July 1996
IN BRIEF
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Shocked About Buyouts.
Members of the House Government Reform and Oversight civil service subcommittee were shocked and dismayed when, at a recent hearing, auditors revealed that the majority of federal buyout takers were already eligible to retire. Subcommittee members are so disturbed they may put the kibosh on a Clinton Administration proposal to reinstate incentive payments for non-Defense agencies. Kind of makes you wonder why they said buyouts were retirement and resignation incentives in the first place. -
GSA Gains 'Insite.'
By Flag Day, June 14, all General Services Administration employees were to have access to the Internet and GSA's new intranet home page, 'Insite,' according to GSA Administrator David J. Barram. GSA Web surfers will be able to use the internal Web page to communicate and collaborate with each other, while their access to the Internet should improve customer service, says Barram. -
Unqualified Success for ATF.
This spring, the Treasury Department inspector general gave the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms an "unqualified opinion"-the highest possible rating-on its financial audit of the agency. ATF is the first Treasury agency to receive an unqualified audit, and one of only a handful of agencies that have ever achieved such a rating. -
New Lease.
General Services Administration officials announced in May that the agency would launch a new program, "Can't Beat GSA Leasing," to overhaul the government's $2.3 billion a year program for leasing federal office space. The idea, the agency says, is to free GSA employees from "cumbersome procedures, complicated forms, [and] duplicative management reviews."
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