Agency Oversight
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Among the latest bills to move forward in the House and Senate committees on homeland security, government oversight and affairs committees is legislation that pushes government reorganization plans forward.
September 27, 2018 -
The IRS fights to stay at least one step ahead of the fraudsters that use stolen taxpayer credentials to file tax returns. But the frequency of data breaches gives adversaries more ammunition.
September 27, 2018 -
The Department of Housing and Urban Development became the second agency to get help in upgrading its technology and financial management systems under the White House's marquee IT modernization effort.
September 26, 2018 -
A toxic culture among leadership at the Transportation Security Administration is decimating employee morale and retention, according to a new report from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
September 25, 2018 -
When it comes to distribution of humanitarian aid, money sometimes goes to the wrong hands or it buys less that expected.
September 25, 2018 -
Cutting down on improper payments is on the list of cross-agency priority goals in the President's Management Agenda.
September 24, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, six Democratic senators ask the Justice Department's inspector general to look into how the General Services Administration came to its decision to leave the FBI headquarters in D.C.
September 24, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, 28 Senators signed on to a resolution to keep the U.S. Postal Service a federal entity.
September 21, 2018 -
A panel of risk leaders from the Veterans Affairs Department, Bureau of the Fiscal Service and Treasury Department shared their experiences and advice for implementing Enterprise Risk Management.
September 20, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the State Department said the breach potentially exposed the personally identifiable information of about 1 percent of its employees.
September 20, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Agriculture Department's progress under the Centers of Excellence initiative can now be tracked through a new website.
September 18, 2018 -
Internal Revenue Service enforcement operations brought in $2.6 billion more in 2017 than in 2016, despite a continually shrinking staff. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the IRS is getting better at doing less with more.
September 17, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs sent letters to 445 vendors alerting them about an upcoming review.
September 17, 2018 -
Months after filing a complaint about the Interior Department's practice of filling top political positions with non-career, temporary acting officials, a nonprofit representing federal and state employees says the legal authority of those appointees “remains murky.”
September 14, 2018 -
NASA's Planetary Science Division focusing research and projects on missions within the solar system to determine what evolution of other planets could potentially reveal about Earth.
September 14, 2018