Agency Oversight
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A group of senators and House members said "extensive issues with the FBI's current whistleblower program make the bureau one of the most difficult places" to report waste, fraud and abuse.
November 17, 2021 -
Even simplified acquisitions can get an agency tied into knots. Attorney Joseph Petrillo joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with details.
November 17, 2021 -
According to GAO’s latest survey of more than 4,000 federal managers, they’re using performance information more often than at any time since the office started the survey in 2007. Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu talked about the results with the acting director for strategic issues at the GAO, Alissa Czyz.
November 17, 2021 -
Vice Adm. Paul Thomas, deputy commandant for Mission Support at the Coast Guard, told the House Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation subcommittee that the service is investing what funds it does have in resiliency and its workforce.
November 16, 2021 -
Agency has been dealing with employees complaints about parking for more than 60 years.
November 16, 2021 -
Agency planners have been thinking hard about how you feed people on long missions, say a year to get to Mars. With the latest on a challenge competition to come up with new space cuisine, the project manager for NASA's Centennial Challenges program, Monsi Roman.
November 15, 2021 -
"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