In September, business leaders, human capital experts and federal leaders gathered for a White House symposium to discuss human resources issues surrounding the President's Management Agenda. One core idea from the discussion and its associated report was that any...
Month: October 2018
Fiscal Service Bureau releases new Antifraud Playbook for feds
Federal, state and local agencies will be working harder to fight fraud now that "Program Integrity: The Antifraud Playbook," a program developed by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service and the Chief Financial Officers Council, has been released. The playbook is meant to...
When disciplinary action is not consistently applied
A federal employee who is accused of misconduct at work may face an employee investigation, which may be followed by disciplinary action.Disciplinary action could be something relatively minor, such as receiving a letter of counseling or a letter of reprimand. Or it...
NSA inspector general calls for a ‘robust whistleblower program’
Rob "It's a big federal government agency. It spends a lot of taxpayer dollars. And so, as a general matter, I think the public has a right to know how its funds are being spent," the National Security Agency's inspector general, Rob Storch, told NPR."I felt very...
Considering helping out with the census? What to know
Recently, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sent a memo to agency heads about recruitment for the 2020 decennial census. Employees of other federal agencies are being invited to take on temporary second jobs with the Census Bureau.This was done for the 2010...
Lawsuit against military service rules for women moves forward
In 2012, the Service Women's Action Network (SWAN), an advocacy group for female soldiers, filed a lawsuit challenging a 1994 Pentagon policy barring women from serving in combat roles. That policy kept women from serving in 238,000 positions in the military.That...