Agency Oversight
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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 -
The Government Accountability Office's chief scientist, Timothy Persons, says testing AI's risks in a controlled environment is crucial to implementation at federal agencies.
April 05, 2018 -
The federal government has been reorganized many times under new presidential administrations, and not always for the better.
April 05, 2018 -
Presidents love to reform the government for a variety of reasons. But career Senior Executive Service members knows where the levers of power are, and how to get things done.
April 04, 2018 -
What does the Senior Executives Association think about President Donald Trump's plans to reform the civil service system? Find out when SEA President Bill Valdez joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. April 4, 2018
April 03, 2018 -
The acting director wants Congress to take over from the Federal Reserve the full oversight and budget authority for CFPB.
April 03, 2018 -
The question of whether former VA Secretary David Shulkin was fired or resigned matters because of ambiguity in the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998.
April 02, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new inspector general report finds a chief counsel in Veterans Affairs' Office of General Counsel hatched a scheme to get his wife a job in one of the teams he managed.
April 02, 2018