Agency Oversight

The Office of Management and Budget says some agencies have acknowledged the administration’s initiative to build evidence-based policy agendas with varying degrees of success. Agencies that have become leaders in this space are embracing employee feedback.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the White House said its regulatory reform efforts saved $23 billion in fiscal 2018.

A Treasury Department employee is accused of leaking confidential banking reports of suspects charged in Robert Mueller’s investigation, and an unidentified high-ranking colleague is cited in court papers as a co-conspirator, but hasn’t been charged.

As part of the VA Mission Act, Congress told the Veterans Affairs Department to consolidate its various private-sector care programs into one.

When President Jimmy Carter signed the Inspector General Act on Oct. 12, 1978,  he saw the legislation as an olive branch to an American public that was still reeling from the resignation of President Richard Nixon. 

Federal agencies are slipping when it comes to using clear language everyone can understand on their public-facing websites. Some of the drop can be attributed to high turnover in the positions meant to work on this goal.

Bob Tobias, a professor in American University’s Key Executive Leadership Programs, described what he called the “three legged stool” essential to any successful civil service reform.

HHS OIG wants stakeholders to know its cybersecurity team is preparing the department to handle incidents like the WannaCry ransomware attack.

In today’s Federal Newscast, base officials are the describing the damage at Tyndall Air Force Base in the Florida panhandle as “catastrophic.”

NGA is leading the way in terms of female leadership. Three executives joined Women of Washington to talk about what the agency is doing right.

Ten months ago, Robert Storch became the first presidentially-appointed, Senate-confirmed inspector general in the National Security Agency’s history.

In today’s Federal Newscast, a new report from the Homeland Security Department says large agricultural operations face cyber threats like data theft, and even destruction of large-scale farm equipment.

With a majority of the House and nearly half the Senate pushing back on the Trump administration’s plan to privatize the Postal Service, postal employees across the country rallied Monday, calling on their lawmakers to scuttle the proposal.

One year following the launch of Oversight.gov, a one-stop shop where users can reference more than 10,000 agency inspector general reports, the watchdog community sees an opportunity to grow the website.