Agency Oversight
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Whistleblowers at the Department of Veterans Affairs said retaliation is still prevalent within the agency, two years after Congress codified a new office designed to protect them.
June 27, 2019 -
New guidance from OMB this week prioritizes the optimization of existing data centers over further consolidation.
June 27, 2019 -
With one in four dollars spent in federal contracts now going to small businesses, SBA is looking to give more teeth to the verification process for companies that claim to meet the criteria.
June 25, 2019 -
With cameras becoming ubiquitous, so are collections of people's faces. What about privacy, or even accuracy?
June 25, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, legislation in both the House and Senate aims to guarantee every senior a Social Security cost of living adjustment with an annual floor of no less than 3%.
June 25, 2019 -
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