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IRS consolidates deputy commissioner roles, names other c-suite leaders
It’s the first time the agency’s upper echelons have been restructured in nearly two decades.
Workforce gaps may hinder federal IT modernization
For one, telework remains a decisive factor in attrition.
Federal agency routers may be vulnerable to cyber attack, survey shows
The U.S. was the country most severely affected by cybercrime in terms of financial damage.
Filling out 10,000 government forms cost public billions, Chamber says
Report found that manual processes cost Americans an estimated $117 billion and government agencies an estimated $38.7 billion every year.
Army’s long-delayed HR platform launch in jeopardy — again
The service might launch a limited version of the platform that works around its ongoing data issues.
By Davis Winkie
OPM leadership largely agrees with proposed reshaping of agency
Office of Personnel Management leadership laid out an initial plan to put into practice many of the recommendations made by a Congressionally-mandated report.
By Jessie Bur
Feds’ retirement processing times went up in June
Federal employees faced the longest retirement processing times on average in June than at any other point in 2020.
By Jessie Bur
Perspecta wins $474 million OTA for background check management
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency will transition IT prototypes to production under an other transaction agreement.
By Andrew Eversden
How Republicans might accept a smaller defense budget
Republican Rep. Ken Calvert is willing to meet Democratic lawmakers partway in their reported plans to trim the defense budget: cut back on civilian employees, not equipment and modernization.
By Joe Gould
People, process and technology: An essential triad for government payroll modernization
Payroll modernization is foundational to help agencies make more informed decisions and easily adapt to a rapidly changing workforce that views digitization as table stakes.
By Rick Strasser and Gurnaik Dosanjh, IBM
Pentagon to get more control over nuclear weapons funding under Senate proposal
Critics of the plan say it would give the Pentagon too much control over the Energy Department's budget process.
By Aaron Mehta