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The federal government isn’t just setting up credit monitoring services for the millions of federal workers affected by the Office of Personnel Management cyber breaches. OPM is also pursuing giving all federal employees some type of credit monitoring
July 10, 2015 -
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The hacking of the Office of Personnel Management's security clearance database is just the latest blow to the government's background-check system. Two years ago, a contractor with a security clearance shot a dozen colleagues at the Washington Navy Yard. Only later did the government learn he had a history of mental illness. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) has spent years advocating for reforms to the security-clearance process. He joined Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive to discuss his latest strategy — to pass an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would force agencies to better manage the system.
July 10, 2015 -
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The fact that there are so many millionaires in Congress worries many people. But Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the solution may be to pay them less, not more money.
July 10, 2015 -
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Budget cuts totaling $1.1 billion over the past five years impacted nearly every fact of the Internal Revenue Service's mission. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration says IRS officers answered 25 percent fewer taxpayer phone calls over past four years. And the agency closed 34 percent fewer cases. Computer network downtime topped nearly 66-thousand hours. Matthew Weir is an assistant IG for the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the kinds of work automated service collection contact representatives and field collection officers do and how it's suffered.
July 09, 2015 -
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Tune in to FEDtalk this week for a discussion with representatives of federal employee organizations on Congress. Guests will discuss legislation that affects the federal workforce and government, the recent Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breaches, budget reconciliation and the fate of this year's appropriations bills.
July 09, 2015 -
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The National Treasury Employees Union announced Wednesday it was suing OPM, saying the agency violated the constitutional rights of union members.
July 08, 2015 -
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The House on Tuesday passed a bill making it easier for part-time federal land management employees to become full-time.
July 08, 2015 -
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The July 4 holiday may be history, but that doesn't mean the fireworks are over. At least not on Capitol Hill. As Congress works until its August recess, it faces several tough issues, including how to pass a National Defense Authorization Act President Obama has promised to veto. Loren Duggan is the director of legislative analysis at Bloomberg Government. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with a preview of what else awaits this renewed Congressional session.
July 08, 2015 -
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The Internal Revenue Service has lost about 10 percent of its budget since 2010. The result of that -- according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration -- is that the IRS can't collect as much tax money as it should be collecting. Don Kettl is a professor at University of Maryland's School of Public Policy. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that tax collectors have been unpopular for a long time.
July 07, 2015 -
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Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) wants the Office of Personnel Management's inspector general to investigate the full-suite of systems OPM uses to store personal background investigation information.
July 06, 2015 -
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The Base Realignment and Closure controversy doesn't look different than it has the last few Congresses. The Defense Department wants another round of BRAC -- Congress says absolutely not. In this week's edition of Inside the DoD reporter's notebook, Jared Serbu writes about a group that you wouldn't expect would want another round of BRAC.
July 06, 2015 -
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Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says holding lawmakers accountable for their missteps and foibles is great in theory, but in practice, it might not work out.
July 06, 2015 -
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The Office of Personnel Management cyber breaches are pushing the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to encourage agencies to move to the Einstein program. That program is billed as a way to uncover intrusions. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, is working on the bill along with the chairman of the Committee, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.). Carper tells In Depth with Francis Rose why he and Senator Johnson think the bill is necessary and what they want it to accomplish.
July 02, 2015 -
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A House bill passed last week would give the Veterans Affairs Secretary much more flexibility to fire corrupt or poor-performing employees — not just top officials. The 2015 VA Accountability Act would expand on the authority of last year's Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act, which made it easier to get rid of senior executives engaged in wrongdoing. In this week's Legal Loop, employment attorney Lynne Bernabei, a partner at the law firm Bernabei and Watchel, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to discuss more of the act's implications.
July 02, 2015
