Agency Oversight
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Auditors at the Government Accountability Office wonder where will the money come from?
July 23, 2018 -
While agencies made a dent in the overall backlog of Freedom of Information Act requests last year, new data from the Justice Department shows a significant number of agencies saw their own backlogs increase.
July 20, 2018 -
The Government Accountability Office found evidence of potential whistleblower retaliation and conflicts of interest among investigations of senior officials at the Veterans Affairs Department.
July 20, 2018 -
Jerry Davis retired from federal services after more than 20 years, including the last five as the NASA Ames CIO.
July 20, 2018 -
Legacy systems still plague the IRS, which is trying to modernize its IT infrastructure despite losing programmers, the Government Accountability Office found.
July 20, 2018 -
The President's Management Agenda has called for an overhaul of customer service technology on the part of federal agencies.
July 20, 2018 -
As the government oversight community celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Inspector General Act this year, IGs and lawmakers have signaled their support for beefing up a governmentwide watchdog organization.
July 20, 2018 -
A former background investigator pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from her falsification of work on background investigations of federal employees and contractors.
July 19, 2018 -
A bill that passed the House and is pending in the Senate seeks to curb misuse of federal credit cards in the Veterans Affairs Department.
July 19, 2018 -
The Internal Revenue Service has long had an on-again off-again relationship with private tax debt collectors. At the moment, it's using them.
July 19, 2018 -
House lawmakers are offering different visions of U.S. Postal Service plans to begin offering financial services to help balance its budget.
July 19, 2018 -
The Senate took its turn to question the Trump administration about its government reorganization proposals and offered a much different take than members of the House oversight committee.
July 18, 2018 -
House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) said he's less concerned by the VA's measure of disciplinary actions and more concerned about whether whistleblowers feel they can approach leadership with their concerns.
July 17, 2018 -
Oversight committees in both chambers of Congress this week will consider the president's nominees to sit on the Merit Systems Protection Board, along with other changes to disciplinary actions and probationary periods for federal employees.
July 16, 2018 -
Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel at the Professional Services Counsel, spoke on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the implications.
July 16, 2018