People
Senate looks for lessons from alternative pay systems
Senator says lawmakers and agency managers should study how alternative systems are working before changing to unproved systems.
People
USAJobs Web site attracts record traffic
Office of Personnel Management officials attribute the sharp increase in visitors partly to new search features and other technical improvements.
Digital Government
E-mail puts employees in jeopardy
Board reviews dismissal sought by special counsel under Hatch Act
Cybersecurity
Fast responders
Some companies prepare for security incidents the way they conduct fire drills
People
Princeton study says federal careerists make better managers
The author of the study concludes that presidents are willing to trade management competence to secure ideological loyalty.
People
OFPP administrator, facing criminal charges, resigns
David Safavian was arrested on charges of making false statements and obstructing an investigation by GSA’s inspector general when Safavian was chief of staff at GSA.
People
298 pages of problems at USPTO
A panel of experts has made dozens of recommendations for fixing management and workforce problems at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, an agency increasingly criticized for the quality of its work and a mounting backlog of patent applications.
People
Federal employees will have their say
Federal agencies that aren’t conducting employee surveys every year will soon be required to do so.
People
OMB tops list of best federal workplaces
A new ranking of the best places to work in the federal government shows that employees are happier in their jobs than they were two years ago.
Cybersecurity
Fed board discusses Privacy Act makeover
Board members noted that 30 years have produced new technologies and threats that were not foreseen when the law was enacted.
Modernization
Industrial control systems security needs more work
Expert says standard antivirus protection and encryption technologies applied to industrial control systems could shut them down.
People
GAO: Performance data is underused
Twelve years after it became law, the benefits of the Government Performance and Results Act on federal decision-making are still not widespread.
Digital Government
First responders criticize fed priorities
New report says counterterrorism focus is costly
Cybersecurity
Security consortium offers C&A credential
(ISC)2 officials said the new credential is timely because all federal agencies must certify and accredit major information systems.
People
OPM offers Katrina help
People will be available to answer benefits questions on the Office of Personnel Management hot line seven days a week between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. CST.
Cybersecurity
Security clearance delays still a problem
Despite new government procedures, security clearance delays are the same, if not worse, than a year ago, a high-tech trade group reported.
Cybersecurity
Survey finds increased FISMA reporting demands
Chief information security officers are busy with reporting demands to comply with federal information security laws.
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