Agency Oversight
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On this episode of Women of Washington, host Gigi Schumm welcomed Donna Dodson, chief cybersecurity officer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
January 24, 2018 -
GAO said Veterans Affairs' policies and risk management has not kept up with the evolution of security for many federal buildings.
January 24, 2018 -
National Weather Service launches three new satellites to use more supercomputing power to update tracking and predictions
January 24, 2018 -
One year into his role, CIA Director Mike Pompeo says about 40 percent of the decisions previously made at the director level are no longer made by him.
January 23, 2018 -
Federal agencies and leadership take to apps such as Facebook and Twitter to remind public and employees that they're open for business
January 23, 2018 -
Excepted employees who filed suit in 2013 shutdown say pay problems can be avoided with simple legislation from Congress
January 23, 2018 -
U.S. Transcom's Kelly Mueller McNulty and Gary Hermann joined Federal Drive to talk more about 'proof of principle' testing of management system.
January 22, 2018 -
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin gave a progress report on a wide range of initiatives. He told the Senate VA Committee that the department is still making "incremental change" on hiring, appeals modernization, accountability and a new electronic health record.
January 18, 2018 -
The IRS' workload is expected to grow under the tax reform legislation President Donald Trump signed into law in December last year, but Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, says the IRS doesn't have enough funding or employees to implement the tax law.
January 16, 2018 -
The Environmental Protection Agency may offer more buyouts and early retirements to its workforce later this year, once Congress approves a federal spending plan.
January 16, 2018 -
The IRS expects fewer people will be able to have their tax filing questions answered over the phone this year, according to the National Taxpayer Advocate's annual report to Congress.
January 12, 2018 -
The Me Too movement has women in different careers talking about sexual harassment and assault. The national discussion did not leave out the military, unmasking more actions needed to be taken by DoD to cope.
January 12, 2018 -
Mark Robbins, the lone member and chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, has personally voted on 750 petitions for review since the agency lost its second member last January. Robbins' term expires in March.
January 12, 2018 -
NIST's Tim Polk joins the Federal Drive to dissect the draft strategy of the Homeland Security and Commerce Departments for mitigating risks from botnets
January 12, 2018 -
POGO's Sean Moulton joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to tell us what potential 2018 regulation rollback could mean for the federal agencies
January 10, 2018