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Bipartisan legislation would require DoD to disclose cyber operations, capabilities to Congress. Advocates say it brings notification requirements in line with what's required for more traditional military operations.
Staffing shortages, attrition and low morale cause perpetually ongoing problems at every level of the Secret Service, said the Homeland Security Department's inspector general. The president's 2018 budget request calls for more funding and employees, but neither the IG nor members of Congress say it's enough to turn around the beleaguered agency.
Tammy Duchesne says sexual harassment is not just a problem at the National Park Service, but that doesn't mean the agency isn't addressing the issue with 100 percent effort.
The Defense Department is looking to conduct another round of Base Realignment and Closure in 2021, but as usual, lawmakers are jumpy about losing military bases in their districts.
One way Congress might improve is if it upgraded the way in which it communicates to the public. Congressional agencies like the Government Accountability Office and the Government Publishing Office have made tangible modernizing strides in recent years.
The National Park Service introduced a number of steps to combat personnel issues, such as establishing an ombuds office, conducting a comprehensive survey, and launching new personnel training.
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin offered the first glimpse of his plan to redesign the current Veterans Choice Program. He's calling it the Veterans' Coordinated Access Rewarding Experience (CARE) Program, and under the new initiative, veterans would no longer access community providers based on a set of arbitrary, administrative rules.
The military is writing new policies to protect building from sea level rise.
Heather Wilson, the newly-confirmed Secretary of the Air Force, wants to know whether her service’s acquisition professionals are actually using legislative provisions meant to help the Pentagon speed up and simplify the acquisition process
The president's 2018 budget proposal includes cuts to the Transportation Security Administration and grant programs for local law enforcement. But some senators say the funding increases at other parts of the Homeland Security Department come at the expense of valuable tools to respond to threats at United States ports of entry and smaller scale and local incidents.
Legislative websites just aren’t performing well, according to a detailed study of nearly 100 congressional websites. It also found none of those websites is fully secure, and most aren’t very good in the user experience department either.
The former Army secretary says there's too much bickering in Congress to actually grow the military, but readiness holes need to be plugged first anyways.
President Donald Trump unveiled details about his plan to privatize air traffic control. Instead of the FAA handling all aspects of general aviation, a non-profit entity would handle shift service and "route efficiency," and leave safety to the federal government.
In one of her first public appearances, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson gives pilots more flexibility in contract lengths.