Agency Oversight
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A new report from the Government Accountability Office says DoD’s guidance for dealing with extreme weather is based on past weather patterns and doesn't take future projections into account.
June 21, 2019 -
GSA's call for industry input on extending its Acquisition Regulation clauses 552.216-75 is an opportunity to continue increasing efficiency of the MAS program.
June 21, 2019 -
That's what the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) said it found after an extensive Freedom of Information Act request.
June 21, 2019 -
The Job Corps restructuring would have closed nine of USDA’s 25 centers and transferred the remaining 16 to Labor.
June 20, 2019 -
The Air Force's long-running aerial refueling tanker is three years behind schedule. But because of the way it structured the deal, the cost is less than the original estimates.
June 20, 2019 -
A new DoD policy memo demands more data to support the prices the military pays for spare parts. But it only applies to one company.
June 20, 2019 -
With USPS on course to run out of cash by 2024, stakeholders say the status quo won’t be enough. But despite the urgency, Congress appears no closer to a compromise on postal reform.
June 19, 2019 -
The Office of Personnel Management lacks a clear vision and a specific IT strategy to modernize its retirement claims process, the Government Accountability Office argued. OPM, however, attributes its challenges to a lack of funding, leadership and staffing challenges.
June 18, 2019 -
The Office of Special Counsel surprised the federal community with last week's recommendation that White House aide Kellyanne Conway get canned.
June 17, 2019 -
The Pentagon has long said that one of its biggest cybersecurity challenges is fragmentation of its networks.
June 17, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, two bills to protect federal employees' health insurance benefits during future government shutdowns advanced to the full House for a vote.
June 17, 2019 -
GSA Administrator Emily Murphy joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss MAS consolidation, catalog management and other cornerstone initiatives of her agency's Federal Marketplace Strategy.
June 14, 2019 -
FEMA is short nearly 2,000 temporary reserve employees, but acting agency Administrator Peter Gaynor insisted this year's hurricane season won't be a repeat of 2017.
June 14, 2019 -
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the USDA relocation will save government $300 million over 15 years. About 100 employees are expected to move out of the national capital region by Aug. 1.
June 13, 2019 -
Several former Environmental Protection Agency administrators said flat budgets and pushback on agency scientists from political leadership have frustrated a shrinking workforce.
June 12, 2019