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A new omnibus veterans package cleared the House Tuesday afternoon, but it doesn't address three controversial issues that both veterans affairs committees and the VA Secretary himself have spent the past year debating. That leaves a fix for the outdated veterans appeals process, an alternative or solution to the Veterans Choice Program and new accountability procedures to the 115th Congress and next administration.
December 06, 2016 -
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Legislation in 2008 put the government-backed secondary mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship by a new agency. Eight years later, the Federal Housing Finance Agency is still conserving Fannie and Freddie. Now the Government Accountability Office is urging Congress to force everyone to clarify their goals here so a lingering situation can get off the dime. For more, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Lawrance Evans Jr., director of financial markets and community investment issues at GAO.
December 05, 2016 -
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The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council is trying again to promote communication between acquisition workers and vendors as early as possible in the contracting process.
December 05, 2016 -
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John Hancock Life & Health Insurance Company, OPM's provider for the Federal Long Term Care Program, said "a confluence of factors" led to the sudden and drastic increases in premiums for 2017.
December 01, 2016 -
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House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mike McCaul (R-Texas) said he will propose an amendment to the House Rules package this year that would change congressional jurisdiction for DHS. The idea is gaining momentum with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and other lawmakers, he said. Anywhere between 92 and 108 committees and subcommittees now have oversight responsibilities for the department.
November 30, 2016 -
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Six years after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion, the Interior Department agencies responsible for overseeing the oil and gas industry have made progress of their own. They've taken several measures to make sure they can hire and retain the people they need to carry out the oversight function. But Interior still has trouble knowing for sure whether the measures are effective. Frank Rusco, director of Natural Resources and Environment Issues at the Government Accountability Office, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
November 29, 2016 -
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The Office of Personnel Management is behind on its background security checks and retirement claims processing for fiscal 2016. In the agency's financial report, OPM acting Director Beth Cobert pledges a continued effort to make up the difference through a variety of efforts like new contracts and using electronic records.
November 28, 2016 -
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Reports about the job security of NSA director Adm. Mike Rogers has several members of Congress up in arms.
November 28, 2016 -
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Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) rang in "wastebook" season on Monday by highlighting the offbeat side of government spending and addressing federal agency spending on legacy IT systems.
November 28, 2016 -
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President-elect Donald Trump's suggested hiring freeze on the federal workforce could have major implications for federal contractors. With possible plans to cut the size of the federal workforce through attrition and retirements, some contractors say industry may have to shoulder more of the workload, since the capability requirements won't change even as government shrinks.
November 22, 2016 -
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The Office of Personnel Management lacks authorizations for 18 of its major security systems, the agency's inspector general said in a new report. The IG attributed many of OPM's IT security problems with a poor governance structure and shorthanded staff. OPM said it's recently made a few new hires and will have 24 information system security officers soon.
November 21, 2016 -
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The American Small Business League is pushing back on a court's decision to dismiss a case against the Small Business Administration and what the league calls “creative accounting” of federal contracting goals.
November 21, 2016 -
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The Office of Government Ethics revised its guidance for accepting gifts for the first time in nearly 25 years. Federal employees may continue to accept gifts worth $20 or less from an outside source, but OGE suggests they consider whether accepting the gift would bring up questions of integrity of impartiality.
November 18, 2016 -
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Six years after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion , the Interior Department agencies responsible for overseeing the oil and gas industry have made progress of their own. They've taken several measures to make sure they can hire and retain the people they need to carry out the oversight function. Frank Rusco, director of Natural Resources and Environment Issues at the Government Accountability Office, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that Interior still has trouble knowing for sure whether the measures are effective.
November 18, 2016
