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Yet another member of Congress is pressing the House Appropriations Committee to get tough on federal employees who watch pornography at work
The Energy Department’s Federal Energy Management Program Office made four awards under its Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT) program to help agencies get over the hump on renewable energy projects.
James Onusko and Christy Wilder will be the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) transition team director and deputy director, respectively. They will lead the effort to create a new organization to handle federal security clearances.
Roughly 90 percent of agencies said they will meet the governmentwide deadline to manage all permanent and temporary email electronically by Dec. 31, 2016. The National Archives and Records Administration said it will release a new email success criteria tool to help agencies measure their success and progress in complying with records management requirements.
Adm. Mike Rogers, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, told Congress that increased investments in cybersecurity are a reflection of the world we live in, responding to Representatives concerned about rising budget deficits and potential future cuts to DoD.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee wants to see if the Transportation Security Administration has been abusing its power to relocate employees to different workplaces.
The Navy and Coast Guard found out that guarantees aren't worth the deck plate they're engraved on when they ended up paying to correct defects that should have been covered. Michelle Mackin, director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management Issues at the Government Accountability Office, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about GAO's review of six shipbuilding programs.
The House Veterans Affairs Committee is considering legislation to give the VA secretary the authority to set pay and performance appraisals for medical directors. It also includes several provisions that are designed to help the VA attract and hire more doctors and nurses.
Accountability in the Senior Executive Service will be at the center of congressional discussions on a new omnibus legislative package for the Veterans Affairs Department. Senate VA Committee Chairman Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) said he wants the VA and the committee to finish its work on the legislation by April 1.
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Howard Shelanski defended his office against claims from House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members that OIRA doesn't do enough to communicate with other agencies and with the general public.
The Freedom of Information Act has been the law of the land for 50 years, but former government officials say the landmark transparency bill doesn't empower agency offices to reduce their huge information request backlogs.
The Office of Information Policy published data on FOIA request processing from the annual reports of 100 agencies.
Congress is skeptic of the Office of Personnel Management's new IT infrastructure project, otherwise known as "Shell," due to previous warnings from the agency's inspector general. OPM's former IG referred to the system as "at risk of project failure." OPM is asking for $37 million to begin planning and migrating old systems to the new infrastructure in fiscal 2017.
A group of Republican senators criticized the Merit Systems Protection Board for overturning disciplinary actions taken against corrupt Veterans Affairs Department bureaucrats. The board and its array of administrative judges almost always uphold agency actions. Attorney Debra D'Agostino, partner at the Federal Practice Group, helps Federal Drive with Tom Temin sort things out.