Agency Oversight
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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 -
Bob Tobias, a professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University, has looked into this question.
June 30, 2022 -
The Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee, in its annual report to Congress, found the IRS experienced over 100 continuing resolutions since 2001, and that funding uncertainty forces the agency to opt for more expensive, less effective, short-term solutions.
June 29, 2022 -
Even as the armed forces develop hypersonic missiles, the Missile Defense Agency pursues a project to develop measures to counteract enemies' hypersonics. But the program is having significant oversight problems and technical risks.
June 29, 2022 -
A challenge to the Postal Service's authority to set market-dominant mail prices above the rate of inflation won't get a hearing from the Supreme Court.
June 28, 2022 -
GAO legal opinion says the appointment of Sean O'Donnell to be acting DoD IG violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act twice: once under President Trump, and again under President Biden.
June 28, 2022 -
Remember the CARES Act, enacted at the height of the pandemic? Among other things, it let agencies reimburse contractors to pay employees unable to work at an approved federal site or to telework. At the National Security Agency, lack of controls led to millions of dollars in improper payments under the CARES Act.
June 28, 2022 -
The Postal Service handed out millions of dollars in employee awards in a program that lacked solid controls. People nominated one another and then voted on whether they got the money. A few people even approved their own bonuses.
June 27, 2022 -
Resilience, innovation and employee engagement are priorities for OPM Director Kiran Ahuja to position the federal workforce as a model employer.
June 23, 2022 -
The Biden administration is calling on agencies to improve customer experience across government, but former federal officials say a chief customer officer and scorecard are needed to track and encourage progress.
June 23, 2022 -
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ backlog has nearly 5.2 million cases and approximately 8.5 million cases are pending, according the agency's Ombudsman Phyllis Coven.
June 22, 2022