Agency Oversight
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USPS is moving ahead with the pilot after receiving nearly a decade of postal banking proposals from Congress with reluctance.
October 04, 2021 -
The now-infamous "Fat Leonard" case stretched far and wide into the Navy contracting community and its officer ranks, and it may not be over yet.
October 04, 2021 -
USPS expects these changes will cut costs and improve efficiency, but these plans have received pushback from Congress, mailers, unions and customers.
September 29, 2021 -
The maintenance backlog stands at about $3 billion and the number of facilities is growing faster than the budget.
September 29, 2021 -
A published report cites Labor Department records showing the U.S. Postal Service has regularly shortchanged hourly employees to the tune of nearly $700,000 in back pay.
September 27, 2021 -
The PRAC, which will continue to operate until the end of September 2025, is learning its own lessons overseeing more than $5 trillion in COVID-19 spending.
September 24, 2021 -
Senior officials supported fines for companies that don't comply with proposed cyber reporting regulations.
September 23, 2021 -
The Saving Money and Accelerating Repairs Through (SMART) Leasing Act would allow agencies to sublease underutilized real estate to “any person or entity at fair market value,” including another federal, state, or local government agency.
September 23, 2021 -
Even though President Joe Biden reversed many of the policies of his predecessor Donald Trump, there's one thing the administration has held on to, much to the chagrin of Congress.
September 23, 2021 -
The pandemic created big challenges for the nation’s immigration courts, which are used to doing business in person. Inconsistent policies and a lack of stakeholder engagement made things more difficult than they needed to be.
September 22, 2021 -
Individuals doing the right thing: what a concept! It's how to keep an agency from losing its reputation
September 21, 2021 -
The Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building, in a meeting Friday, outlined its recommendations to create a National Secure Data Service, which would give vetted researchers access to sensitive government data for statistical purposes.
September 21, 2021 -
The Interior Department is expanding opportunities over 88 wildlife refuges covering more than two million acres. For more on what it takes to make this happen, the chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System at the Fish and Wildlife Service, Cynthia Martinez.
September 17, 2021 -
VA has a model for staffing. But the VA Office of Inspector General finds the model somehow fails to translate into a clear picture of staffing requirements.
September 16, 2021 -
For details, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the Director of Cyber and National Security at the Lincoln Network, Dan Lips.
September 15, 2021