Agency Oversight
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For going on 20 years, Congress and the public have read with a mixture of horror and fascination the reports coming out of the inspectors general, first for Iraq and then for Afghanistan reconstruction.
January 17, 2019 -
Number of furloughed federal workers seeking US jobless aid doubled in week of Jan. 5
January 17, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, bills to improve agency oversight of sexual harassment and give federal interns the same protection as employees pass the House.
January 17, 2019 -
As the partial government shutdown stretches into uncharted territory, agencies previously unaffected by the lapse in funding now find themselves reopening services.
January 17, 2019 -
The inspector general for the General Services Administration says the agency improperly ignored the U.S. Constitution's provision outlawing foreign gifts when it OKed President Donald Trump's management of his Washington hotel after his 2016 election
January 16, 2019 -
The General Services Administration approves the technologies and the vendors and the White House sets the parameters for the security of federal facilities. But GAO says upgrades aren't happening quickly enough.
January 16, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is asking the Office of Personnel Management how it's making sure federal employees furloughed due to the government shutdown are still receiving healthcare coverage.
January 16, 2019 -
GSA’s contractor database incident and USDA’s reorganization plans were among the most popular stories last year.
January 14, 2019 -
The Trump administration maneuvered unobligated funding and found a way to pay Coast Guard military members back in December. But the service doesn't have the funds now to cut Jan. 15 paychecks.
January 11, 2019 -
Two bills were introduced this week in the House and Senate to combat chaos in federal employee lives triggered by the government shutdown, days away from becoming the longest in history.
January 10, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a bill introduced by Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah) would authorize congressional payroll administrators to dock pay for members of Congress for as long as a government shutdown continues.
January 10, 2019 -
Tiffany Boiman, director of office and policy programs at the Labor Department's Women's Bureau, joined Women of Washington to discuss her career path and the department's continuing efforts to close the gender gap in the workforce and beyond.
January 09, 2019 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs does not have a clear idea for whether police should investigate alleged misconduct by managers, its inspector general said.
January 09, 2019 -
In DoD's first financial audit, 46 percent of problematic findings were related to IT, not strictly financial management.
January 09, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a review by the Center for American Progress looks at how much money federal workers could lose during the partial government shutdown.
January 09, 2019