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Within the omnibus spending package is a directive for agencies that states their consolidation plans will get preference for funding if they include shrinking office space to 130 square feet of usable space per person.
December 21, 2015 -
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter told the Navy to cut back on capacity and invest more in capability in a letter last week.
December 21, 2015 -
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A small change in settlement authorities is making a big difference for the federal equal employment opportunity complainant process.
December 21, 2015 -
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The number of bid protests filed to the Government Accountability Office increased for the third year in a row. But that isn’t why fiscal 2015 was unusual for government contractors and federal contracting officers. Ralph White is GAO’s managing associate general counsel for procurement law. He tells Executive Editor Jason Miller on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about why 2015 was an intense year for federal procurement. Read Jason's related story.
December 18, 2015 -
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More than three years after the General Services Administration’s infamous Las Vegas conference featuring clowns, mind readers and bike-building morale exercises, federal employees are still feeling the effects of strict policies designed to prevent a repeat. In many cases, those policies mean several layers of agency approval before feds are allowed to attend any conference. Several science and technology organizations are telling agency leaders and Congress that those policies are a serious overcorrection to over-the-top agency conferences of years gone by, and they’re hindering the careers of federal scientists and other professionals. Dr. Sandra Magnus, executive director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, talked with Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the dropoff in conference attendance by federal employee and why she thinks the oversight pendulum has swung too far.
December 18, 2015 -
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Congress hasn't reauthorized three small federal ethics agencies since 2007. But the Office of Special Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board and Office of Government Ethics don't have a clear reason why. All three agencies are asking for Congress to consider the reauthorization and a few recommendations that they say will help them handle a growing number of cases. Federal News Radio reporter Nicole Ogrysko shares the latest on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 17, 2015 -
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Budget uncertainty has been the norm for most federal agencies for several years in a row now. But the Federal Aviation Administration has suffered more than most. Long before the days of sequestration, the FAA had already gone through several years of short-term agency reauthorizations that kept its funding and programmatic priorities largely in limbo. Congress asked the Government Accountablity Office to examine the FAA's budget and how to add some predictability to the mix, and GAO has now reported back. Gerald Dillingham is the director of civil aviation issues at GAO, and he joined Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about the report.
December 17, 2015 -
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The Office of Special Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board and Office of Government Ethics haven't received authorization from Congress since 2007. But Congress says it wants to consider additional legislation and statutory changes before it issues new reauthorizations.
December 16, 2015 -
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Federal inspectors general are asking Congress to do away with what they say are legal barriers agencies are throwing up to keep information away from their in-house watchdogs. Information the inspectors general say they need to complete their investigations. Now they're fighting back with a legislative package. Michael Horowitz is chairman of the Council of Inspectors General and IG at the Justice Department, where the blockage started. In an interview on Federal Drive with Tom Temin, Horowitz outlined the problem and the strategy for fixing it.
December 15, 2015 -
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The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey has shown for years that federal workers do not believe their agencies do a good job of dealing with poor performance and misconduct. Jeff Neal, senior vice president of ICF International, says more has to be done to hold federal workers accountable.
December 11, 2015 -
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The Government Accountability Office is telling federal agency leaders it’s time to get serious about addressing the lingering recommendations GAO’s made to improve their operations over the past several months and years. As Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin, the government watchdog views the end of the Obama administration as a critical turning point.
December 11, 2015 -
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The Veterans Affairs Department said it's conducting its own investigations of employees accused of misconduct separate from the reviews its Office of Inspector General is already doing. The VA said it will also put employees on detail instead of routinely placing them on administrative leave. The House Veterans Affairs Committee wants to know why disciplinary reviews are taking so long. As Federal News Radio's Nicole Ogrysko tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin, the VA isn't immune to Congress' frustrations.
December 11, 2015 -
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The Government Accountability Office has sent all agency heads a rank-ordered list of unaddressed issues it feels must be addressed before the next president takes office, fearing many of them will be lost in the weeds of the transition process
December 11, 2015 -
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The Senate Armed Services Committee is holding hearings on less prominent Defense officials after a long stalemate over a congressional rule change.
December 10, 2015
