Agency Oversight
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In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department will be sending up to 4,000 troops to U.S.-Mexico border to assist the Homeland Security Department.
April 17, 2018 -
The reforms touch on perishable goods, asset forfeiture and modernizing the agency.
April 17, 2018 -
With the 2017 tax filing deadline coming up Tuesday, the House plans to take action on as many as a dozen bills that would impact the way the IRS does business.
April 16, 2018 -
The Veterans Affairs Department says it's also eliminated 235 expired directives and 85 percent of outdated manuals in effort to cut red tape.
April 16, 2018 -
The Environmental Protection Agency breached multiple laws when it installed a soundproof booth in Administrator Scott Pruitt's office last year, according to a government watchdog office.
April 16, 2018 -
After more than a year of complaints that Amazon doesn't pay the U.S. Postal Service a fair rate to deliver its packages, President Donald Trump has created a task to review the agency's business model.
April 13, 2018 -
As the conversation around the security clearances is beginning to change, see how the numbers behind the program have changed as well.
April 13, 2018 -
Sponsors of the Grants Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency (GREAT) Act are waiting for a Congressional Budget Office score before bringing the bill to the House floor.
April 12, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, after spending 2017 with low budgets, the head of the Coast Guard says his service is now punching at the middleweight class.
April 11, 2018 -
In the omnibus spending bill passed last month, Congress gave the TMF $100 million for the rest of fiscal 2018, falling short of the $228 million the Trump administration asked for in its budget proposal.
April 11, 2018 -
Creation of the Electronic Immigration System (ELIS) and visible upgrades to the trusted traveler's program show DHS' dedication to IT modernization.
April 10, 2018 -
OPM is adding new employee regulations in line with the Administrative Leave Act of 2016.
April 10, 2018 -
Roll Call's David Hawkings says Congress returns from a short break with a heavy load - but no legislation in particular stands out.
April 10, 2018 -
The Interior Department, whose compromised systems gave the hackers access to OPM's databases more than three years ago, still has gaps in its cyber defenses, according to its inspector general.
April 09, 2018 -
Inconsistent extensions found among more than 62 Postal Service contracts worth at least $520 million
April 06, 2018