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FILE - In this April 7, 2020 file photo, voters masked against coronavirus line up for Wisconsin's primary election in Milwaukee. A new legal challenge to Gov. Tony Evers' latest mask mandate is before the Wisconsin Supreme Court, filed less than a week after the Legislature struck down a previous order and the governor quickly issued a new one. Prominent Republican donor Jere Fabick asked the court late Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, to issue a temporary injunction to block the mask order Evers issued on Feb. 4, just after the GOP-controlled Legislature voted to repeal an earlier order.(AP Photo/Morry Gash File)

IG: OPM could’ve done better job informing its workers about possible COVID exposures

In today’s Federal Newscast, the watchdog for the Office of Personnel Management says the agency didn’t do enough to inform its employees of positive or…

Federal Newscast

Bipartisan USPS reform bill with a ‘good chance’ of becoming law passes House committee

Agency Oversight

Congress makes government overlap, duplication problems worse, senator says

Agency Oversight

Disability claims backlog will get worse before it gets better, VA warns

Veterans Affairs

New Senate sergeant at arms describes long-term security issues following Jan. 6

Congress

GAO finds some agencies’ rudimentary IT modernization plans won’t pass muster for TMF

IT Modernization

House committee moves ahead with USPS reform bill DeJoy approves

Agency Oversight

Appeals court upholds whistleblower precedent in complex but consequential case for feds

Workforce Rights/Governance

VA health facilities, still operating in pandemic mode, get a checkup from the inspector general

Veterans Affairs

FILE - In this April 13, 2014 file photo, the Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (IRS) building is seen in Washington. More than 50 of the largest U.S. companies paid nothing in federal income taxes last year, even though they reported big pretax profits as a group. That's according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a group that believes the tax system needs to raise more revenue. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

More resources for IRS won’t fix decade of problems ‘overnight’ — but it’s a start

Agency Oversight

Interior Department Inspector General Mark Greenblatt

Search for Accountability

FILE - In this April 28, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Biden has moved into a new phase of his presidency, having already begun to face a historic series of crises and largely dedicating his first 100 days to steady a nation reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed nearly 570,000 Americans and devastated its economy. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP, File)

Congress will focus on IRS and TSA this week

More money to expand the IRS and raises for TSA officers – both are on the agenda as Congress returns to Washington this week.

Congress

GAO worried foreign adversaries are getting their hands on NIH-funded discoveries

When federal agencies make financial grants to science and technology researchers, scouring their proposals for possible conflicts of interest is a big…

Agency Oversight

OMB tells agencies how they can win some of the $1B in the Technology Modernization Fund

IT Modernization

OMB released new guidance to agencies today for how the Technology Modernization Fund board will loan out the windfall funding Congress approved.

IG: OPM could’ve done better job informing its workers about possible COVID exposures

Bipartisan USPS reform bill with a ‘good chance’ of becoming law passes House committee

Congress makes government overlap, duplication problems worse, senator says

Disability claims backlog will get worse before it gets better, VA warns

New Senate sergeant at arms describes long-term security issues following Jan. 6

GAO finds some agencies’ rudimentary IT modernization plans won’t pass muster for TMF

House committee moves ahead with USPS reform bill DeJoy approves

Appeals court upholds whistleblower precedent in complex but consequential case for feds

VA health facilities, still operating in pandemic mode, get a checkup from the inspector general

More resources for IRS won’t fix decade of problems ‘overnight’ — but it’s a start

Interior Department Inspector General Mark Greenblatt

Congress will focus on IRS and TSA this week

GAO worried foreign adversaries are getting their hands on NIH-funded discoveries

OMB tells agencies how they can win some of the $1B in the Technology Modernization Fund

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