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The nominee for the Office of Inspector General for Veterans Affairs is set to appear Nov. 17 before a Senate committee to answer questions and talk about the oversight role.
The Office of Personnel Management's Acting Director Beth Cobert has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as director.
OPM issued a final rule on behalf of the Federal Salary Council approving 13 new areas. But the updates will not be final until President Barack Obama signs an executive order.
The Obama administration ends in just 15 months. That means it's time to start planning for a presidential transition. Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, tells the Federal Drive with Tom Temin what the thinking is behind a bill to involve career managers more deeply in the transition process.
Analysts say it is unlikely Congress will rebuff President Obama if he decides to veto the defense authorization bill, which passed the Senate Oct. 7.
The Defense Authorization Act will expand milestone decision authority for military service chiefs, it just has to get past President Obama first.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) and other members are pushing Defense officials for a definitive policy on cyber attacks.
The Office of Personnel Management is updating the Senior Executive Service's three-year-old review system. Agencies must develop or administer one or more performance management systems that monitor critical elements and performance requirements of senior executives.
Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michelle Howard said cyber weapons are following a similar trajectory as nuclear weapons and for now need top command and control authorities to be used.
Undersecretary of the Army Eric Fanning has been nominated by the president to serve as Army Secretary.
The National Intelligence Director said he’s working through the fiscal 2017 budget request to limit or reverse the impacts of budget uncertainty on the IC workforce.
A new "We the People" petition posted on WhiteHouse.gov calls for President Obama to give federal employees "a meaningful pay raise" this year. It was first posted on Aug. 31, a few days after President Barack Obama proposed an across-the-board, 1 percent pay raise for civilian federal employees and a 1.3 percent raise for members of the military in 2016. The petition needs 100,000 signatures for the White House to respond.
The real test will be if the panel created by the administration is allowed to tell the truth and make something happen, says Federal News Radio's Francis Rose in a new commentary.
By JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama ordered the federal government on Thursday to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by nearly half over the next decade, driving his climate change agenda…