Agency Oversight
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In today's Federal Newscast, over 30 veterans service organizations asked Senate and House Veterans Affairs leadership to help secure specific funding for the VA MISSION Act.
June 21, 2018 -
Lawmakers want to know what the Health and Human Services Department is doing with its cybersecurity coordination center, but HHS isn't volunteering much information.
June 20, 2018 -
On this week's episode of Women of Washington, Gigi Schumm welcomed Mischel Kwon of MKACyber, who created her company as a consulting firm to help "improve security operations for enterprises and U.S. federal government agencies."
June 20, 2018 -
For a department with detailed policy for just about everything, the Defense Department sometimes fails to back up its policies with oversight
June 20, 2018 -
How many members of Congress have read the nearly 600-page report from the Justice Department inspector general? That's hard to say.
June 19, 2018 -
HHS' Office of Inspector General is giving its agents on-the-ground a chance to tell their stories, in their own words.
June 18, 2018 -
The president and CEO of the Professional Services Council said Congress will need to pass additional legislation to appropriate funding.
June 18, 2018 -
By August, the postal task force the White House stood up in April is expected to send its recommendations to President Donald Trump.
June 18, 2018 -
In working the aftermath of natural disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency relies on contractors, but the report said the agency does not always use best practices in hiring its contractors.
June 15, 2018 -
Federal government doesn't operate local elections, but it can help locals avoid fraud and tampering.
June 14, 2018 -
EPA administrator Scott Pruitt is under fire from House Democrats again, this time in response to a new report that suggests Pruitt purposely delayed responses to Freeddom of Information Act requests.
June 12, 2018 -
The American Action Forum counted about 3.75 deregulatory actions for every regulatory action under Executive Order 13771, based on data from the Office of Management and Budget.
June 12, 2018 -
Cristina Chaplain, director of contracting and national security issues at the Government Accountability Office, said a missile interceptor shown last year in successful test run still needs evaluation under different and more strenuous conditions.
June 11, 2018 -
As a White House Postal task force conducts a review of the USPS business model, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has a few suggestions.
June 08, 2018 -
Lawmakers are still trying to find a permanent funding source for the VA MISSION Act, as the president publicly expressed his disagreement with some of the new law's finer points.
June 08, 2018