Agency Oversight
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Federal employees, no less than people in other occupations, sometimes have to deal with pain resulting from injuries. In recent years, many of them have become addicted to opioids. Thanks to the work of my next guest, over the past five years the number of federal employees using opioids has dropped by 58%. For his work, he's a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program. Antonio Rios, the division director of Federal Employees', Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation at the Department of Labor, talked with Federal Drive host Tom Temin.
July 21, 2022 -
The Office of Personnel Management doesn't hire people to work at federal agencies. But it has a lot of influence over how agencies hire people. And it provides crucial shared services to help agencies manage their workforces. This year the Government Accountability Office added three high priority recommendations for OPM to improve things. Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked about it with GAO's director of strategic issues, Michelle Sager.
July 20, 2022 -
USPS will now follow a multiple-step acquisition process over the next 10-15 years, and expects to order smaller quantities of vehicles over shorter periods of time, compared to its original 10-year contract.
July 20, 2022 -
Secret Service text messages from around the time of the attack on the U.S. Capitol were deleted despite requests from Congress and federal investigators that they be preserved
July 19, 2022 -
A Treasury Department watchdog report finds a software flaw led to the agency failing to collect $472 million in debts owed to over 28 agencies.
July 18, 2022 -
A federal judge in Tennessee has issued an order barring two U.S. agencies from enforcing new federal guidance extending enforcement of discrimination in schools and workplaces based on gender identity
July 16, 2022 -
The Project on Government Oversight reviewed spending patterns of the Defense Logistics Agency under its Special Operational Equipment tailored logistics support program.
July 14, 2022 -
The Postal Service is defending a nearly yearlong check-cashing pilot, despite a quiet rollout and a lack of customers.
July 13, 2022 -
When two Federal Aviation Administration-certified Boeing 737 Max jets crashed a few years back, it raised questions about the FAA certification process for new airplane designs. Members of Congress wanted to know if there was anything the U.S. could learn from the European Union's procedures. The Government Accountability Office compared the two.
July 13, 2022 -
President and co-Founder of the Legal Accountability Project Aliza Shatzman spoke to the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 12, 2022 -
A provision in the omnibus spending bill for 2022 requires the Homeland Security Department to submit a report to Congress on the impact of most pilot programs.
July 11, 2022 -
The Office of Management and Budget, in an update to Performance.gov on Friday, outlined progress agencies made in the third quarter of fiscal 2022 to empower the federal workforce and deliver a higher standard of customer service to the public.
July 08, 2022 -
Members of Congress continue their interest in seeing the curtailment of animal testing for drugs and cosmetics. Now some members are urging the Food and Drug Administration to develop guidance for industry on how to avoid animal testing for products requiring FDA approval.
July 07, 2022 -
The principal overseer of government operations and budget execution also has to go to Congress each year for its own appropriation. The Government Accountability Office uses the savings its caused throughout government as its own justification. For 2023, GAO is asking for $810 million, a nearly 13% increase from what it received for the current fiscal year.
July 06, 2022 -
The Postal Service’s regulator said the agency met its financial health target last fiscal year, the latest sign that USPS’ long-term financial situation is improving.
July 01, 2022