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The Veterans Affairs Department's relocation scandal sheds light on a federal employee house-selling program that may be costing taxpayers.
Some members of industry say the Government Publishing Office is taking advantage of a loophole in Title 44 of the U.S. Code, which lets GPO produce secure credential cards as a core agency function.
The House has passed a bill supporters say will streamline the agency's many moving parts by making management leaner and more efficient.
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 required the Agriculture Department to set different standards for school lunches. The food may be healthier, but now USDA faces a new problem: many students can't stomach the food.
The annual Defense authorization bill Congress is about to send to President Barack Obama contains dozens of provisions intended to reform the DoD acquisition system. But Capitol Hill’s top two Defense legislators say that's only the beginning. Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu has more on their plans for next year.
The annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Congress sent to President Barack Obama on Tuesday contains nearly 100 separate provisions intended to reform the Defense Department's acquisition system. But that’s just the start, say Capitol Hill’s top two Defense legislators.
Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) has asked OMB Director Shaun Donovan to better police agency spending on public relations.
The Congressional Budget Office says the TSP G Fund investments will stop on Oct. 30 unless Congress can reach a deal, but feds won't see their savings dip.
More agencies utilized the federal student loan repayment program in fiscal 2014 to recruit and retain mission-critical employees than the year before. Funding for the program reached $58.7 million in 2014, compared with $52.9 million the previous year.
A new report highlights the Defense Department's challenges in adopting cloud services, and what it's doing to overcome them.
A touch of confusion emanates from Capitol Hill today as Congress gets back to work. Congressional Quarterly reports over a hundred House Republicans have signed a letter saying they won't vote for an omnibus spending bill that covers the rest of fiscal 2016 unless that bill increases defense spending. But another report in CQ says conservatives in the House believe the debt ceiling deadline that's approaching is a chance to push spending cuts. David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call, joins In Depth with Francis Rose with more.
LaVerne Council, the Veterans Affairs Department's new CIO, is trying to take on long-standing cybersecurity problems and repair her office's relationship with Capitol Hill.
Federal retirement benefits don't have legislation in place to protect against fraud. Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) tells Francis Rose he plans to address that.
Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) are sponsoring the Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2015. It would protect federal retirees who rely on outside providers to manage their retirement savings and pension benefits. But it's not law yet. And knowing who you can trust can be tricky. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director for the National Institute of Transition Planning, shared some advice for finding that someone on In Depth with Francis Rose.