Agency Oversight
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Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore) said the IRS, faced with more questions and a “more complicated” filing season this year, expects to receive an unprecedented 14.6 million requests for filing extensions before the filing season deadline.
April 08, 2019 -
The Department of Homeland Security told House lawmakers last week it wants to build three new buildings, including a new facility for the newly renamed Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, on the St. Elizabeths campus by 2026.
April 08, 2019 -
The federal intelligence community has been encouraged by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to promote the retention and hiring of employees who suffer from disabilities.
April 08, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Services Impasses Panel sides mostly with management in a disputed between labor groups and the Health and Human Services Department.
April 08, 2019 -
Customs and Border Protection has ended a controversial contract with Accenture Federal Services, the contractor the agency brought on to help CBP recruit and hire hundreds of new Border Patrol agents and officers.
April 05, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, auditors at the Government Accountability Office say the Homeland Security Department has made considerable progress towards fixing management weaknesses.
April 05, 2019 -
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resolved nearly all of the recommendations from the HHS inspector general, but that's not the end of the story.
April 05, 2019 -
The military is already starting to downsize its uniformed medical cadre, but there is no clear plan to replace the 18,000 positions it's eliminating with civilian providers.
April 05, 2019 -
Until the Trump administration provides more details about its plans to reorganize the Office of Personnel Management, Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee are urging appropriators to prohibit funds for the proposed merger.
April 04, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, A DHS IG report reveals that a quarter of the 8,000 TSA officers who left the agency in fiscal 2017, left within the first six months on the job.
April 04, 2019 -
Scammers are trying to imitate government agencies again to get their money or personal information, but the federal government is already looking at ways to fight back.
April 03, 2019 -
Try and look up all of the political appointees now working in the federal government. You can't, at least not without considerable effort. GAO's Kris Nguyen joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to dive deeper.
April 03, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers introduced two new bills to ensure federal employees don't lose insurance benefits during future government shutdowns.
April 03, 2019 -
The Census Bureau has shifted its focus for 2020 to scaling up operations to count more than 300 million people living in the United States.
April 02, 2019 -
A White House official turned whistleblower says dozens of people in President Donald Trump's administration were granted access to classified information despite 'disqualifying issues' in their backgrounds
April 01, 2019