Agency Oversight
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is still paying for repairs related to two not-so-recent storms.
August 29, 2017 -
The Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general is looking into EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's many trips back and forth to Oklahoma.
August 29, 2017 -
Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and J. Luis Correa (D-Calif.) expressed their "continued frustration" with the Homeland Security Department's rollout of a unified system to track employees' training and performance.
August 25, 2017 -
A group of lawyers is encouraging the Office of Special Counsel to take special notice of the senior executive reassignments at the Interior Department, out of fear they could have dangerous implications for the future of the civil service.
August 25, 2017 -
Veterans Affairs Department auditors have been looking veterans' health care lately and have uncovered some disturbing issues.
August 25, 2017 -
Backlogs provide evidence of Social Security's crisis as surely as high fever indicates an infection.
August 25, 2017 -
The Census Project warns underfunding the 2020 Census will mean hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of negative state impacts.
August 24, 2017 -
Comptroller General Gene Dodaro urges agencies to consider GAO's management recommendations as they implement their reform plans.
August 23, 2017 -
More than 35,000 State Department employees voiced concerns to management about some of the changes being proposed under its agency reorganization.
August 22, 2017 -
In Defense terms, operating military bands doesn't take a major outlay of money or personnel. But they can be a visible sign of both military pride and waste.
August 21, 2017 -
In today's Federal Newscast, two senators are questioning how the Trump administration hired non-confirmed political appointees at the EPA and the Council on Environmental Quality.
August 21, 2017 -
An investigation by Naval Sea Systems Command found employees at the nation's largest Navy shipyard spent 12 years amassing weapons, vehicles and boats, building what amounted to an unauthorized police force.
August 21, 2017 -
DHS' migration to a unified workforce training and performance management system doesn't meet the agency's operational standards.
August 18, 2017 -
Ricky Revesz joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss how to deal with government agencies beyond full presidential control
August 11, 2017 -
GAO's Greg Wilshusen joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss a recent GAO progress report on how OPM is working through its cybersecurity challenges
August 11, 2017