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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said he’s “lost confidence” in Social Security IG Gail Ennis, and is calling on the president to fire her.
Leaders on the Oversight and Accountability Committee are now turning to OMB to try to get deeper details on federal telework.
Unless Congress says otherwise, federal contractors will have a raft of new disclosure requirements imposed by the Biden administration. Specifically climate, ESG and cybersecurity.
The FITARA scorecard continues to be a point of contention between Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on cyber and IT leaders.
The IRS has made measurable progress on customer-service staffing over the last couple of years.
Immigration and what to do about the Southern border will occupy Congress this week. Lawmakers hope to actually read the purported bill and maybe get the issue off the dime.
Major changes to the 17th Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard led to agency scores dropping considerably.
Despite high agreement that improvements are necessary, it will likely still be years before Congress and the Defense Department can fully address major quality-of-life challenges for military personnel through appropriations.
Democrats are once again turning their attention to next year’s federal pay raise, but under the current continuing resolution, many agencies are trying to figure out how to fund the already higher pay rates for their employees.
While the threat of a partial government shutdown still looms, one group of federal employees has a message for Congress. Find a way past it. That is, in part, what concerns Federally Employed Women (FEW). For more, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Pamela Richards, FEW's president.
The House and Senate are both in session this week. But the House is only around for this week and next, before taking another two-week recess. That schedule brings Congress right up to the next federal-funding deadline.
In today's Federal Newscast: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to make a full recovery, according to doctors at Walter Reed Military Medical Center. The Department of Homeland Security is pushing hard to improve customer experience. And sex and work-culture scandals at the FDIC catch the attention and ire of Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst.
Aprille Ericsson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the assistant secretary of defense for science and technology, told lawmakers that streamlining processes for small businesses to engage with the Pentagon will be her top priority if confirmed.
Federal employees, who make rules on behalf of their agencies, are wondering if the Supreme Court will change the ground rules. In Loper Bright Enterprises versus Raimondo, herring fishermen suing the Commerce Department basically said that Congress lets agencies go way too far.