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A new contracting project from the Department of Energy is helping the National Park Service save thousands of dollars a year in its smallest region by becoming more energy efficient.
Painters act like high-wire artists as restoration work continues on the Capitol Dome.
The Air Force said Wednesday that it would begin offering retention bonuses of up to $35,000 to entice its unmanned aircraft pilots to stay in the military as part of an ongoing “get-well” plan for a workforce that’s been stretched extremely thin.
The Senior Executives Association has a new guidebook for SES members who might not have a specific role on an agency transition team as their organization prepares for the upcoming change in administration. Several highly successful executives who have been through the experience before say even career executives have a role to play in the presidential transition.
The Marines are considering adding assistant squad leaders to control unmanned aerial vehicles.
A conservative think-tank says federal pay and benefits don't line up with what's offered in the private sector, and seek to cut $333 billion in personnel costs over the next decade.
The National Academy of Public Administration has been holding panel discussions to come up with ideas for the next administration to hit the ground running.
Dave DeVries, currently DoD’s principal deputy CIO, will help OPM transition to the new National Background Investigation Bureau.
A majority of federal recruiters, contractors and agencies say they've using signing bonuses as an incentive to attract new, qualified candidates with security clearances to beat out a competitive market, according to a new survey from ClearanceJobs.com.
With hundreds of facilities throughout the U.S., the National Park Service has a big energy and water bill. It's been using energy savings performance contracts to cut that bill. Federal Drive with Tom Temin discussed this with Doug Jacobs, the deputy associate regional director for lands, planning and design, and with spokewoman Jenny Anzelmo Sarles. Jacobs describes the unusual challenges facing an agency where so many of its facilities are outdoors.
Last September, the Postal Service’s inspector general reported on poor working conditions at a postal facility in New Mexico, finding that the heat and air conditioning hadn’t worked in six years and it had dangerous electric wiring as well as serious plumbing issues. That prompted the IG to wonder if the Postal Service had systemic facility problems. It started a series of nationwide inspections, starting with 20 facilities in the Washington D.C. area. On Federal Drive with Tom Temin, Keshia Trafton, OIG’s audit director, talked with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu about her office’s findings so far.
TRICARE contract protests are now so inevitable that a company might want to file one even if they're one of the winners.
President Barack Obama signed the MEGABYTE Act into law, and GSA released two new shared services offerings to keep the “slow” summer months hopping.
The Office of Special Counsel offered a new approach for analyzing whistleblower retaliation cases, as the agency released its third amicus brief opposing higher burdens on whistleblowers. This particular case involved an employee at the Veterans Affairs Department.