Agency Oversight
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Even without the up-and-down appropriations negotiations it would be a busy week on Capitol Hill. Firewall Editor in Chief David Hawkings shared more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 12, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Representative Mark Takano (D-Calif.) is launching an official investigation into the influence of three members of President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago golf club, on recent personnel and policy decisions at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
February 12, 2019 -
The Government Accountability Office notes the estimate went up by $100 billion just this year.
February 11, 2019 -
Weak controls at the U.S. Postal Service allowed confidential employee records to fly out the door on Freedom of Information Act requests, according to the USPS Office of Inspector General.
February 11, 2019 -
Despite the surge in mail and packages from the holiday season and a bump in market mail leading up from last year's midterm elections, the Postal Service ended the first quarter of fiscal 2019 worse off than the year before.
February 08, 2019 -
Rebecca Jones, policy counsel at the Project on Government Oversight, argued it's time for Congress to provide better whistleblower protections to its own staff.
February 08, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, NASA announces it will be running a test flight of a crewed commercial space craft some time in July.
February 08, 2019 -
This week the U.S. Green Building Council released its 2018 Top 10 States for LEED Green Building. See which of these states are home to the most LEED-certified buildings owned and leased by the General Services Administration.
February 07, 2019 -
A group of appropriators want the Government Accountability Office to review the Interior Department's decision to use fees to keep some national parks running during the 35-day government shutdown.
February 06, 2019 -
Tom Temin outlines why recent cloud strategies released by the Defense Department read more like a way of backing into what the department has already been doing in cloud computing.
February 06, 2019 -
While agency IT officials recognize the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act and OPEN Government Data Act present opportunities to get more value out of their data, they also see challenges in preparing the workforce to manage all that data.
February 06, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general found that when it comes to detention facilities contractors, Immigration and Customs Enforcement doesn't adequately hold them accountable for written performance standards.
February 05, 2019 -
On time and on budget — that's really never been the case for new military weapons systems. But it's not that they don't try.
February 05, 2019 -
A recent study from the Senior Executives Association paints a dire picture. The federal workforce is too overworked, stressed and ill-equipped to handle the next major emergency response event.
February 04, 2019 -
The NSA's Office of Inspector General recently released the unclassified version of its semi-annual report to the congressional intelligence committees, which covers the six month period ending last September.
February 04, 2019