People
House approves measure to block OPM furloughs
An appropriations bill passed in the House includes multiple provisions to prevent OPM and GSA from merging and blocks any reduction in force arising from a budget gap at the human resources agency.
People
Connolly amendment would block OPM layoffs
The chairman of the Government Operations subcommittee is looking to check an administration warning of layoffs at the Office of Personnel Management in the event that a merger with the General Services Administration can't move forward.
Modernization
Latest filings in JEDI lawsuit offer an inside look into the cloud program
Amazon Web Services and the Justice Department push back on Oracle's claims of conflict of interest in a pair of court filings this week.
People
Senate panel advances third MSPB nominee
The Merit System Protection Board is getting closer to having a quorum of confirmed officials in place to begin chipping away at its backlog of more than 2,000 appeals.
People
Senate panel passes law to prevent shutdowns as spending crisis looms
While Democrats and the White House fight over spending caps, some lawmakers are looking for ways to make a shutdown more painful for leaders in the executive branch and on Capitol Hill.
Acquisition
Report cites dramatic uptick in government spending on temps
Veterans Affairs, Defense Health Agency are filling gaps with temporary workers rather than hiring career staff.
People
Shanahan out as Pentagon chief; Army Secretary Esper takes over top job
In a tweet, President Donald Trump announced that acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan was resigning and withdrawing his name from consideration to hold the top Pentagon job on an acting basis. Trump announced that Army Secretary Mark Esper is taking over as acting defense secretary.
Digital Government
USDS budget cut forces focus on core capabilities
The White House tech team that was formed to save HealthCare.gov in 2014 is returning to its roots as a 911 squad for government tech.
Modernization
NDAA pushes DOD-VA cooperation on health record modernization
The $20 billion health record modernization efforts at the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are going to be joined a little more closely under an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act.
Modernization
DOD and VA's decisionmaking body for health record modernization lacks a decider
Defense and Veterans Affairs officials revealed a plan, decided March 1, to set up a joint governance board to make decisions on implementation of their commercial electronic health record system at a House hearing.
Cybersecurity
Hackers swipe traveler photos from CBP subcontractor
Customs and Border Protection acknowledged that images of travelers and license plates collected under its authority were stolen in a breach of a subcontractor's network.
People
No merger, but a long to-do list for OPM from the House
House Appropriators want the Office of Personnel Management to improve on its core duties including retirement processing without support from a planned merger with the General Services Administration.
Digital Government
SSA to offer electronic verification of Social Security numbers
An anti-fraud measure under a 2018 banking law requires the Social Security Administration to build an electronic verification system, but first industry has to help pay for it.
Modernization
Contractors still looking for leadership on joint health record project
Contractors are hoping that the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense deliver on plans to create a body with authority to settle disputes and guide joint implementation of the Cerner Millennium health record software across the two departments.
People
Oversight Dems press FLRA chief on union, FEVS scores
Democrats on the Government Operations subcommittee of the Committee on Oversight and Reform hammered FLRA Chairwoman Colleen Duffy Kiko for her decision to stop recognizing the Union of Authorities Employees last December.
People
Funding bill looks to block USDA relocations
The House appropriations bill funding the Department of Agriculture nixes plans to move two offices outside of the National Capitol Region.
Digital Government
OPM-GSA merger scuttled in House approps bill
The Financial Services and General Government appropriation, which includes a pay raise for civilian feds, passed its subcommittee and will be voted on by the full committee.
Digital Government
House Dems offer $35 million for TMF
The central tech fund gets a slight increase in 2020, but proposed funding for the federal CIO office is down almost 50% from 2019 levels.
Acquisition
Union cries foul over planned transfer of IT workers at DOD
A leading federal employee union has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the Department of Defense over the planned transfer of tech workers between defense agencies.
People
VA pushes back on health record oversight bill
The Department of Veterans Affairs is opposing a Senate plan to establish an advisory board to conduct oversight of the agency's $16 billion, 10-year plan to implement a commercial electronic health record system.
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