Agency Oversight
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Following the recent rollback of telework agreements at the Education and Agriculture departments, two D.C.-area lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at protecting and expanding existing agency telework agreements.
July 26, 2018 -
As agencies face an increasing volume of cyber threats, the Government Accountability Offices plans to examine whether the Trump administration has a reliable hierarchy for its cybersecurity leadership.
July 26, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a newly passed House bill would reform the way the Veterans Affairs Department hires human resources people.
July 26, 2018 -
An experienced government hand takes over Veterans Affairs and its raft of troubles.
July 25, 2018 -
Faced with an unprecedented volume of Freedom of Information Act requests, top agency FOIA officials say automation could help ease the burden of their strained workforces.
July 24, 2018 -
Preparations for a new appeals process at the Veterans Benefits Administration are two-thirds of the way complete, but IT upgrades have fallen behind.
July 24, 2018 -
Chris Mihm, managing director for strategic issues at the Government Accountability Office, had more details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 24, 2018 -
At last Congress goes along with an IT modernizing revolving fund ... but the horses mostly stay away from the trough.
July 23, 2018 -
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