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A House-passed minibus of five appropriations bills includes back pay for low wage contractors impacted by this year's government shutdown.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee will release the 8th Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard showing five agencies improving, five falling and 14 agencies holding steady.
House Democrats joined members of the American Federation of Government Employees on Tuesday to rally against the Trump administration's proposed merger of the Office of Personnel Management with the General Services Administration. Congress on Tuesday also began debate over an appropriations bill that would block the OPM-GSA merger.
In the old days, Summer meant Congress was moving on appropriations bills that would be on the President’s desk by October. In 2019, that is more of a fairy tale.
Members will see appropriations for border security, senators must decide on a course for the Defense Department, and the House gets a budget for VA.
Amy Haseltine, the deputy chief information officer for enterprise services at HHS, said the agency brought a cross-agency team together to focus on how best to apply the tenets of FITARA to improve mission delivery.
Larry Allen, of Allen Federal Business Partners, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain how.
The MERIT Act falls short of its purported goal of improving public service, Tom Temin writes.
That's what the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) said it found after an extensive Freedom of Information Act request.
A new DoD policy memo demands more data to support the prices the military pays for spare parts. But it only applies to one company.
With USPS on course to run out of cash by 2024, stakeholders say the status quo won’t be enough. But despite the urgency, Congress appears no closer to a compromise on postal reform.
A proposal from OPM would make it easier to extend probationary periods for new federal hires. But commentator Jeff Neal argues that's unnecessary.
The Trump administration said back pay for contractors affected by the shutdown will be too costly and increase the risk of fraud, waste, and improper payments.
New Senate legislation would promote stronger cybersecurity coordination between the Department of Homeland Security and state and local governments. The State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act would encourage national cybersecurity watchdogs to share information regarding cybersecurity threats.