Agency Oversight
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is developing new training and policies for both employees and investigators within the agency's Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection.
July 24, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the National Security Agency is bringing together its foreign intelligence and cyber defense missions into a new directorate.
July 24, 2019 -
the Government Accountability Office when it looked at prohibited transactions for Individual Retirement Accounts and GAO's Charles Jeszeck had more details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 24, 2019 -
A Bipartisan Policy Center task force said agencies and heir inspectors general should focus less on compliance and more on improving their organizational performance.
July 23, 2019 -
Nancy Witherell, a historic preservation officer with GSA's Public Building Service, talks about managing and protecting 25% of the country's most famed buildings on Leaders and Legends.
July 19, 2019 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, USDA is facing more congressional backlash for its plans to relocate two research bureaus to Kansas City, and the DoD Inspector General says former Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White misused her subordinates’ time.
July 19, 2019 -
Jay Mahanand, the chief information officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development, said the plan is to launch an enterprise portfolio management program that USAID will deploy worldwide in the coming months.
July 19, 2019 -
Manny Castillo, a senior IT security adviser at the FBI, said the bureau does all its penetration testing internally and has no plans on changing that.
July 18, 2019 -
Agencies have new guidance from the Office of Personnel Management advising them to evaluate how well their telework and other work-life programs are working. Several departments have opted to limit or alter their telework programs since initial pilots were stood up back in 2012.
July 17, 2019 -
Roughly 57% of employees given relocation notices at the Economic Research Service and 67% of such employees at the National Institute of Food and Agriculture have rejected USDA's reassignment to Kansas City.
July 17, 2019 -
GAO's Charles Johnson joined Federal Drive to explain why his agency found TSA could be doing a better job in how it manages its covert testing program.
July 17, 2019 -
Two experts tapped to join the Postal Regulatory Commission are warning of potential disaster for the Postal Service if Congress doesn't take action now.
July 17, 2019 -
Jeff Neal argues that executive orders against collective bargaining and flip-flopping FLRA majorities are not the way to make fundamental changes in civil service policy.
July 17, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Mark Esper is poised to become the next Defense secretary. If he’s confirmed, one of his first jobs will be to help fill the rest of the vacant politically-appointed positions in the Pentagon.
July 17, 2019 -
The State Department’s top HR official told members of the House committee she’s doubling down on the agency’s commitment to recruit the next generation of diplomats.
July 12, 2019