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Federal agencies have been making their vehicle fleets more fuel-efficient in recent years but the number of those vehicles has been growing, a study for Congress has found. The Government Accountability Office reported that the percentage of agency fleet vehicles using alternatives to conventional gasoline or diesel fuel rose from 14 to 33 percent over [...]

Most feds aren’t preparing to go back to school this August, but many hope to have opportunities to continue their education throughout the course of their government career. Is that the case at your agency? Read full article >>

Several pieces of legislation of importance to federal employees crossed the congressional finish line late last week while some others reached the halfway mark, including one calling for the firing of those far behind in paying their federal taxes. Read full article >>

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) sent a sternly-worded letter on Monday to the government’s 73 inspectors general asking that they inform congress of serious violations under investigation. In the letter, Issa, who is chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, expressed his displeasure that the inspector general of the General Services Administration failed to [...]

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released two reports regarding diversity in federal employment that should not escape notice in the Federal Eye. The reports on Hispanics and people with disabilities, released in late July, show noteworthy increases in employment, particularly among Latinos in the Senior Executive Service. Read full article >>

A tentative contract agreement covering 45,000 federal airport screeners calls for a new performance management system, and allows for an increased clothing allowance and a standardized vacation bidding process. Read full article >>

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) says it has reached a first-ever labor contract covering federal transportation security officers. If ratified, the contract, whose details were not immediately announced, would cover about 45,000 officers who screen passengers and baggage at the nation’s airports. Read full article >>

Sequestration could cause extensive unemployment among the federal work force, former Virginia governor Tim Kaine said at a campaign event Wednesday evening in Arlington. The heavy unemployment toll it could cause is one of the most overlooked elements of the sequestration debate, Kaine said. Read full article >>

Congressional Republicans and the Obama administration were in agreement on the main topic of a House Armed Services Committee Hearing: Neither wants the mandatory sequestration to go into effect at the end of the year. Read full article >>

The Obama administration’s budget chief warned Wednesday that threatened automatic budget cuts would have a devastating effect on the government, but he provided few details of the specific impact on federal workers and agencies at a congressional hearing. Read full article >>

At least 77 General Services Administration employee conferences that totaled more than $6.7 million in costs are under review by the agency’s inspector general, the watchdog said at a hearing before a House panel Wednesday. Read full article >>

The Department of Commerce headquarters in downtown Washington was evacuated Tuesday for the fifth time this month, the latest in a series of disruptions caused by a major renovation project. The alarm at the Herbert C. Hoover Building at 1401 Constitution Ave., N.W., went off at 11:15 a.m. due to a defective switch in the [...]

Federal employees who are far behind in paying their federal taxes would face firing in certain circumstances, under a bill scheduled for a House vote this week. The Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act is one of several measures affecting federal workers that could reach a House vote as soon as late Tuesday under a streamlined [...]

The Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail was inaugurated Monday at Baltimore’s Fells Point, the official start of a major National Park Service project to mark the bicentennial of the War of 1812, Read full article >>

A commission formed to mark last year’s 50th anniversary of the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) has issued wide-ranging recommendations, some potentially controversial, designed to strengthen and improve the program. Read full article >>

The Government Accountability Office concluded this week that the long, bitter debate over who makes more, federal workers or private-sector workers, will likely continue to rile up people on both sides: No one approach is definitive, a report released Monday said. Read full article >>

Since 2008, the General Services Administration gave more than $1 million in bonuses to 84 employees under investigation by the agency’s inspector general, according to details released by the office of Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.). Read full article >>

Depending on whom you ask, government workers can be described as anything from sheltered employees in a bloated bureaucracy who have cushy 9-5 jobs to dedicated public servants who go above and beyond to keep understaffed programs running on shoestring budgets. Read full article >>

Two key members of Congress have told the head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the president of its employee union to hurry up and negotiate a contract. Democratic Reps. Bennie Thompson (Miss.) and Nita M. Lowey (N.Y.) said talks between the agency and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) are at a [...]

Ninety-five high-ranking employees at the General Services Administration who are assigned to work from home racked up $750,000 in travel expenses over nine months, documents show, prompting concerns from agency officials and a review of the expenses. Read full article >>