Agency Oversight
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The U.S. Border Patrol must recruit and train 2,729 new agents a year for the next five years, in order to meet the administration's hiring goals and keep up with current attrition.
January 09, 2018 -
Does the repeal of net neutrality open the doors for more efficient high-speed connection? One FCC commissioner seems to think it will.
January 09, 2018 -
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has asked the Office of Special Counsel to investigate the details of Leandra English's move from a political post at the Office of Personnel Management to a career role at CFPB towards the end of the Obama administration.
January 08, 2018 -
The SEC's Rob Johnson talks about the positive return on investment his new cyber unit has been in fighting securities fraud in cyberspace.
January 08, 2018 -
The GSA is holding a public meeting next week. Larry Allen told the Federal Drive what to expect.
January 08, 2018 -
The U.S. Postal Service delivers your mail and packages. And depending on the outcome of pending negotiations, your neighborhood letter carrier could also be your local census-taker.
January 08, 2018 -
The Census Bureau is in the home stretch of preparations for the 2020 count. But for more than half a year, the agency has lacked a permanent leader.
January 04, 2018 -
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a decision from the Merit Systems Protection Board, which said the Veterans Affairs Department could put one of its indicted employees could be put on indefinite suspension.
January 03, 2018 -
To compete, the government has an array of incentives to attract highly trained or specialized people. But are they used enough?
January 03, 2018 -
Small office within U.S. Northern Command is diving deeper into digital mapping and other information-related capabilities.
December 29, 2017 -
As the Defense Department begins preparations in 2018 to process nearly 80 percent of all federal security clearances, the Government Accountability Office paints a messy picture of the governmentwide effort to improve quality and timeliness for background investigations.
December 28, 2017 -
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) sent a letter to Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, requesting copies of each agency’s reorganization proposal by Jan. 3.
December 21, 2017 -
A new president kept the federal workforce on its toes this year. Bureauchat hosts Meredith Somers and Nicole Ogrysko discuss the most important stories they covered in 2017.
December 19, 2017 -
Policy experts say CBP needs to implement major border patrol discipline and performance improvements before increasing its workforce.
December 18, 2017 -
The report highlights four steps IGs must take if they want to embrace a changing government.
December 18, 2017