Agency Oversight
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Medicare Advantage was established to make health care delivery more efficient. Nowadays, nearly half of all Medicare recipients are part of a Medicare Advantage plan. Unfortunately, the Medicare Advantage payment model is subject to fraud.
January 03, 2023 -
The spending bill also cuts the Biden administration's request for the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology system.
January 02, 2023 -
The White House’s Open Government National Action Plan contains five key themes, largely underscored by the administration’s emphasis on advancing equity in federal services.
December 28, 2022 -
Maybe it's lack of leadership. Or lack of attention. But the Justice Department has failed on a critical congressional mandate, that's according to the Government Accountability Office. Justice has been required to update a national strategy to deal with exploitation of children every two years.
December 28, 2022 -
A longtime goal to transition to a paperless government is once again a moving target.
December 23, 2022 -
From chemical safety to data security, the Environmental Protection Agency has a range of management and performance challenges in 2023. The list was developed, as legally required, by EPA's office of inspector general.
December 23, 2022 -
The IRS will continue to deal with a pandemic-era backlog of unprocessed tax returns through next year’s filing season, and possibly through the summer.
December 22, 2022 -
The fiscal 2023 omnibus includes several technology-related policy provisions that agencies should pay close attention to over the next year.
December 22, 2022 -
The U.S. Agency for International Development recently re-established a group called the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid. It was chartered back in 1946, but it hasn't met in a couple of years. Now it's back to work.
December 22, 2022 -
Congress is giving the IRS new priorities to staff up and deal with a pandemic-era backlog of tax returns — but a slightly smaller annual budget to meet those goals.
December 21, 2022 -
The government-wide Improper Payment Rate dropped by more than 2% in fiscal 2022. One of the biggest ways agencies can keep it headed downward is stronger identity management. Beryl Davis is the Managing Director of the Financial Management and Assurance team at the Government Accountability Office and Tim Persons is the GAO's Chief Scientist.
December 21, 2022 -
The Postal Service is expanding plans for electric delivery vehicles in its future fleet, a strategy that puts the agency ahead of the Biden administration’s net-zero emissions goals across the federal government.
December 20, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The Senate continues its battle against wasteful duplication in federal programs. Over the past two years, the wage gap for federal agencies did not improve for women. And the Air Force makes progress accommodating civilian employees with disabilities.
December 19, 2022 -
Judges are suppose to be above the law. But even in the federal judicial branch, ethical and legal transgressions occur. The Government Accountability Office has found that the judiciary doesn't follow best practices for addressing waste, fraud and abuse.
December 14, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The Defense Department Inspector General issues a critical report on the behavior of the former director of the White House Military Office. A 17th Sergeant Major of the Army has been selected. And DCSA awards two contracts worth more than $2 billion each.
December 13, 2022