Agency Oversight
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The Air Force is using interview hubs and other tactics to cut back on security clearance wait times.
April 19, 2018 -
Only 8 out of 44 systems for the 2020 Census' practice run in Rhode Island have been tested to date, the Government Accountability Office told lawmakers Wednesday.
April 19, 2018 -
Reading the inspector general's meta-report, you'd think there's nothing the government can do right. History says otherwise.
April 19, 2018 -
From buildings that collapse in the rain to crooked contractors, the special inspector general for Afghanistan Reconstruction has seen it all.
April 19, 2018 -
Members of the federal oversight community told House lawmakers Wednesday that would-be whistleblowers need to feel comfortable about reporting wrongdoing at their agencies without fear of retaliation.
April 18, 2018 -
The Office of Personnel Management's inspector general says the agency needs a contingency plan to address risks in the long-term care insurance market.
April 18, 2018 -
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) wants the Defense Department to cut its Fourth Estate spending.
April 17, 2018 -
A GAO report found holes in CMS' systems for protecting private health data between entities.
April 17, 2018 -
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The Veterans Affairs Department says it's also eliminated 235 expired directives and 85 percent of outdated manuals in effort to cut red tape.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