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Dozens of current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority were arrested earlier this month, slapped with federal charges of bribery and extortion for taking kickbacks from companies getting housing-development contracts. The Housing and Urban Development's Office of Inspector General (HUD IG) helped conduct the multi-agency investigation leading to the charges.
Can the federal government resolve a long-running dispute with the Texas National Guard. And if it could, should it? The Guard, under Gov. Greg Abbott, has been running its own border-protection operation, at times keeping Customs and Border Protection out of the way.
The BOP has huge responsibilities in the care and feeding of over 150,000 prisoners in its care and over 36,000 staff. It has an $8.7 billion annual budget and houses some of the most infamous criminals in the United States. It also houses nearly 50,000 inmates who are low and minimum-security prisoners, many of whom are eligible for earlier release due to the First Step Act.
Whistleblower protection legislation often has bipartisan support. Yet it seems to take forever. A bill to extend federal protections to contractors was supposed to get marked up in January in the House Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. But now it is sidelined.
The Pentagon’s IG said Defense vendors are getting millions of dollars they did not earn because of shortcomings in how DoD manages cost-plus contracts.
Linda Miller, the founder and CEO of Audient Group, LLC and a former deputy executive director of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, explains why Congress needs to act now to create a centralized antifraud office within Treasury with the tools to prevent fraud and establish antifraud funding for new and emergency programs to give them the ability to combat fraud from the start.
Pouring over presentation slides in a conference room at USPS headquarters, DeJoy goes into detail about the investments USPS is making to exponentially increase its capacity to process and ship packages.
The Federal Program Inventory, an online database government programs Congress first mandated in 2011, finally went live Thursday.
An internal investigation at the Department of Veterans Affairs has substantiated claims of sexual harassment carried out by senior leaders in an office that normally deals with these types of complaints.
Strategic changes will preserve not just the Postal Service’s core mission but also an industry that accounted for fully 7% of US GDP in 2022, and the millions of jobs it supports.
Every federal agency uses software. Too many pay through the nose. Technically, you don't buy software, you license it. When you end up with more licenses than users, you waste money. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds, that is exactly what at least 10 departments do.
For nearly 20 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has operated a data gathering site, called the National Healthcare Safety Network. In 2020, CDC made it mandatory for nursing homes to report COVID cases. Suddenly thousands of nursing homes had to enroll in the network. It didn't go well, but things have improved since then.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said he’s “lost confidence” in Social Security IG Gail Ennis, and is calling on the president to fire her.
USPS reported a $2.1 billion net loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 — more than double its $1 billion net loss for the same period last year.