Agency Oversight
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When the Interior Department reorganized its ethics program, it put operations inside the legal office.
September 30, 2019 -
Congress appears ready to sign off on giving the IRS its biggest budget in nearly a decade, giving the agency enough resources to begin to roll out the latest in a series of modernization efforts.
September 27, 2019 -
The Senate has confirmed Eugene Scalia, son for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to serve as the next Secretary of Labor.
September 27, 2019 -
“We don't know whether we're getting a damn penny out of this thing or not,” Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) said at Wednesday’s subcommittee hearing.
September 26, 2019 -
Under the latest guidance from the Office of Personnel Management, agencies have new deadlines now to review and then streamline their existing performance management and disciplinary procedures for federal employees.
September 25, 2019 -
A U.S. District Court recently ruled that the FBI's terrorist watchlist, used in part in airline passenger screening, is unconstitutional — or at least the way the government is using it.
September 25, 2019 -
More than two dozen public-facing program offices have released new data on their annual workloads and are looking at ways to transform their approach to customer service through long-term strategies.
September 20, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new study by the Government Accountability Office confirms it’s tough to be a medium-sized government contractor.
September 20, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, says as cyber threats become more sophisticated, bringing back the cyber coordinator role is even more important.
September 19, 2019 -
Members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee have raised concerns about the capability of the federal IG community to conduct internal oversight of other watchdog offices.
September 18, 2019 -
More than two years after the executive order, acting OIRA Administrator Paul Ray said the administration’s deregulation goals are only one part of his office’s broader priorities.
September 17, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Veterans Affairs launched a new training program to help employees impacted by the agency's ongoing electronic health record modernization.
September 17, 2019 -
The House Oversight Committee says it is investigating whether Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao acted improperly to benefit herself or her family's shipping company
September 16, 2019 -
The acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, is withholding a whistleblower complaint alleging serious wrongdoing within the intelligence community that may involve President Donald Trump.
September 16, 2019 -
The Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness. It's been around for more than a decade. For more explanation, GAO's Melissa Emrey-Arras joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
September 16, 2019