Agency Oversight

  • Agency deputy director said leadership and management take different skill sets, but every organization needs both. NSA uses training, mentoring and other resources to ensure its managers and leaders can succeed.

    April 11, 2011
  • Federal employees attending the Federal Senior Management Conference talked with Federal News Radio about the shutdown that almost was.

    April 11, 2011
  • One of the challenges now is how to keep morale up as your agency, and even department funding goes down. We get tips from FMA\'s George Smith.

    April 11, 2011
  • The White House and Congress agreed to both a short-term deal and a longer-term one funding the government through 2011 and cutting more than $35 billion. OMB issued new guidance telling agencies to resume normal operations which means feds should report to work as usual.

    April 09, 2011
  • $2 billion in cuts was passed in a temporary one-week continuing resolution to keep the government open. Find out what those cuts are.

    April 09, 2011
  • President Obama expects to have an answer Friday morning about whether a shutdown can be averted. Meanwhile agencies have new guidance from OMB on how to prepare to close down their offices. Federal workers vent frustrations and ask questions during a town hall meeting sponsored by Rep. Jim Moran.

    April 08, 2011
  • Philip Joyce, a professor of Management, Finance and Leadership at the Maryland School of Public Policy, took an in depth look at President Obama\'s performance initiative in Governing Magazine and shares his analysis.

    April 07, 2011
  • The administration expects to submit a legislative proposal to Congress by the end of April outlining how they will create a board to improve the process to dispose of excess property. OMB controller Danny Werfel said the White House will follow DoD\'s BRAC effort in many ways. Some lawmakers question OMB\'s leadership in this effort.

    April 07, 2011
  • The Homeland Security Department\'s chief management officer said Tuesday that the lack of a departmentwide financial management system is a huge deficiency. Fixing that, he said, is among the department\'s primary management priorities.

    April 06, 2011
  • The Treasury Department named Robyn East to be their new chief information officer.

    April 06, 2011
  • The agency issued guidance to help employees understand specific pay and benefits questions. White House senior officials will meet again Wednesday to discuss budget proposals. House lawmakers also issued shutdown guidance.

    April 06, 2011
  • The Postal Service asked Congress Tuesday to change laws requiring them to pre-pay health benefits and overfund the Federal Employees\' Retirement System. Republicans say USPS needed to do much more to \"right-size\" its costs and operations.

    April 06, 2011
  • The Postal Service asked Congress Tuesday to change laws requiring them to pre-pay health benefits and overfund the Federal Employees\' Retirement System. Republicans say USPS needed to do much more to \"right-size\" its costs and operations.

    April 06, 2011
  • April 6, 2011The lifestyle and unique challenges of service people and their families make them vulnerable to predators, making financial literacy a key among this population to minimize their risk.

    April 05, 2011