Agency Oversight
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Documents obtained by the Project on Government Oversight or POGO, show the Small Business Administration forgave millions of loans it knew might be fraudulent. SBA issued the loans under the Payroll Protection Plan, a big element of federal pandemic relief.
October 14, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Social Security makes some progress in reducing payments to dead people. Technical updates to the website for IG reports expected to produce even more government transparency. And AT&T public sector has a new leader: Zee Hussain.
October 13, 2022 -
According to Government Accountability Office auditors, VA falls short and planning and managing its crucial acquisition workforce.
October 12, 2022 -
A federal judge ruled that USPS policy changes, including a decision to limit late and extra truck trips between mail processing plants and post offices, were the “primary factor” behind reduced mail service ahead of the 2020 election.
October 11, 2022 -
The General Services Administration’s inspector general released its third report or alert over the last year about the data behind the Transactional Data Reporting program.
October 11, 2022 -
TSA is looking to scale up a pilot program that uses CBP's "Traveler Verification Service" to check the identity of travelers at airports.
October 11, 2022 -
USPS is looking to raise the price of a first-class stamp to 63 cents on Jan. 22, 2023, up from the current price of 60 cents, which went into effect this July.
October 07, 2022 -
Federal employees and their office buildings are facing an increase in threats at a time when the agency sworn to protect them is running into challenges to fill law enforcement vacancies.
October 07, 2022 -
Rulemaking is one of the most widespread activities in the federal government. And while there are extensive rules for rulemaking itself, the extent of annual rulemaking is impressive when you add it all up.
October 07, 2022 -
Hundreds of FBI employees under investigation for alleged misconduct either retired or left the agency over nearly two decades before the Justice Department made a final ruling in their case, according to whistleblower documents.
October 06, 2022 -
The IRS wants to eliminate- a long standing problem; companies who are delinquent in their federal taxes, but that nevertheless received federal contracts.
October 06, 2022 -
Nicole Puri, the chief risk officer at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service in the Treasury Department and the past president of the Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management (AFERM), said the agency is managing operational risk as well as strategic risks.
October 04, 2022 -
After several years of vacancy, the Merit Systems Protection Board has its full complement of three members,
October 04, 2022 -
A conservation group of former employees applauds Bureau of Land Management's moving its headquarters back to DC
October 03, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The Defense Department inspector general finds major flaws in the reporting of insider threats. More than 12% of federal employees surveyed wanted to quit their jobs last year. And efforts to improve the air filtration in government buildings continue to fall short.
October 03, 2022