Reorganization
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The Social Security Administration will bring its fraud and oversight sub-components under one roof this fall, as part of the Trump administration's government reorganization plan.
August 11, 2017 -
Officials from OPM and GAO say they are particularly interested in the thinking behind which skillsets agencies decide to keep through their reform plans.
August 10, 2017 -
The Defense Department sent a report to Congress detailing recommendations to reorganize and restructure its Acquisition, Technology and Logistics office and the role of its chief management officer.
August 02, 2017 -
Gormley Group President Bill Gormley joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf, for a wide ranging discussion of the opportunities, challenges and dynamics surrounding the presidential transition. July 25, 2017
July 25, 2017 -
The agency could downgrade, transfer, reassign or involuntarily separate up to 405 employees as part of the workforce shuffle.
July 24, 2017 -
The Trump administration wants to increase early retirement and separation incentives from a cap of $25,000 to $40,000 for all civilian federal employees. It also wants to create a governmentwide industry exchange program, which would let federal employees temporary work in a private corporation or association for no more than two years. The administration submitted both proposals to Congress to be included in the National Defense Authorization Act.
July 12, 2017 -
Jason Workmaster, counsel at Covington and Burling LLP, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the implementation of the Transactional Data Reporting rule. July 4, 2017
July 02, 2017 -
Two months after the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act implementation, the DATA Act is proving to not only be a source of financial accountability, but a beacon, platform, and self-help tool for managing government.
June 30, 2017 -
Friday is D-Day, as in Decimation Day, when federal agencies are supposed to unveil and reveal their downsizing plans, which will mean buyouts, early outs and layoffs for some.
June 29, 2017 -
Sean Osborne, vice president of product management for Acendre, offers four ways agencies can boost efficiencies, eliminate duplicative and non-essential functions and improve information-sharing.
June 28, 2017 -
The truth is federal employees are in every state, The abstract concept of cutting the federal workforce runs into the reality that federal employees are constituents, and most members of Congress are interested in protecting jobs in their districts.
June 22, 2017 -
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to cut about 8 percent of its workforce through a VERA/VSIP program by Sept. 2.
June 20, 2017 -
The Small Business Administration is scrutinizing every FTE recruitment request, to ensure maximum employee performance and use of resources.
June 20, 2017 -
Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney issued a memo detailing 59 data reporting and other requirements that either are no longer necessary, modified or paused as the first step to making the government more efficient.
June 16, 2017 -
Agency leaders are reviewing tens of thousands of comments from their employees and the public on ways to make government more effective and efficient. In speaking with their workforces about their ideas, most leaders say the focus has generally been on how the agency can better deliver the mission and services to the public, not on forthcoming personnel cuts.
June 15, 2017