Reorganization News

• With the contract finalized, NAPA’s congressionally-mandated OPM study is underway

  The National Academy of Public Administration is beginning to administratively staff up for a congressionally-mandated, highly anticipated study of the Office of Personnel Management and its functions.

  Workforce
  March 31, 2020
• Before she leaves, Wynn setting NASA up for a reorganized, consolidated IT future

  Renee Wynn, the NASA chief information officer, is retiring after about 30 years in government and is leaving the space agency on track to fix long-standing IT governance challenges.

  Ask the CIO
  March 27, 2020
• BLM pursued westward relocation without implementing GAO’s recommendations

  For more, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the director of GAO’s Natural Resources and Environment team, Anne-Marie Fennell.

  Agency Oversight
  March 25, 2020
• OPM-GSA merger may be on hold, but administration wants to spend $70M on it next year

  The General Services Administration will also assume management over the Office of Personnel Management’s office space in Washington later this fall.

  OPM Reorganization
  February 18, 2020
• Ups, downs and other major highlights from Trump’s 2021 budget request

  The president’s 2021 budget request includes some $20 billion in agency program reductions and $28 billion in program eliminations. Here are several highlights from the president’s most recent proposal.

  Budget
  February 17, 2020
• OMB’s Weichert leaving for the private sector

  Margaret Weichert, the number two leader at the Office of Management and Budget, is leaving government for the private sector, she confirmed to Federal News Network.

  People
  February 14, 2020
• Trump’s 2021 budget pledges training for 400,000 federal employees

  The goal to train nearly 20% of all federal employees on cybersecurity, project management and data science skills is the Trump administration’s most clear target yet in its ongoing efforts to modernize the existing workforce.

  Workforce
  February 11, 2020
• Administration signals continued desire for OPM-GSA merger with 2021 budget request

  The Trump administration plans to again issue a joint budget request for the Office of Personnel Management and the General Services Administration, Federal News Network has learned. The White House is expected to release the president’s 2021 request Monday.

  Workforce
  February 07, 2020
• House Republicans unveil plan to change federal pay, cut retirement packages

  In today’s Federal Newscast, the Republican Study Committee want to overhaul federal employee pay, performance awards and hiring systems.

  Federal Newscast
  February 07, 2020