Agency Oversight
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An advisory committee is recommending Congress give a small office at the National Archives the ability to issue binding FOIA decisions.
August 10, 2022 -
One Supreme Court case that generated the most controversy lately was a 6-3 ruling that the EPA doesn't have authority to regulate power plants' greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.
August 10, 2022 -
Fiscal 2024 budget guidance from the Office of Management and Budget tells agencies to invest in rebuilding the workforce, the move toward zero trust and several other management priorities.
August 09, 2022 -
Programs at HHS, USDA and the Education Department remained fairly steady during continuing resolutions, GAO found.
August 09, 2022 -
The Inflation Reduction Act would give the Postal Service $1.29 billion to purchase electric vehicles, and $975 million to GSA to support emerging sustainable technologies.
August 09, 2022 -
Prominent demographers are asking the U.S. Census Bureau to abandon a controversial method for protecting survey and census participants’ confidentiality
August 08, 2022 -
CBP's Office of Professional Responsibility aims to hire hundreds of staff over the next year to investigate use-of-force incidents and other potential misconduct at the law enforcement agency.
August 08, 2022 -
The Air Force had not put the shooter's criminal history into the FBI's background check system, allowing him to purchase the rifle with which he murdered 25 people in Sutherland Springs, Texas, in 2017.
August 08, 2022 -
After NASA shut down its 30-year shuttle program, the agency started to make “small, but not easy,” changes to boost workforce satisfaction.
August 08, 2022 -
VHA distributed devices to about 41,000 patients during the first three quarters of fiscal 2021, but 51% of the patients are not using the devices for virtual appointments.
August 04, 2022 -
The IRS is appearing to engage in politically influenced activities. For how audits are supposed to work, and mainly do, Chad Hooper, president of the Professional Managers Association, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
August 04, 2022 -
GAO has a continuing list of recommendations for the Office of Management and Budget which it recently reiterated.
August 03, 2022 -
Although the State Department has moved forward with some DEIA initiatives, the agency does not have performance measures to accurately gauge progress.
July 22, 2022 -
The FOIA backlog has been on a steady rise since 2015.
July 22, 2022 -
The Census bureau is looking towards 2030 and modernizing the other products it produces more frequently. Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked about some of the highlights with Census Bureau Director Robert Santos.
July 21, 2022