Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
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The Senior Executives Association and the Partnership for Public Service testified before a subcommittee with improvement to SES and ways Congress can help.
March 30, 2011 -
OPM told a Senate subcommittee that recruitment, training and onboarding are among their top priorities to improve the Senior Executive Service. More than half of all SESers are eligible to retire by 2013. OPM\'s Nancy Kichak said SES pay compression is the biggest challenge in need of Congressional help.
March 30, 2011 -
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today approved the nomination of Heather Higginbottom to be deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget.
March 16, 2011 -
From “State Department’s training program falls short” by Josh Rogin: The State Department spends over $250 million a year to train its professionals but lacks a good overall strategic plan to ensure that training is…
March 11, 2011 -
Fears that the leak of thousands of State Department memos to the website WikiLeaks would reverse progress on interagency sharing of national security information have not materialized, officials testified Thursday. Agencies have responded by recognizing the need to protect data rather than by hoarding it, they said.
March 11, 2011 -
Nearly every President since Richard Nixon tried to revamp how the government works in one way or another, and few have found any real success. Experts say the focus should be getting Congressional buy-in first, and not promising cost savings. Four senior lawmakers ask OMB for more information on the status of the current restructuring effort.
March 09, 2011 -
Sen. Collins asked GAO to study the current roles and responsibilities of these senior technology managers. This would be the third such study from GAO since 1996, but first since 2005. VA\'s CIO Roger Baker reiterates his call to give CIOs oversight and authority of their IT budget.
March 07, 2011 -
Postmaster General Pat Donahoe said he\'s ready to announce more RIFs and without legislative help USPS will face insolvency this year. Sen. Susan Collins introduced a bill to help solve some of the challenges the Postal Services faces.
March 03, 2011 -
Improving the performance of federal contract audits is one way a Senate Committee us trying to root out waste, fraud and abuse.
February 08, 2011 -
From “Contracting officers get too friendly with contractors, senator says” by Matthew Weigelt at Washington Technology: Contracting officers should stick to auditors’ conclusions on contract pricing to keep the officers’ perhaps impaired judgment out of…
February 02, 2011 -
Two years ago a group of Senators asked how effective the Department of Homeland Security was in protecting the border between the U.S. and Canada. The report is in, and the Senators are not happy.
February 02, 2011 -
Congress, unions, new Postmaster General all agree current payment structure for retirees is killing chances of USPS survival.
December 06, 2010 -
Arnold Fields, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, failed to convince his congressional critics that he\'s qualified to handle his watchdog job.
December 03, 2010 -
Chairman and Ranking Member of committee overseeing GAO both recommended him to President Obama as best candidate.
November 24, 2010 -
The Republican said lawmakers too often don\'t understand management, and that impacts agencies\' resources, especially around training. Voinovich said feds should be more vocal in explaining their need for support in reforming agency management. Voinovich is retiring after 12 years in the Senate, including the last six as ranking member of the subcommittee that oversees federal workforce issues.
November 23, 2010