GAO found these payments were made to dead people or those who are no longer eligible for the benefits in question.
The legislation comes after recent federal records controversies where officials lost or deleted messages, like the missing Jan. 6 Secret Service texts.
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests keep rising every year. Some agencies have trouble responding to them on time, leading to growing backlogs.
The Justice Department recently said it would test a new rewards program for whistleblowers, who report "significant corporate misconduct."
The Death in Custody Reporting Act (DCRA) requires the Justice Department to collect and manage reports on people who die while in government custody.
The Farm Credit Administration has had a new operations associate director. Byron Adkins moved over from the Interior Department's Business Center.
The 2024 spending bill cuts all federal IT modernization funds, including the TMF, the Federal Citizen Services and the IT Oversight and Reform accounts.
Attrition woes at the CWMD office come as it also grapples with some of the lowest employee engagement scores in the federal government.
USPS is underestimating how much recent mail price hikes are driving away some of its biggest customers, an industry report finds.
Nothing happened over the weekend in Congress, as a Friday deadline is still looming.
FOIA backlogs have been on the rise across government for the past decade, but many agencies lack detailed goals and milestones to reduce the backlogs.
Engagement scores for Transportation Security Officers have ranked below the average for federal employees. Its taken steps to help foster engagement.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge announced Monday that she would resign her post, effective March 22, saying she was leaving “with mixed emo
The Agriculture Department's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service recently issued its latest count of farms and ranches in the United States.
When if comes to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), people sometimes forget that "I" word.