Agency Oversight
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Federal employees are entitled to First Amendment rights, but the Office of Special Counsel says some rules apply during elections.
May 01, 2018 -
A lack of permanent leadership at the Veterans Affairs Department compounding many longstanding challenges at the agency, including a path forward for the VA Choice Program.
April 30, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie urges Congress to take action to permanently fund the Veterans Choice program.
April 30, 2018 -
OMB’s 2017 FISMA report to Congress highlighted several areas where agencies have improved the security of their data and networks.
April 30, 2018 -
Capt. Macauley was named the Secret Service's Uniformed Division Officer of the Year.
April 27, 2018 -
The Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency looked at 61 public reports to figure out what issues cut across federal agencies.
April 27, 2018 -
With 2018 hurtling towards the midpoint of the year, the Census Bureau is ramping up testing of the technology approach it plans for the 2020 count.
April 27, 2018 -
The Government Accountability Office uncovered 68 new actions agencies could take to improve or eliminate overlapping and duplicative processes and programs.
April 26, 2018 -
Testifying before House lawmakers in the first half of a marathon day on Capitol Hill, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said he will cooperate with investigators on 10 pending probes into spending and ethics at the EPA.
April 26, 2018 -
More than 200 employees with U.S. Customs and Border Protection have been arrested on corruption-related charges in the last 14 years. Thirteen of those arrests have come during the Trump Administration.
April 26, 2018 -
Democratic House lawmakers, together with the largest federal employee union, have called on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to step down amid a growing number of federal investigations.
April 25, 2018 -
House Democratic leaders want to subpoena the Homeland Security and Justice departments for documents they have failed to provide regarding possible violations of whistleblower laws.
April 25, 2018 -
The director of the Office of Personnel Management said he wants to restore the importance of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council. Jeff Pon has asked agency and department heads to put very senior level representatives on the council that strategizes human resource policy for government employees.
April 24, 2018 -
Office of Management Director Mick Mulvaney told House lawmakers that his agency would conduct an ethics probe into spending at the Environmental Protection Agency.
April 20, 2018 -
Dominic Cussatt, VA’s chief information security officer, said VA has addressed several long-standing cyber problems, including the use of two-factor authentication.
April 20, 2018