Agency Oversight
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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 -
Congressional investigators say two Border Patrol agents were fired from among 60 found to have committed misconduct for participating in a private Facebook group that mocked migrants and lawmakers
October 25, 2021 -
House fires remain the most common form of fire each year, and FEMA keeps close track of them. With some recent statistics and how the agency gathers it, acting U.S. Fire Administrator Tonya Hoover joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
October 22, 2021 -
Agency inspectors general are getting closer to gaining the authority to question former federal employees and contractors as part of their investigations.
October 21, 2021 -
The Labor Department’s CIO doesn’t report directly to the secretary or deputy secretary, and the IG raises the issue in a new audit that received a sharp response from agency leadership.
October 20, 2021 -
After looking at policies for agencies representing 90% of federal research and development grants, the Government Accountability Office has a few recommendations. For highlights, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to GAO's Candice Wright.
October 20, 2021 -
The Postal Service, ramping up its workforce for its peak holiday season, still faces a critical employee shortage as well as persistent challenges retaining new hires.
October 18, 2021 -
Contractor CGI recently won a contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The task is to build an application programming interface gateway.
October 15, 2021 -
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) urged the Biden administration to create the "institutional infrastructure" needed to support an executive order on improving equity within government services and step up data collection programs.
October 15, 2021 -
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives misclassified more than 90 administrative positions as law enforcement jobs — and provided special premium pay typically reserved for criminal investigators and other officers to some employees.
October 14, 2021