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The IRS answered 73 percent of phone calls during the 2016 tax filing season, compared with 37 percent in 2015. Average wait times were cut in half as well. Taxpayers waited an average of 11 minutes to speak with an IRS representative this year, compared to 23 minutes the year before.
The Defense Department is considering another emergency fund to pay for wartime expenses, leaving some to ask have supplemental funds gone too far?
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee interrogated three federal executives about their firearms management, or lack thereof.
Federal contracting and business experts say more communication as well as a retrained and rebuilt acquisition workforce is needed to ensure government is getting the best deal on purchases.
Among the VA Commission on Care's 18 recommendations are proposals that could have major implications for the Veterans Health Administration workforce, from its size and scope to its overall organizational structure. VA Secretary Bob McDonald said the department will respond to the commission's report in the coming weeks.
House Lawmakers introduced two bills this week to make rideshare services such as Uber and Lyft reimbursable for federal employees.
Former military officials are trying to keep the Missile Defense Agency director a three or four star general.
Allegations of misconduct at the Transportation Security Administration jumped by nearly 29 percent between fiscal 2013 and 2015, a new House Homeland Security Committee report found. The agency said it's reorganizing its human capital office to better respond to issues within the TSA workforce.
Former DoD officials told the House Armed Services Committee that most of the Senate's reforms to the Pentagon are a good idea.
President Barack Obama's nominee for deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget told a Senate Committee he's ready to be a "front line leader" for the presidential transition if he gets the job.
The United States is hiring contractors to maintain aircraft in Afghanistan to keep the number of deployed troops lower.
Lawmakers and agency heads are looking at ways the General Services Administration can better manage and maintain federal properties and offices.
The House passed a bill that would change the way agencies discipline and remove federal employees and members of the Senior Executive Service. One provision would put all SES members under the same, expedited disciplinary process that senior executives at the Veterans Affairs Department had until the Justice Department challenged its constitutionality.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Justice Department is interested in knowing how law enforcement agencies are using drones, and the Obama administration plans to utilize data to change local incarceration patterns.