Agency Oversight

  • Poor planning and weak management are undermining the effort to build up the Afghan army and police while putting billions of U.S tax dollars at risk. We get details from Wartime Contracting Commission Co-chair Mike Thibault

    January 26, 2011
  • Federal News Radio has obtained exclusive details on the IT budget guidance OMB sent to agencies for the fiscal 2012 budget request. The administration is asking agencies to begin using monitoring their networks continuously by the end of next year. OMB also sets deadlines for cyberscope, IPv6 and funding of e-government projects.

    January 26, 2011
  • In the State of the Union, the President said he will submit a proposal to Congress to reduce the overlap among agencies. Obama also called for a five-year freeze in domestic spending, but asked lawmakers to do more with entitlement spending. He also promised to continue to invest in innovation and research and development.

    January 26, 2011
  • Angela Bailey, the official leading the reform training teams, said phase one of the effort was successful. She plans to release new tools to help agencies even more.

    January 25, 2011
  • Forget the OSCARS! The U.S. General Service Administration has recognized the best in public architecture and civilian federal workplaces at the 2010 GSA Design Awards. We get all the dish from Les Shepherd, GSA\'s Chief Architect.

    January 25, 2011
  • The federal government will face the challenge of halting and reversing declining citizen satisfaction under particularly difficult circumstances, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Details from ACSI\'s Forrest Morgeson.

    January 25, 2011
  • The continuing resolution expires in March, and we still have no definite word on what will happen next. How can agencies be effective with their new year goals, if the money isn\'t guaranteed? We ask the Partnership for Public Service\'s John Palguta.

    January 25, 2011
  • New rule published today details how the government will go from chasing criminals to using data and other tools to stop them as Medicare and Medicaid fraud is happening. The agencies report returning $4 billion back to the government in 2010, a 50 percent increase compared to 2009.

    January 25, 2011
  • Caring for the families of military personnel requires a coordinated approach across the federal government, President Obama said Monday. He said agencies have made 50 separate commitments to coordinate programs designed to assist the loved ones of servicemembers.

    January 25, 2011
  • Skinner shares what it was like to oversee an organization that included 23 agencies.

    January 24, 2011
  • Find out how author Becky Sheetz-Runkle has adopted The Art of War to pertain to women in business. January 24, 2011

    January 24, 2011
  • January 24th and January 26th, 2011 Mr. Fulgham is responsible for the FBI\'s overall information technology (IT) efforts, including developing the FBI\'s IT strategic plan and operating budget.

    January 24, 2011
  • The recent passage of the Telework Enhancement Act substantially changes the status of telework throughout government. But how? We get details from Dr. Scott Overmyer, author of a new study.

    January 24, 2011
  • Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 requires federal agencies to adhere to more stringent financial reporting criteria, and the USPS goes even beyond that. We get details from the USPS\'s Linda Libician-Welch.

    January 24, 2011