Agency Oversight
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As federal pandemic response lumbers along, the lessons learned are piling up.
September 15, 2021 -
The Department of Housing and Urban Development, which has some long-standing issues in areas like Information Technology and hiring.
September 14, 2021 -
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit suggested the Postal Regulatory Commission could allow USPS to set even higher prices for the mail products it has a monopoly over in the coming years.
September 14, 2021 -
The National Academy of Public Administration has launched a new effort to bring together experts from all levels of government called the Center for Intergovernmental Partnerships.
September 09, 2021 -
For an agency that's only had seven confirmed secretaries, the Department of Homeland Security's area of responsibility has grown exponentially since it's creation after the attacks of 9/11.
September 09, 2021 -
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board currently lacks the membership necessary to issue reports and start new projects.
September 08, 2021 -
The House Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday approved $12 billion for federal electric vehicles as part of the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package proposed by Democrats.
September 03, 2021 -
Agencies across the government are looking at AI to speed things up and improve mission delivery. But it can be misused. For how federal agencies can keep AI honest, the program lead for the artificial intelligence security initiative at the University of California Berkley, Jessica Newman.
September 03, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, federal managers say they need more guidance from the Biden administration about the new vaccine and testing policy for employees.
September 03, 2021 -
The Government Accountability Office is planning to release a report in early fiscal 2022 about the cybersecurity impacts of technologies adopted in response to the pandemic.
September 01, 2021 -
The Office of Management and Budget is launching Evaluation.gov as a hub for agencies to document how they will back up program performance with data and metrics.
September 01, 2021 -
Facial recognition technology has gone mainstream in the federal government. Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the latest from the director for science, technology assessment and analytics at the Government Accountability Office, Candice Wright.
September 01, 2021 -
In 2017, Congress created a new system for veterans to appeal their disability claims. VBA's Mary Frances Matthews was put in charge of speeding those claims along, and by all accounts, she was wildly successful.
August 26, 2021 -
Bid protests are a relatively effective tool for losing bidders who think an agency got it wrong. According to GAO, 51% of the protests filed last year were either resolved in the protestors favor, or by the agency taking action on its own.
August 26, 2021 -
As the House sets new deadlines to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill by the end of September, here are several provisions that might impact federal employees and their agencies.
August 24, 2021