Cybersecurity
VA fails to communicate clearly; who gets a better grade?
A new report finds few agencies have made progress in meeting the requirements of the 2010 Plain Writing Act.
People
Grant Thornton taps former fed to lead global public sector practice
New managing principal has 25 years of government experience.
Modernization
Labor accused of scrubbing website of recent rulemaking documentation
Did the Labor Department move too quickly to remove online documents related to a controversial rule aimed at protecting child farm workers from heavy machinery?
People
Technology bridges the employment gap for feds with disabilities
An initiative by the Labor Department and Cornell University helps link people with disabilities to federal HR professionals.
Modernization
FedRAMP comes fraught with challenges
Agency CIOs acknowledge cloud fears, but look to FedRAMP to alleviate some of the concerns. However, FedRAMP poses some difficulties of its own.
Modernization
OMB ups the ante on improper payments
Agencies are asked to plan ahead to implement "Do Not Pay" tool into existing operations.
Cybersecurity
Who's watching? 10 agencies lack permanent IG.
IGs fulfill a critical role in monitoring agency operations, but some agencies have had unfilled vacancies for months, or even years.
People
DOL and Facebook create partnership to help job seekers
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced the new Social Jobs Partnership with representatives from Facebook and other groups.
People
Labor Department seeks public comment on Benefits.gov
DOL is looking for citizens' input on the information collection process on its website for federally funded benefit and assistance programs.
Modernization
New Labor dashboard to cut waste, fraud
The Labor Department and White House are using a new online dashboard to highlight states in which a high percentage of unemployment benefit payments are improper.
People
White House pushes industry to hire vets
The White House urges industry to hire veterans as their unemployment numbers reach into the millions.
Digital Government
Get those resumes in order
Consider yourself on notice, all you folks at the Education, Labor and Commerce departments: We’re just going to have to shut you down.
People
Federal road warriors have offices on-the-go
Agencies looking to save millions are giving up the status quo and adopting virtual workplace policies.
People
Federal vs. private pay: The latest take on who makes more
A new government report shows that federal workers make an average of 2.1 percent less than their counterparts in the private sector.
Digital Government
Government urged to stop meddling in hiring practices
An industry group and others are complaining about a proposal to make contractors use employees from incumbent contractors who lose.
People
New Labor rule would constrict contractors' hiring options
A trade organization for federal contractors is opposing a Labor Department proposed rule that would require new service contractors to offer jobs to some workers from the predecessor contract.
Digital Government
Labor ISO five-year commitment
The Labor Department is soliciting proposals for a five-year support contract for a broad range of IT support services.
Cybersecurity
Gov ID card program enters new phase
As most agencies get over the hump of issuing HSPD-12 computer identification cards to all employees and contractors, they must now tackle the next challenge of developing card-based security systems that will control access to government facilities and computer systems.
Modernization
Disabilities information Web site gets Web 2.0 upgrade
Labor Department adds social media tools including Twitter and RSS feeds to Disability.gov Web site.
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