Agency Oversight
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When it comes to the smaller systems that make up the lion's share of Defense acquisition spending, the Pentagon does not even know how many it's paying for, according to a new audit.
December 24, 2019 -
Federal agencies will face a slew of New Year’s resolutions in 2020, now that the Trump administration has released the final draft of its Federal Data Strategy.
December 23, 2019 -
The rapid expansion of the C-suite, along with the 30th anniversary of the CFO Act next year, has led agency financial officials to contemplate what they would like to see revised or updated in the law.
December 23, 2019 -
This past year saw some interesting topics pop up in the military; 2020 may see the same.
December 23, 2019 -
DoD is getting serious about AI, but its organizational structure isn't helping the effort.
December 20, 2019 -
The Director of Strategic Issues at the Government Accountability Office, Kris Nguyen, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for some of the threats to Treasury bond sales.
December 19, 2019 -
In an extended in-studio interview on Federal Drive with Tom Temin, Special Counsel Henry Kerner offered a summary of last year's work.
December 18, 2019 -
The House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing on the 9th version of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard provided some interesting insights beyond the grades for each agency.
December 17, 2019 -
The Government Accountability Office found GSA will not recover the costs to run the Technology Modernization Fund until 2025 and highlighted other delays in the projects in terms of paying back the loans.
December 16, 2019 -
The Office of Management and Budget’s general counsel reversed long-time policy that required agencies to automatically report Antideficiency Act violations to GAO and Congress. Now agencies must report only if they and OMB decides a violation occurred.
December 16, 2019 -
Jenny Rone, the assistant inspector general for data science at the Department of Agriculture, and Larry Koskinen, the chief risk officer for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, are turning to pilots to use data in new ways and gain support throughout the agency.
December 16, 2019 -
An 18 month congressional investigation turned up multiple instances of whistleblower retaliation at the Coast Guard, failures on the part of leadership to conduct meaningful investigations into allegations of harassment and bullying, and a general lack of accountability.
December 13, 2019 -
If confirmed, Jovita Carranza said she would focus on SBA's commitment to providing cybersecurity resources to the country’s 30 million small businesses.
December 12, 2019 -
For a variety of reasons, many U.S. military installations are in danger of insufficient water.
December 11, 2019 -
Scott Algier, the executive director of the IT Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC), said cyber threat intelligence is a useful tool for agencies and industry leadership once they’re on the same page about what it entails.
December 11, 2019