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USAJobs passes independent cybersecurity test
Auditors found no security weaknesses that present an immediate threat to the jobs portal or user information housed in its database. The test represented the site's first independent security evaluation since OPM took control over USAJobs.gov from Monster Government Solutions in Oct. 2011. Under MGS management, hackers broke into the portal twice in 17 months.
Tags: OPM , cybersecurity , technology , USAJobs , Fishnet Security , Ruben Gomez
IRS missing billions in ID theft
Tags: IRS , TIGTA , J. Russell George , identity theft
DHS IG partners with CBP, ICE to investigate workforce corruption
The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general partnered with both Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel to investigate an increasing number of cases. Leaders of all three reported to a House subcommittee hearing that the collaboration has benefited the investigation process.
Tags: DHS , ICE , CBP , management , House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , Charles Edwards , David Aguilar , Daniel Ragsdale , Esther Carey , Ruben Gomez
Lawmakers putting GSA's new conference spending rules to the test
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee lawmakers were expected to ask the agency's inspector general to look into the 14th Annual SmartPay conference happening this week in Nashville. GSA says all conferences must go through a multi-step approval process, including those already in the planning stages for 2012 and beyond.
Tags: management , GSA , House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee , John Mica , Jeff Denham , Cynthia Metzler , Shakeup at GSA , conference spending , SmartPay , Mafara Hobson , Brian Miller , Eleanor Holmes Norton , Jason Miller
Medicare fraud busters unveil command center
Tags: HHS , Medicare , anti-fraud
Special commission gives the CFC a roadmap to the future
The report spelled out a number of recommendations for the Combined Federal Campaign in four areas including revising the infrastructure and updating oversight. The Office of Personnel Management called for the commission as the CFC effort turned 50.
Tags: CFC , CFC-50 Commission , OPM , John Berry , Bev Byron , management , Esther Carey , workforce
Federal agencies owe the IRS at least $28M in fees
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration evaluated six random reimbursable agreements IRS made with agencies and found a lot of money went uncollected.
Tags: Financial Management Service , CFO , TIGTA , Russell George , IRS , Pamela LaRue , best practices , Keith BieryGolick , financial management
IG: Justice employees pushed relatives for jobs
The Justice Department's inspector general said Thursday that eight high-ranking employees in the department's management division improperly promoted the hiring of relatives for summer or full-time work or assisted others in doing so.
Tags: Justice , Justice IG , Frank Wolf , Pamela Cabell-Edelen , Michael Flay , Rodney Markham , Nancy Horkan
IG encourages USPS to consider offering non-postal services
The U.S. Postal Service may be overlooking a potential source of revenue, according to a report from its inspector general. Offering nonpostal services presents several challenges, but it may also be a viable option for the struggling institution, the report concluded.
Tags: management , budget , USPS , USPS IG , Esther Carey
Inspector General: SSA sitting on $134 million in uncashed checks
The inspector general for the Social Security Administration estimated the agency is sitting on about $134 million for benefit checks that sit uncashed by recipients for more than a year - money subsequently returned to the agency. But the IG report found most of the recipients who didn't cash their checks are still eligible for the assistance and the SSA could take additional steps to ensure they receive them.
Tags: SSA , Dean Landis , improper payments , SSA IG , Jack Moore , management ,
