Agency Oversight

Agency safety and reentry plans varied considerably during initial days of the pandemic, GAO finds

Agencies initially moved through reentry phases at different rates, and the phases themselves had different characteristics and criteria, the Government…

Management

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Biden’s OMB controller pick faces opportunity to reinvigorate long-vacant role

Agency Oversight

GAO

GAO looking for balance and best practices of identity verification

Technology

Customs and Border Protection officers direct a driver on who missed the last turn before entry into Canada on how to turn around at the Peace Arch border crossing into the U.S., Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Blaine, Wash. The border has been closed to nonessential travel since March 2020. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Customs and Border Protection punished dozens of employees for social media posts

Federal Newscast

FILE - A view of the border bridge in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, on Sept. 24, 2021, across the Rio Grande river from Del Rio, Texas. Congressional investigators say two Border Patrol agents were fired from among 60 found to have committed misconduct for participating in a private Facebook group that mocked migrants and lawmakers. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File)

2 border agents are fired for offensive Facebook posts

Agency Oversight

Wild fires in the western forests aren’t the only burning issues for FEMA

Agency Oversight

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Senators seek ‘guardrails’ on expanded subpoena power for inspectors general

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this May 6, 2020, file photo, a sign stands outside the Department of Labor's headquarters in Washington. A government watchdog has found that the Labor Department’s widely watched weekly unemployment benefits data are providing an inaccurate reading on the number of newly laid off workers because of flaws in the government’s data collection. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Labor makes the case that its CIO reporting structure works despite the IG’s doubts

Reporter's Notebook

GAO has recommendations to safeguard integrity of federal R&D grants

Agency Oversight

Postal carrier Josiah Morse delivers mail and packages, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Portland, Maine. The U.S. Postal Service's stretch of challenges didn't end with the November general election and tens of millions of mail-in votes. The pandemic-depleted workforce fell further into a hole during the holiday rush, leading to long hours and a mountain of delayed mail. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

‘We are tired’: USPS employees feel toll from retention challenges

Workforce

FILE - In this April 5, 2009 file photo, the Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in Washington. A government audit finds that more than 1 in 4 cases of possible sexual and physical abuse against nursing home patients apparently went unreported to police. The Health and Human Services inspector general's office faults Medicare for failing to enforce a federal law that requires nursing homes to immediately notify police. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Health and Human Services takes a new step in efforts to reduce improper payments

Agency Oversight

House Democrats urge OMB to step up demographic data collection efforts

House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) urged the Biden administration to create the…

Management

ATF misclassified jobs, improperly paid out law enforcement benefits, audit finds

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives misclassified more than 90 administrative positions as law enforcement jobs — and provided special…

Pay

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks as FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

Senator looking into potential pay abuse at ATF

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is looking into pay abuse at the law enforcement agency.

Agency Oversight

Agency safety and reentry plans varied considerably during initial days of the pandemic, GAO finds

Biden’s OMB controller pick faces opportunity to reinvigorate long-vacant role

GAO looking for balance and best practices of identity verification

Customs and Border Protection punished dozens of employees for social media posts

2 border agents are fired for offensive Facebook posts

Wild fires in the western forests aren’t the only burning issues for FEMA

Senators seek ‘guardrails’ on expanded subpoena power for inspectors general

Labor makes the case that its CIO reporting structure works despite the IG’s doubts

GAO has recommendations to safeguard integrity of federal R&D grants

‘We are tired’: USPS employees feel toll from retention challenges

Health and Human Services takes a new step in efforts to reduce improper payments

House Democrats urge OMB to step up demographic data collection efforts

ATF misclassified jobs, improperly paid out law enforcement benefits, audit finds

Senator looking into potential pay abuse at ATF

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