Agency Oversight
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In today's Federal Newscast, another former member of the intelligence community was found to have conspired with Chinese intelligence services.
May 02, 2019 -
The Government Accountability Office has urged the Census Bureau to step up its efforts to implement hundreds of action items on its cybersecurity to-do list.
May 02, 2019 -
Congress has already appropriated more than $17 million, but lawmakers said they still haven't seen the department's detailed plan for the Interior reorganization.
May 01, 2019 -
Congress killed off the Office of Technology Assessment in the mid-90s, but members of the House Appropriations Committee have taken the first step toward bringing it back. The committee, in a draft of the fiscal…
May 01, 2019 -
The House Oversight and Reform Committee will try yet again to advance bipartisan postal reform through Congress this year, as the U.S. Postal Service continues to careen toward financial disaster.
April 30, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is looking to require all fixed price contracts be paid out through performance-based contractual payments.
April 30, 2019 -
Government Accountability Office's Natural Resources and Environment team director Allison Bawden joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to detail the growing site maintaining the nation's arsenal of thermonuclear weapons.
April 29, 2019 -
Industry says the President's recent security clearance transfer brings promise for long-awaited modernization to the entire personnel vetting process.
April 26, 2019 -
Bob Tobias, professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University, explained the importance of career civil servants on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 26, 2019 -
Virginia Democrat Gerry Connolly isn’t concerned with overreach as he pursues an agenda of oversight and accountability.
April 26, 2019 -
A U.S. official says the Pentagon's watchdog agency has cleared Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan of wrongdoing in connection with allegations that he had used his official position to favor his former employer, Boeing Co.
April 25, 2019 -
Having data behind which programs work and which don't can make some tough budget decisions at TSA go a little more smoothly.
April 25, 2019 -
New retention bonuses for Border Patrol agents who enter into a 12-month service agreement become available in May.
April 25, 2019 -
Leadership changes at the Department of Homeland Security have been constant since the organization's creation in 2003. Turnover at DHS' deputy secretary and undersecretary for management positions has been especially high.
April 24, 2019 -
The St. Elizabeths campus now houses senior DHS management officials, but the ongoing project still serves as a reminder that the agency faces an uphill battle when it comes to functioning like a unified agency – an issue it’s faced since its creation more than 15 years ago.
April 24, 2019