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Federal IT Dashboard has inaccurate data, GAO finds
The Office of Management and Budget’s IT Dashboard, a website intended to improve transparency by tracking the status of about 800 federal IT spending programs, has data flaws, according to a Government Accountability Office report released today.
Digital Government
Rating feds' performance: Changes are in the works
A senior administration official is stressing the importance of strengthening performance evaluations before even beginning discussions on federal salaries. How do you think the government can improve its method for evaluating employees?
People
Federal workers become 'punching bag' in political wrangling
John Palguta discusses why feds seem to have become everyone's punching bag, in addition to the potential consequences of a smaller federal workforce and the role of federal managers in a time of tight budgets.
Digital Government
Congress tries again to prevent government shutdown
House Republicans today introduced a second short-term funding extension to prevent a government shutdown while lawmakers continue to negotiate a plan to keep the government operating this fiscal year.
Digital Government
Clinger-Cohen: Time for an update?
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) recently asked GAO to assess the statutory framework for CIOs and evaluate potential provisions for enhancing their authority.
Digital Government
Recharging the CIO
As the Obama administration looks for more from CIOs, experts discuss the authorities and skills CIOs must have to be successful.
Digital Government
Federal shutdown once again threatens
The Senate has rejected two separate spending proposals. Now the clock is ticking again toward a possible government shutdown.
Digital Government
Is federal pay fair? That depends on how you count.
A House hearing this week leaves the question of whether feds are compensated fairly unanswered.
People
OPM director discourages move to pay for performance at hearing
Are feds overpaid, underpaid or paid just right? Lawmakers hear competing arguments at a hearing that could lead to changes in the pay system.
People
Pay-for-performance effort begins
The first hearing in what a Florida Congressman says will be an effort to couple pay-for-performance with an overall workforce reduction is set for today.
Digital Government
Telework option makes for happier employees
Feds who have the choice to telework are more satisfied than those who don't have that choice, the Partnership for Public Service finds.
People
Senator requests GAO review of CIO role
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has expressed interest in updating the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 in a letter she sent to the Government Accountability Office last month.
People
Furlough survival guide for managers
If federal employees have to take furloughs, managers will have to cope with absences. Here are some tips from the experts to guide you through it.
People
OPM updates unscheduled telework option
The Office of Personnel Management is revising its dismissal and closure procedures for the Washington, D.C., area after January’s snowstorm commute that left some people stranded on the road for up to 13 hours.
Digital Government
Reduce contractor use, cut federal managers to lower costs, readers advise
Our readers, responding to recent articles, suggest hiring fewer contractors, improving IT systems or raising the supervisor to employee ratio.
People
Government shutdown temporarily averted
A continuing resolution to fund the government until March 18 temporarily staves off fears of employee furloughs and program interruptions that would come with a federal shutdown.
Digital Government
Advice: Hire more feds to shrink the deficit
Does hiring more feds, rather than cutting the workforce, pose a potential solution to the government's money woes?
People
FAA puts IT projects on fast track
The Federal Aviation Administration is slowly saying good-bye to IT projects that take multiple years to deliver results, and is assigning select projects six-month deadlines, according to a senior official.
Digital Government
Industry official: If the baby is ugly, say so
TechAmerica's Trey Hodgkins says that the responsibility for a healthy relationship between the government and industry doesn't just rest with the feds.
People
Government shutdown could get postponed
It now seems likely that a feared government shutdown at the end of this week will be averted, but the reprieve is only temporary. If Congress can't agree on a budget deal soon, the threat will return in two weeks.
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