Agency Oversight
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The Postal Regulatory Commission has set out a path for the Postal Service to set higher rates for its market-dominant products, like first-class postage stamps.
December 06, 2019 -
Stephanie Shutt, director of the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program Management Office, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the Federal Acquisition Service's MAS consolidation initiative.
December 06, 2019 -
The government spends $135 billion a year on research and development. Yet much of it remains inaccessible to the public.
December 05, 2019 -
Acting OIRA Administrator Paul Ray said OIRA has seen “tremendous success” with the so-called "two-for-one” executive order.
December 04, 2019 -
The inspector general at the Office of Personnel Management said the uncertainty surrounding the agency's proposed merger with the General Services Administration is continued concern headed in 2020.
December 03, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, skills gaps across the federal workforce played a role in nearly half of government's high-risk areas.
December 03, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, as her first official act as chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Representative Carolyn Maloney has filed a lawsuit against the Justice and Commerce Departments.
November 28, 2019 -
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. The F-35 is supposed to be the Pentagon’s platform of the future. But with no more than…
November 27, 2019 -
An agency watchdog report has found Census Bureau systems failed to meet “peak recruiting demands” this summer – a claim that the bureau disputes.
November 26, 2019 -
FAA "culture of noncompliance" puzzles the Office of Special Counsel.
November 22, 2019 -
The DATA Act requires federal agencies to report spending data in specified formats, all in service of greater financial transparency.
November 21, 2019 -
What good is web page on federal housing assistance if no one can find it? That was the question raised in this year’s Federal Report Card from the Center for Plain Language.
November 20, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a proposal in the 2020 defense authorization bill would require the Defense Department Inspector General to tell Congress if the department experimented with the idea of weaponizing disease-carrying insects.
November 19, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office said there are still some issues with the training of sailors in charge of driving ships.
November 18, 2019 -
The Federal Service Impasses Panel ordered an existing telework program remain for some 2,100 attorneys, decision writers and other employees at the Social Security Administration's Office of Hearings Operation represented by the National Treasury Employees Union.
November 15, 2019