archivist of the United States
National Archives and Records Administration
Tags: management , IBM Center for the Business of Government , Business of Government Hour , David Ferriero
DHS, DoD among agencies making slow, steady progress to get off High Risk list
GAO adds two new areas to the list, NOAA's satellite programs and the federal government's financial risk because of climate change. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro said nearly every initiative on the list made progress in fixing their problems over the last two years.
Tags: management , GAO , DHS , DoD , Gene Dodaro , Darrell Issa , NOAA , OFPP , Joe Jordan , High Risk list , Congress , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , David Powner , Jason Miller
Lawmakers laying odds against sequester taking place
Sens. Mark Warner and Bob Corker and Rep. Chris Van Hollen all believe there is at better than a 50 percent chance Congress and the White House will agree on a budget reduction plan before Jan. 1. But federal pay and benefits, and contract spending remain on the table to be part of the cuts.
Tags: management , Congress , Mark Warner , Chris Van Hollen , Bob Corker , Bloomberg Government , Deloitte , fiscal cliff , budget , sequestration , Jason Miller
