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The Congressional Budget Office said current use of overseas contingency operations (OCO) funds to pay for enduring costs can distort the DoD's long-term budget planning.
Merit Systems Protection Board has lost all members now, after the Senate on Thursday failed to take up legislation that would have extended the holdover term for the last remaining board member or hold a vote on the president's two nominees.
In today's Federal Newscast, more than 17 years after Pentagon’s most expensive weapons acquisition first started, the Navy said its version of the F-35 is ready for combat.
The legislative branch doesn't lack for watchdog offices, but as agencies continue to adopt emerging technology at an accelerating pace, lawmakers and good-government groups have reviewed their calls to bring back the Office of Technology Assessment.
House appropriators are not excited about the administration's plan to redirect military construction funds they've already allocated.
Whether or not Congress resurrects the defunct Office of Technology Assessment, the head of the Government Accountability Office says his agency plans to increase its capacity to oversee technology issues.
Good government groups are making a last-ditch effort to resolve an increasingly likely scenario at the Merit Systems Protection Board. The board will have no members starting Friday, unless Congress passes a temporary term extension or finds a way to confirm new nominees.
DoD needs to be careful if it decides to cut 17,000 medical jobs.
A time frame has been issued for when feds can expect new locality pay tables from the Office of Personnel Management, 12 days after the president signed a 1.9 percent 2019 pay raise for civilian employees.
In today's Federal Newscast, the U.S. Postal Service is asking industry for an autonomous vehicle that can follow a route while a mail carrier is able to sort the mail for delivery.
Congressional appropriators are concerned about the Department of Veterans Affairs' plans to implement and pay for the VA MISSION Act, which may likely place more veterans in the hands of more costly private providers.
The 35-day partial government shutdown presented different challenges for federal agencies but the Small Business Administration is back to operating at pre-shutdown levels.
Congress' first order of business, at least in the House, is a resolution against the president's emergency declaration to proceed with the border wall. The Firewall's Editor in Chief David Hawkings joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss more.
To affect the most millions of people takes internet companies like Facebook. Yet the Government Accountability Office said the U.S. really doesn't have comprehensive internet privacy laws.