Agency Oversight
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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 -
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