Agency Oversight
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Warning that extremism in the ranks is increasing, Pentagon officials are issuing detailed new rules prohibiting service members from actively engaging in extremist activities
December 20, 2021 -
When you oversee an enterprise as big as the Defense Department, you need a plan. And that's what the Office of Inspector General does every year, develop a plan for the year ahead.
December 20, 2021 -
Biden’s executive order, in fact, marks the latest in a series of efforts over the past 30 years to measure and improve public-facing government services.
December 20, 2021 -
The Postal Service went through “extraordinary measures” to deliver mail-in ballots to voters and election boards on time in fall 2020. Now it’s agreed to continue with those practices for federal elections through at least 2028.
December 17, 2021 -
The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee introduced new legislation that would require regular reports from the Department of Veterans Affairs on the cost, schedule and performance of its massive electronic health records modernization project.
December 16, 2021 -
Two senators remain concerned these agencies haven’t done more to tighten the flow of drugs, such as fentanyl, from coming into the United States, despite championing legislation that gives them the tools to do so.
December 14, 2021 -
The final executive order contains many of the same elements from a draft version of the executive order that Federal News Network obtained last month.
December 13, 2021 -
The 174-page bill, which the House passed earlier this week along party lines, expands federal employee whistleblower protections and updates the 80-year-old Hatch Act. It will likely face a tough path forward in an equally divided Senate.
December 10, 2021 -
What promises to be a long accounting for the federal response to the pandemic, it's already underway.
December 10, 2021 -
A disabled veteran-owned training contractor found out that you can do better protesting an award in the Court of Federal Claims rather than with the Government Accountability Office.
December 08, 2021 -
The OMB memo sets a tone for cooperation as legislation to strengthen the independence and authority makes its way through Congress.
December 07, 2021 -
The House Oversight and Reform Committee advanced the Strengthening the Office of Personnel Management Act, but not without testy debate that covered everything from the role of career federal employees to OPM's performance.
December 03, 2021 -
The law, enacted in 1939, prevents political activity by appointed and career federal employees while on the job.
December 03, 2021 -
Cost reimbursement contracts make up a small percentage but a sizeable chunk of contracting dollars spent by the National Security Agency. Inspector General Robert Storch had the details on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 01, 2021 -
HHS' inspector general found the department faces significant challenges when it comes to data, managing it and using it. With details, the senior counselor to the OIG, Andrew VanLandingham, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
November 30, 2021