Agency Oversight
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"The 2020 election revealed that, at least with respect to an administration’s senior-most officials, the Hatch Act is only as effective as the White House decides it will be," the Office of Special Counsel said in a recent report on the 1939 law.
November 15, 2021 -
The Social Security Administration would have to implement a hiring freeze, while funds for defense and cybersecurity programs would be misaligned if Congress enacted a full-year continuing resolution for the rest of fiscal 2022, the Office of Management and Budget said.
November 12, 2021 -
The DoD inspector general found serious shortfalls in numbers of prosecutors and investigators trained to handle military sexual assault cases.
November 11, 2021 -
But union officials, members of the public and USPS officials are pushing back on the direction of USPS leadership.
November 10, 2021 -
The Government Accountability Office has been regularly reviewing agency COVID response performance. In their latest report, auditors came up with 16 more recommendations. For more, Tom Temin spoke to the GAO's health care team Director Jessica Farb.
November 10, 2021 -
The Office of Inspector General took a detailed look at how employees view the Postal Service as employees. Priscilla Lee is a research analyst with the OIG and talked about the findings on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
November 09, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, former President Donald Trump’s executive order directing agencies to repeal two old regulations for every new one added didn’t make much of an impact on agency rulemaking.
November 02, 2021 -
The Biden administration is carrying the "Trusted Workforce 2.0" vetting reform effort forward.
November 01, 2021 -
Increased IRS enforcement would not only help the administration cover the cost of its $1.75 trillion spending package, but would mark a turning point for an agency that has seen its workforce and budget decrease over the past decade.
October 29, 2021 -
Michael Binder spoke with Rae Oliver Davis, inspector general for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
October 27, 2021 -
The National Weather Service, part of the Commerce Department, has been acting on a reform initiative since 2017. It's trying to become more responsive to extreme weather events.
October 27, 2021 -
Agencies initially moved through reentry phases at different rates, and the phases themselves had different characteristics and criteria, the Government Accountability Office said. Those plans improved and grew more comprehensive and consistent with more guidance from the new Safer Federal Workforce Task Force.
October 26, 2021 -
The Biden administration is taking steps to fill a major role at the Office of Management and Budget left without a permanent officeholder for nearly five years.
October 26, 2021 -
At GAO's Innovation Lab, which is designed to be a practioner of new computational capacity, identity verification is a major issue.
October 26, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, new documents from the House Oversight and Reform Committee show the extent of how CBP handled employee misconduct.
October 26, 2021