Office of Management and Budget
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With a new structure, a strategic plan and more consistent funding, Federal Executive Boards (FEBs) appear ready to greet the future federal workforce.
February 15, 2024 -
The Federal Program Inventory, an online database government programs Congress first mandated in 2011, finally went live Thursday.
February 15, 2024 -
Can it get any more chaotic in Congress? This week will tell, as we might see another try at impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alexandro Mayorkas, foreign aid, and federal telework. It's a broken record and you are the needle.
February 12, 2024 -
Leaders on the Oversight and Accountability Committee are now turning to OMB to try to get deeper details on federal telework.
February 07, 2024 -
On January 25, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo to Chief Acquisition Officers and Senior Procurement Executives
February 02, 2024 -
A cloud computing security program established in 2011, continues to present difficulties to government and industry: FedRAMP, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, is a way of establishing that cloud computing service companies are secure. But more than 12 years in, the program still has cost uncertainty. And agencies don't always use FedRAMP approved vendors, according to the Government Accountability Office.
January 31, 2024 -
OPM’s pooled hiring notice gives jobseekers the ability to apply once and be considered for several GS-14 data scientist positions across multiple federal agencies.
January 29, 2024 -
Sort of lost in all the other activity in the last few months, is a Biden administration proposal to create a new Office of Management and Budget circular. The circular describes a centralized data management strategy to help agencies with acquisition decision-making.
January 23, 2024 -
OMB’s Andy Lewandowski and Amira Boland tell Federal News Network how agencies are making digital-first public experiences a priority.
January 09, 2024 -
Interagency teams are also focused on helping the public withstand financial shocks, recover from a disaster, transition from military to civilian life, and navigate retirement.
January 08, 2024 -
The General Services Administration found agencies that don't dedicate enough staff to Section 508 efforts often struggle to conform with digital accessibility standards.
January 08, 2024 -
Improper payments in retirement services have been gradually escalating for the last several years, but the Office of Personnel Management is taking steps to try to mitigate the problem.
January 05, 2024 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The military's Joint Staff finally has a Senate-confirmed chief information officer. The Postal Service reminds former employees that certain ethics rules still apply. And a key technology and cyber official is heading to GSA from OMB.
January 03, 2024 -
Christine Harada, the senior advisor in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, said more than 700 contracting officers have taken the new certification process of the Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) in the first year.
January 01, 2024 -
For the Office of Personnel Management, even more plans appear to lie ahead. But many may come in smaller bites and require leadership from chief human capital officers.
December 28, 2023