Agency Oversight
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A new executive order echoes the Obama-era GreenGov initiative to make the federal government a leader in environmental sustainability uses less strict metrics for measuring those goals.
May 22, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, following a request from congressional regulators, the State Department's inspector general is looking into whether personnel moves at the agency were politically motivated.
May 21, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Pentagon's inspector general found that the Defense Department routinely reimbursed contractors for the expenses they claimed without examining their supporting documentation.
May 18, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the House passes the VA MISSION Act, which would give the Veterans Affairs Department a long-awaited alternative to the Choice program and consolidates all seven community care programs.
May 17, 2018 -
Gigi Schumm welcomes SEC Commisioner Hester Peirce, who is passionate about new company growth and investment, on this week's episode of Women of Washington.
May 16, 2018 -
The new strategy details seven cybersecurity goals the Homeland Security Department wants to tackle within the next five years.
May 15, 2018 -
As the Trump administration considers moving the bulk of the governmentwide security clearance process back onto the Pentagon, the head of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) says his agency has a plan to cut the growing security clearance backlog.
May 15, 2018 -
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday in an effort to build institutional capabilities to drive IT modernization.
May 15, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Risk Authorization and Management Program and the Cloud Security Alliance announce the creation of FedSTAR to offer mutual recognition between the two security programs.
May 15, 2018 -
For all the controversy surrounding the last-minute addition of a citizenship question on 2020 census forms, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says he's unconvinced that the question will impact response rates.
May 14, 2018 -
Cristina Chaplain, director of contracting and national security acquisition issues at the GAO, said a troubling trend has been observed at NASA in the last few years.
May 14, 2018 -
The Social Security Administration is planning to close two more field offices this year, despite congressional and oversight guidance that says otherwise.
May 11, 2018 -
USPS' rocky start to the first half of the fiscal year comes a month after President Donald Trump signed an executive order setting up a postal task force after claiming the agency is “on an unsustainable path."
May 11, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office finds 75 percent of the Defense Department's IDIQ type contracts were only open to a single contractor.
May 11, 2018 -
The Veterans Benefits Administration is reverting to previous performance management guidelines, which the American Federation of Government Employees says it too "chaotic."
May 10, 2018