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The General Services Administration inspector general issued a management alert saying the 18F organization didn’t follow agency policy and may have caused a cyber breach.
The Government Accountability Office wants DoD to declare the update of the F-35 a separate acquisition program for transparency and accountability reasons. Michael Sullivan, GAO's Director for Defense Weapons System Acquisitions detailed that rationale on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The Social Security Administration has a backlog of a million disability cases to process, but the leaders of a Senate oversight subcommittee say the agency's plan to reduce the backlog raises too many red flags about due process.
Chris Chilbert, the chief information officer of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, said among his top priorities is increasing the bandwidth and redundancy of his office’s computer infrastructure.
Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) said he's continuing his hold on Beth Cobert's nomination to be the Office of Personnel Management's acting director, because he isn't satisfied with the agency's response to his concerns over an exemption for members of Congress in the Affordable Care Act.
Senators focused on the authorities of an inspector general during the hearing for the nomination of Peggy Gustafson to IG of the Commerce Department.
Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president of the Professional Services Council, and Brenda Farrell, director of Defense Capabilities and Management Issues at the GAO, join Pentagon Solutions.
One of the best investments a department or agency can make is a good, well-staffed inspector general office. But too often, political appointees get in the way of IG investigations. That's according to a study coming out of the Brookings Institution. John Hudak, senior fellow in governance studies at Brookings and a co-author of the study along with senior research assistant Grace Wallach. They talked about their work on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
In this heated election season, the Government Accountability Office finds that some military absentee voting bugaboos persist, and the brass needs to do more about it. Brenda Farrell, GAO's director of Defense Capabilities and Management Issues, shared her insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The U.S. Agency of International Development and the Government Accountability Office are teaming up to help strengthen what they call international accountability. Reginald Mitchell, USAID chief financial officer, and Janet St. Laurent, recently retired director of Defense Capabilities and Management at the GAO, join Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share details.
At nearly 400 pages, the Veterans First Act, which the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee introduced last week, covers everything from veterans homelessness to more flexible work hours for VA doctors and nurses. But VA's senior executives are still the main target of the legislation.
Industry partners are trying to give the next DHA CIO a leg up when the position is filled.
The Postal Service has several big indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contracts worth billions, but it doesn't always follow the rules. Lucine Willis, deputy director for supply management and facilities in USPS' Office of Inspector General, fills in the all details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
OMB Director Shaun Donovan told agencies the Obama administration is preparing a budget database in preparation for the presidential transition in January.