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Intel community seeks to protect workforce from sequestration's impact
James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, said the 17-agency community is trying not to repeat lessons of past cuts that hampered analytical capabilities. Clapper also issued a new IC-wide code of ethics and made a key change to the security clearance form.
Tags: workforce , James Clapper , ODNI , sequestration , budget , security clearances , Jason Miller
OGE clarifies gift-giving rules as inauguration approaches
With President Barack Obama's second inauguration - along with the flurry of balls, receptions and other related ceremonies - just weeks away, the Office of Government Ethics has issued new guidance to agency ethics officials.
Tags: OGE , best practices , management , inauguration , Don Fox , gift giving
GAO: Special hiring authority not a free pass
A Government Accountability Office report found the Department of Health and Human Services and the Environmental Protection Agency need to do a better job managing their employees under Title 42.
Tags: GAO , EPA , HHS , NIH , CDC , FDA , Frances Collins , hiring , oversight , Esther Carey
DHS underscores efforts to battle corruption
The Customs and Border Protection directorate wants to weed out agents who "go bad" years into their careers, using more lie detector tests. Background checks at the Transportation Security Administration have kept more than 5,000 potentially bad actors from joining the TSA workforce. At Immigration and Customs Enforcement, leaders emphasize the importance of employee outreach and education to prevent corruption.
Tags: corruption , oversight , management , ICE , CBP , DHS , Thomas Winkowski , James Duncan , Timothy Moynihan , Michael McCaul , House Homeland Security Committee , Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management , Ruben Gomez
Analysis: DHS proposed rule might hurt agency-industry collaboration
Jaime Gracia is industry co-chair of the Better Government IT Working Group and President and CEO of Seville Government Consulting.
Tags: Jaime Gracia , Seville Government Consulting , Better Government IT Working Group , DHS , workforce , conflict of interest , In Depth
The ethics of going private from procurement have changed
Rules change about who and when an ethics officer can clear for private employment
Tags: P&B , mngt , contracting , Stephen Ryan , McDermott, Will and Emery
Legal Loop: privately funding public servants
Tags: P&B , mngt , contracting , Bill Bransford , Shaw, Bransford, Veilleux, and Roth , Pentagon , DoD , travel
Ethics under fire at the Military Health System
Tags: contracting , sole source , VA , Military Health System , DoD , Debra Roth , Shaw, Bransford, Veilleux, and Roth
Change coming to contracting ethics
DII is launching a robust new training series that will enhance our members' existing programs dealing with the new FAR mandatory disclosure rules, personal conflicts of interest, organizational conflicts of interest and revolving-door policies.
Tags: contracting , DII , Angela Styles , mngt , Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics and , Dorothy Ramienski
Who can, and can't, speak freely about the budget?
Office of Management and Budget director Peter Orszag says he has expedited the review over allegations that a career budget examiner threatened a budget employee in the Office of Personnel Management inspector general's office.
Tags: OMB , OPM , IG , Fred Hitz , CIA , Congress , budget
