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2012 Causey Awards Winner - Patricia Pointer
Patricia Pointer, deputy comptroller for HR in the Treasury Department's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), was nominated for her efforts to integrate the Office of Thrift Supervision into OCC.
Tags: Patricia Pointer , Office of Thrift Supervision , Office of the Comptroller of the Currency , Causey Awards
7 agencies make progress on implementing 'cloud first,' GAO says
The Government Accountability Office assessed the performance of seven federal agencies in migrating some of their services to the cloud as required by the Office of Management and Budget. Five of the seven agencies succeeded in meeting OMB's requirements and the other two are expected to be compliant by year's end.
Tags: Cloud First , OMB , GAO , HHS , GSA , DHS , USDA , SBA , technology , information technology , Federal Drive , Michael OConnell
Treasury's paperless initiative means no more paper benefit checks
Those who are already receiving paper checks for federal benefit payments have until March 1, 2013, to sign up for direct deposit or direct express.
Tags: Walt Henderson , paperless , green government , Federal Drive , Michael OConnell , pay and benefits
Cliff averted, it's on to the next fiscal crisis
Tags: Congress , House , budget , Senate , CBO , sequestration , Harry Reid , Tim Geithner , Rob Nabors , John Boehner
Performance improvement has 'turned the corner' in government
Shelley Metzenbaum said agencies are doing a better job in setting outcome-based goals and using data to measure their progress. OPM is finalizing guidance and training to use the competence models for performance improvement positions. Treasury and DHS are setting their own path to using data to meet their mission goals.
Tags: management , OMB , Shelley Metzenbaum , OPM , Andrea Bright , Richard Beck , Interior , Kevin Donahue , DHS , Amy Culbertson , performance management , GPRA Modernization Act , performance improvement officer , Performance Improvement Council , Jason Miller
5 service members confined in misconduct probe
The U.S. military says five service members supporting the Secret Service in advance of President Barack Obama's visit may have been involved in inappropriate conduct and have been confined to quarters. Obama is in Colombia for a Summit of the Americas.
Tags: Secret Service ,
Obama: 'Angry' if Secret Service allegations true
esident Barack Obama, speaking for the first time about allegations that Secret Service agents hired prostitutes, said Sunday that "of course I'll be angry" if those accusations are proven true by an investigation.
Tags: Barack Obama , Secret Service , Darrell Issa ,
Tangherlini aims to restore confidence in GSA
The new acting administrator of the General Services Administration has written to agency employees telling them not to allow the mistakes of a few affect the achievement of their goals. Tangherlini, who formerly served as the chief financial officer of the Treasury Department, said GSA will "redouble" its efforts to the core values of delivering efficient and effective services. GSA chief Martha Johnson resigned Monday and two of her top deputies were fired following the release of an inspector general's report detailing excessive spending at an October 2010 regional training conference.
Tags: Jason Miller , GSA , Public Buildings Service , Martha Johnson , Bob Peck , Stephen Leeds , Dan Tangherlini , waste, fraud and abuse ,
TIGTA: IRS cyber response center needs some improvements
The cybersecurity response center at the IRS is mostly working, according to a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. However, in the report, Treasury Inspector General J. Russell George said that the Computer Security Incident Response Center isn't reporting every computer security incident as it's supposed to.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , TIGTA , IRS
IG: Missing documents plague IRS process for screening new hires
A new inspector general's report finds missing documentation plagues the Internal Revenue Service's process for pre-screening new hires that are often entrusted with sensitive financial information.
Tags: IRS , Debra Chew , TIGTA , hiring , background checks
