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In today's Federal Newscast: With robberies against postal workers at epidemic levels, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durban implores the Justice Department to aggressively prosecute. NASA continues to struggle attempting to keep up with diversity in federal workforce. And the VA sets its sights on finding permanent housing for 38,000 homeless veterans.
The usual uncertainty over budget negotiations, coupled with the debt-ceiling brinksmanship, mean contractors should be highly prepared. This as federal spending continues to set records.
Justice Department agency is failing at is own stated mission, but new leadership vows to correct things.
Congress last week took up several issues close to the federal bureaucracy. There was the Small Business Administration and its struggles with defaulted COVID loans, the Veterans Affairs Department and its troubled Electronic Health Record project, and the [Government Accountability Office (GAO's) High-Risk List.
A senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary committee has demanded that U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram address allegations of improper hiring and contracting of her past associates. The request Thursday by Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa follows an investigation by The Associated Press finding that a federal watchdog is investigating whether strict federal rules on no-bid contracting and hiring may have been violated to channel DEA work to Milgram’s associates. The scrutiny by the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General comes as the DEA is struggling with repeated revelations of agent misconduct and a fentanyl crisis claiming more than 100,000 overdose deaths a year.
Yes, there's been an arrest in the latest document leak, but can the government get to the heart of why it keeps happening?
16 of the 37 federal programs and governmentwide challenges on GAO’s 2023 high risk list improved, according to the latest biennial report the agency published Thursday.
The SBA decision not to pursue repayment on defaulted PPP and EIDL loans worth less than $100,000 is raising some oversight eyebrows.
A federal watchdog is investigating whether the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration under chief Anne Milgram improperly awarded millions of dollars in no-bid contracts to hire her past associates. Among the spending under scrutiny by the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General is $4.7 million for “strategic planning and communication” and other contracts that were used to hire people Milgram knew from her days as New Jersey’s attorney general and as a New York University law professor – at costs far exceeding pay for government officials. DEA declined to comment specifically but said in a statement it has acted to “set a new vision.”
Among declining employee engagement trends in the Partnership for Public Service’s Best Places to Work results, some agencies still managed to shine.
John Chierichella, founder of Chierichella Procurement Strategies, explains why red teaming a cost proposal can help put agencies on a solid footing if they decide to protest.
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts keeps the busy system of court dockets running. It has information technology underpinning this work. The Government Accountability Office said the Court lacks a strategic approach to improving its IT staff.
In today's Federal Newscast: Some House Republicans are demanding eight years of Energy Department data, about employees who might have violated conflict-of-interest rules. GAO said the Defense Department still needs to work on fixing its privatized military housing. And AFGE membership continues to grow.
The changes are aimed at making "a more efficient, effective regulatory review process that will help improve peoples’ lives."