People
Agencies need retention strategies to keep employees on board, report shows
Threats to the federal workforce, including pay freezes, downsizing and possible forced furloughs, could make employees harder to keep.
Digital Government
GAO says IRS performance varies on website, other areas
The Government Accountability made recommendations on how to improve the IRS' performance in several areas that include the service's website.
Modernization
FEMA chief taps social media's potential for aiding disaster response
'Two-way conversation' with the public pursued through designing communication systems for easy access by online masses.
Digital Government
Army Reserve and Guard suicide rates more than doubled last year
Active-duty suicides declined slightly from 2009 to 2010.
Digital Government
Watchdog notes improvements in accuracy of employment verification system
Report comes as the House Judiciary Committee prepares for a hearing on how the program could be enhanced, and possibly expanded.
People
Wennergren takes on task of closing BTA
Dave Wennergren, DOD's assistant deputy chief management officer, will also serve as director of the soon-to-be defunct Business Transformation Agency.
People
Unions blast furlough proposal
Federal employee unions decry a proposal to require unpaid leave as a cost-cutting measure.
Acquisition
Obama: Give small businesses regulatory break
Obama directed agency officials to consider the economic effects of federal regulations on small businesses.
Digital Government
New GSA deputy CIO is on the job
Hashmi is leaving his job as deputy CIO for D.C.'s government to become deputy to Casey Coleman, CIO at the General Services Administration.
Cybersecurity
NSA offers smart phone-based recruiting tools
New apps are part of agency's use of 'cool high-tech tools'
People