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Senators' USPS plan cuts staff, refunds FERS overpayments
Senators announced a bipartisan plan Wednesday to help keep the financially ailing Postal Service solvent while offering incentives to trim its workforce.
Tags: Joe Lieberman , Tom Carper , Senate , Senate Homeland and Governmental Affairs Committee , USPS , workforce , pay and benefits , FERS , Emily Kopp
Unions once again urge supercommittee to save feds' pay, benefits
Lawmakers charged with reducing the federal deficit should look to contractors' compensation rather than reduce government workers' pay and benefits, a coalition of federal unions and management associations wrote in a letter to supercommittee leaders.
Tags: Joe Lieberman , pay and benefits , Federal-Postal Coalition , supercommittee , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , Congress , budget , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee , Emily Kopp , deficit , hiring , workforce
Bill would require greater use of strategic sourcing
The Acquisitions Reform Bill would require more robust use of Federal Strategic Sourcing vehicles — which allow the government to consolidate its shopping lists and buy in bulk, rather than have each agency pursue its own procurements.
Tags: acquisition , acquisition policy , Scott Brown , Joe Lieberman , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Commitee , strategic sourcing
CIOs still not meeting spirit, intent of Clinger-Cohen law, GAO finds
A new report highlights fewer CIOs are reporting to their agency's secretary today than in 2004. More of these senior technology managers wear more than one-hat and are responsible for many areas outside the 13 the statute originally called for.
Tags: management , technology , OMB , GAO , DoD , Joseph Lieberman , Clinger-Cohen Act , Teri Takai , Jason Miller
Lawmakers call for joint cybersecurity committee
New report highlights need for better coordination all around
Tags: technology , management , DHS , White House , Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emerging Threats , Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Co , Mike McCaul , Joseph Lieberman , CSIS , Jim Lewis , cybersecurity , JM
Hiding Problems at Federal Agencies
The federal government has developed a disturbing practice of cleverly hiding information.
Tags: Lurita Doan , Barack Obama , CBP , San Ysidro Port of entry , Jayson Ahern , GSA , Defense , DoD , contracting , SIGAR , Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstr , Claire McCaskill , Tom Coburn , Education , Dick Durbin , NTEU , EPA , Energy , Commerce , Carol Browner , OPM , TSA , SBA , stimulus , small business , State , Treasury , Freddie Mac , Fannie Mae
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano offers answers about future of her agency
Workforce reforms, SBINet two issues Senate Homeland Security Committee wanted her to talk about.
Tags: management , best practices , cybersecurity , Congress , homeland security , DHS , Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Co , Joe Lieberman , Janet Napolitano
TSA nominee Erroll Southers under fire on two fronts
His "misstatements" to the Senate Homeland Security Committee and Senator Jim Demint's opposition to collective bargaining for TSA screeners have Southers's nomination on hold.
Tags: management , Congress , homeland security , DHS , Erroll Southers , Jim DeMint , Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Co , Joseph Lieberman ,
DHS's Duke to retire after 28 years in government
The undersecretary of management has been in her role since June 2008. The White House nominee to replace Duke has not been confirmed by the Senate yet.
Tags: management , Elaine Duke , George Voinovich , DHS , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Rafael Borras
Lawmakers call for joint cybersecurity committee
New report highlights need for better coordination all around
Tags: technology , management , JM , DHS , White House , Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Co , CSIS , cybersecurity , Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emerging Threats , Mike McCaul , Joseph Lieberman , Jim Lewis
