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The Office of Management and Budget outlined a series of steps agencies should take to increase the number of people they recruit, train and prepare to protect federal networks.
The IRS answered 73 percent of phone calls during the 2016 tax filing season, compared with 37 percent in 2015. Average wait times were cut in half as well. Taxpayers waited an average of 11 minutes to speak with an IRS representative this year, compared to 23 minutes the year before.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee interrogated three federal executives about their firearms management, or lack thereof.
Among the VA Commission on Care's 18 recommendations are proposals that could have major implications for the Veterans Health Administration workforce, from its size and scope to its overall organizational structure. VA Secretary Bob McDonald said the department will respond to the commission's report in the coming weeks.
Allegations of misconduct at the Transportation Security Administration jumped by nearly 29 percent between fiscal 2013 and 2015, a new House Homeland Security Committee report found. The agency said it's reorganizing its human capital office to better respond to issues within the TSA workforce.
The House passed a bill that would change the way agencies discipline and remove federal employees and members of the Senior Executive Service. One provision would put all SES members under the same, expedited disciplinary process that senior executives at the Veterans Affairs Department had until the Justice Department challenged its constitutionality.
Dave Mader, the controller in the Office of Management and Budget, wants to use the updated Circular A-123 to change the view of internal controls in agencies.
The Office of Government Ethics is proposing an update to its executive branch ethics program that would reflect more than three decades of development.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee wants to get a closer look at how many political appointees the Office of Personnel Management has converted to career employees over the past nine months.
A legislative assistant for Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), one of the key players on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said members are warming to the administration's idea to develop a $3.1 billion IT Modernization Fund. But he said some members of Congress are debating other alternatives to the fund.
The Agriculture Department's Food and Nutrition Service relies on state agencies to detect and stop fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP). States don't all have the people and money required to fully monitor their SNAP programs, and USDA doesn't have what it takes to watch the states. Kay Brown, director of education, Workforce and Income Security issues at the Government Accountability Office, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Medicare payment rates are supposed to set the medical payment rates for all federal agencies. They do, with one notable exception, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a part of the Justice Department. The Justice Inspector General found that the bureau actually pays a premium to its outside medical providers. Justice IG Michael Horowitz tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how that can be fixed
The Supreme Court granted the Justice Department a writ of certiorari, meaning DoJ can argue its case on presidential appointments next year.
Legal experts told House lawmakers they could essentially impeach anyone they want for whatever reasons they deem justified, but the real question is whether they should.