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Whistleblowers told a House committee that managers at the Environmental Protection Agency turned a blind eye to allegations of sexual harassment for more than a decade.
July 30, 2015 -
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The Office of Personnel Management's data breach has people questioning the competence of OPM’s staff and leaders, and asking why OPM exists in the first place, says former DHS HR executive Jeff Neal. So what does something other than business-as-usual look like?
July 30, 2015 -
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Employees at the headquarters at the Department of Veterans Affairs have the ear of Congress. The Chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee — Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) — tells In Depth with Francis Rose his most recent visit to VA included discussions with employees at every level of the agency.
July 29, 2015 -
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The White House wants agencies to use data to make budget decisions and more data is available than ever to determine what works and what doesn't. But data may not be the only measure of program success. Paul Eder is a lead consultant at the Center for Organizational Excellence. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that expectations may play a part in the success of your work.
July 29, 2015 Federal overseers charged with monitoring the government’s biotoxin safety programs made clear Tuesday that the Army research laboratory which mistakenly sent dozens of batches of live Anthrax to research facilities should have known years ago…
July 28, 2015-
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The Army laboratory that sent dozens of batches of live Anthrax to research facilities by accident should have known for years that something was wrong with their protocols for handling biotoxins. The Department of Health and Human Services has identified at least four serious safety violations by Dugway Proving Ground over the last decade and issued several citations. More from Federal News Radio’s DoD reporter Jared Serbu.
July 28, 2015 -
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The DATA Act is forcing agencies to standardize their financial information. The Office of Management and Budget will tell House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittees on Information Technology and Government Operations about its plans to implement the DATA Act at a hearing on Wednesday. Hudson Hollister is the director of the Data Transparency Coalition. He tells Federal News Radio's Emily Kopp about the changes agencies will soon have to deal with.
July 28, 2015 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has had only partial success stopping fraudulent doctors and suppliers from signing up to receive payments. Billions of dollars are at stake. That's according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. Two of CMS' screening procedures work well, but GAO found major weaknesses in two others. Seto Bagdoyan is director of the Forensic Audits and Investigative Service at GAO. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the report.
July 27, 2015-
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The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel says Inspectors General must get permission from their agencies before getting certain documents like grand jury, wiretap and credit information. But Inspectors General say they need independent access to information to do their jobs. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz is asking for Congress' help now by pushing for a bill that would give IGs that access. Brian Miller is the managing director at Navigant and former inspector general at the General Services Administration. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about some of the contradictions he sees with this OLC opinion.
July 24, 2015 Federal managers have to keep lots of plates spinning. They're asked to maintain and improve ongoing programs and Congress is constantly adding new ones. The occasional high-profile failures, such as the launch of Healthcare.gov, show how tough the job can be. But the National Academy of Public Administration has some new ideas for improving that. Dan Chenok is the executive director of the IBM Center for The Business of Government and one of the report's authors. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more.
July 24, 2015-
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services claims its Fraud Prevention System did its job last year, saving $454 million in improper and fraudulent payments to medical providers. But the Inspector General at Health and Human Services, CMS' parent department, isn't so sure. It says a more realistic estimate is about one third of that, or closer to $133 million. Richard Navarro is the audit manager in Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to explain this discrepancy.
July 23, 2015 -
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A bipartisan group of six senators introduced the Federal Information Security Management Reform Act of 2015 to give DHS the clout it’s been lacking over the last five years and, in some respects, put it on par with the National Security Agency.
July 23, 2015 -
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A new report from the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology cites OPM's scattered IT governance, lack of cybersecurity experts and lack of cyber threat detection technology as the major pitfalls leading to OPM's cyber breach. The Federal Drive's Tom Temin spoke with Dan Waddell, a lead contributor on the study, about what OPM needs to do to secure its systems for the future.
July 22, 2015 -
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A new report released by the Justice Department Inspector General’s office states that the DEA’s policies regarding use of high-risk confidential sources are out of compliance with the Attorney General’s guidelines. The IG says a lack of oversight for issues such as how sources are used, how actions in operations are sanctioned, and how benefits to sources are awarded could put operations at risk.
July 22, 2015
