The Partnership for Public Service has released the results of a study which ranked the best places to work within the federal government in 2011. The results are based off of responses recorded by the Office of Personnel Management’s Employee Viewpoint Survey. In total, 266,000 employees (a 49.3 percent response rate) took part in the [...]

The Office of Personnel Management will be bringing in a new chief technology officer to handle the technical problems of USAJobs, according to a report from Federal News Radio. During a recent House Oversight and Government Reform hearing, OPM Director John Berry said the new CTO will enhance and centralize the agency’s information technology operations. The [...]

At the end of its fiscal year, the Postal Service’s books are oozing red ink, recording a $5.1 billion loss. It could have been much worse, however. The loss would have totaled $10.6 billion due to a mandated payment of $5.5 billion for retiree health benefits, if not for legislation passed to postpone the payment [...]

Progress is progress in the Campaign to Cut Waste, according to a White House statement released Tuesday. The administration cut wasteful or improper payments by $17.6 billion in fiscal year 2011, the Office of Management and Budget said. Most of the errors occurred in Medicare and Medicaid payments, Pell Grant student loans and the Agriculture [...]

NATO wants all of its agencies and commands under a single cyber defense umbrella by 2012 and is on track to do that, a representative of the secretary of defense said to Defense News last week. Robert Bell, defense adviser to the U.S. ambassador of NATO and the secretary’s senior civilian representative in Europe, said [...]

Funding may be a question mark for domains like eGovernment and Gov 2.0, as budget bills threaten to house funds under a merged roof versus having differing sources of funding. According to a recent report on Federal Computer Week, House lawmakers are urging senators to not make this the case with the passing of bills that [...]

Guidance issued in October from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy was intended to clarify and outline “inherently governmental” work set aside for federal employees. A Senate appropriations bill contains a provision that would put that policy into law, according to a report from Federal Computer Week. Contractors would not be allowed to carry out [...]

With overwhelming support, the House Appropriations Committee finally passed a spending bill Monday night to prevent a shutdown of federal funding of various government internal agencies and departments. Committee members agreed in a 38-1 vote to pass the “mini-bus” legislation which makes possible for continued funding of the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Transportation, and [...]

All the talk in Washington is about the deficit reduction supercommittee and if it will reach a deal by Thanksgiving. If a deal is not set, severe military cutbacks will incur and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is warning lawmakers of the potential consequences. According to an ABC News report, Panetta is worried about the possible [...]

Raytheon and Government Security News honored retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen Monday with the publication’s first-ever award for “Distinguished Leadership and Innovation in Public Safety and Security.” A Raytheon statement calls the award GSN’s highest public safety award, recognizing individuals who contribute to the public’s safety and well-being through the virtues of personal integrity, [...]