Agency Oversight
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So-called black swan events seem to be happening in flocks. The pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, earthquakes and floods. For government, it all adds up to the need for resilience and preparation.
January 05, 2023 -
DOJ's legal opinion protects USPS employees from facing legal consequences in states that have restricted abortion since the Supreme Court's ruling last summer.
January 04, 2023 -
In doing economic analyses leading to changes in federal benefits, agencies are obligated to do them a certain way. During the pandemic, the Agriculture Department redid an index resulting in a big boost in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The Government Accountability Office finds, USDA didn't quite proceed properly.
January 04, 2023 -
The Republican-led House is looking at opportunities to eliminate duplicative federal agencies and programs, as well as defund the IRS.
January 03, 2023 -
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