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Are Land Management Agencies Doing Enough to Protect Their Employees?

FedSmith.com author Ian SmithBy Ian SmithOctober 22, 2019 9:11 AM Categories Agency News Leave a comment

A GAO report analyzed how land management agencies protect their employees from extremist violence.

OPM Has Work to Do to Improve its Retirement Application Processing

FedSmith.com author Ian SmithBy Ian SmithJune 16, 2019 8:50 AM Categories Agency News Leave a comment
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A recent GAO report says that OPM has problems, some self-inflicted, that are hindering improvements to the agency’s retirement application processing.

GAO Doesn’t Sound Wild About the OPM Reorg Plan

FedSmith.com author Ian SmithBy Ian SmithMay 22, 2019 2:59 PM Categories Agency News Leave a comment
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A recent GAO report says that plans for carrying out the proposed reorganization of OPM are lacking so far.

GAO Recommendations to Improve OPM Performance

FedSmith.com author Ralph R. SmithBy Ralph R. SmithApril 15, 2019 2:02 PM Categories Agency News Leave a comment
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OPM was created to improve government efficiency and performance management, but a new GAO report suggests it has failed.

Are ID Monitoring Services Worth the Money?

FedSmith.com author Ian SmithBy Ian SmithApril 4, 2019 1:55 PM Categories Current Events Leave a comment
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A new report from GAO calls into question the effectiveness of identity theft protection services.

Would Replacing the Dollar Bill with a Coin Save the Government Money?

FedSmith.com author Ian SmithBy Ian SmithMarch 30, 2019 9:22 AM Categories Current Events Leave a comment

Past legislative attempts to eliminate the dollar bill in favor of coins say it will save the government money. Is this really true?

GAO: Roughly Half of Older Americans Have No Retirement Savings

FedSmith.com author Ian SmithBy Ian SmithMarch 28, 2019 12:34 PM Categories Federal Employee Retirement Leave a comment
Egg labeled 'retirement' broken in half with the yolk spilled out onto the countertop depicting a broken retirement nest egg with no retirement savings

An updated GAO report shows that almost half of households 55 and up have no retirement savings.

OPM Can Help Agencies With Performance Evaluation, But OPM Is Not The Problem

FedSmith.com author Jeff NealBy Jeff NealDecember 3, 2018 4:04 PM Categories Human Resources Leave a comment
Circular diagram from GAO's report on OPM showing the phases in OPM's performance management cycle

A recent GAO report highlighted shortcomings in OPM’s performance management practices, but the author says the report doesn’t go far enough.

3 Years After Data Breaches, OPM Still Has Security Deficiencies

FedSmith.com author Ian SmithBy Ian SmithNovember 14, 2018 12:43 PM Categories Agency News Leave a comment

Over 3 years after the data breaches were reported at OPM, the agency still has not made a number of recommended security improvements.

Planning on Student Loan Forgiveness? Be Careful

FedSmith.com author Ian SmithBy Ian SmithOctober 16, 2018 2:01 PM Categories Federal Employee Pay News Leave a comment
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A recent GAO report found that the Education Department’s student loan forgiveness program isn’t working out so well for borrowers.

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