Agency Oversight
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The House inspector general told the committee negotiating larger purchases with a smaller number of vendors would allow members to leverage their buying power and reduce costs.
November 15, 2019 -
Lawmakers say they fear cybersecurity mitigation efforts are taking a backseat to the mounting pile of IT modernization initiatives ongoing at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
November 14, 2019 -
The Postal Service has begun its search for a new postmaster general at a time when the agency just marked its 13th straight year of net financial losses.
November 14, 2019 -
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. Every 10 years means more for the Census Bureau — more people, more housing locations and more…
November 14, 2019 -
Agencies have about a month to deliver a website modernization strategy to Congress, one of several major due dates for the 21st Century IDEA Act.
November 13, 2019 -
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has abandoned plans to relocate to the St. Elizabeths campus, but another wave of DHS components plans to move in over the next few years.
November 11, 2019 -
The Interior Department said the proportion of its workforce who had experienced some sort of harassment has been cut in half in 2019 after an alarming survey of the agency's employees two years ago.
November 06, 2019 -
For the latest check on the CFO Act, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the Government Accountability Office's Director of Financial Management and Assurance Issues, Dawn Simpson.
November 06, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Interior Department says it's making progress in its ongoing efforts to reduce instances of harassment at the agency.
November 05, 2019 -
Attorney Debra D'Agostino of the Federal Practice Group joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for an analysis.
November 01, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro lays out a litany of changes lawmakers should consider as they update the 1990 CFO Act.
November 01, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Veterans Affairs and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have formed a new partnership to uncover potential waste, fraud and abuse among veteran health providers.
October 31, 2019 -
Lawmakers said they still couldn't recommend the Department of Veterans Affairs' accountability office as a safe space for whistleblowers, despite VA's assertions that the organization is slowly improving.
October 30, 2019 -
Feds working out there in the nation's parks and forests face special dangers but agency managers don't have a good handle on the numbers.
October 30, 2019 -
Today's confirmation hearing for the next inspector general of the Environmental Protection Agency could be a difficult one.
October 30, 2019