Agency Oversight
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The trillions Congress printed to respond to the pandemic were supposed to come with a tough regime of oversight and transparency. But that only partially came true.
August 16, 2021 -
The Small Business Administration, as part of the Biden administration’s diversity, equity and inclusion work, is stepping up to increase the percentage of federal contracting dollars that go to small, disadvantaged businesses.
August 16, 2021 -
VA Secretary Denis McDonough expanded vaccine requirement to employees under the Hybrid Title 38, and Title 5 VA health care personnel—such as psychologists, pharmacists, social workers, nursing assistants and physical therapists.
August 12, 2021 -
Attorney Elyssa Santos-Abrams hosted the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's latest Federal Sector Case Update workshop for attorneys, mediators, human resource personnel, union officials and EEO professionals.
August 11, 2021 -
Federal spending for large quantities of medical supplies sucked in many companies doing business with the government for the first time. In fact, five times as many as in a normal year.
August 10, 2021 -
The Biden administration is calling on agencies to identify bottlenecks that make their public-facing services inaccessible to certain demographics.
August 10, 2021 -
Two of President Joe Biden’s picks to serve on the USPS Board of Governors pushed back strongly on USPS plans to slow first-class mail and about a third of first-class packages.
August 06, 2021 -
For several years, agency acquisition shops have been getting more comfortable with buying outside of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
August 06, 2021 -
As detailed as solicitations and procurement rules might be, protests are a regular part of the federal contracting scene. Joseph Petrillo, attorney at the law firm Smith Pachter McWhorter, provided some analysis on the topic.
August 05, 2021 -
Rebuilding the federal workforce -- and the Office of Personnel Management itself -- is the top priority for the agency's new director, Kiran Ahuja.
August 04, 2021 -
The Postal Service, as an independent agency, is setting its own rules on masks and vaccines apart from the rest of the federal workforce, but is seeing an uptick in employees who need to quarantine as the delta variant of COVID-19 presents new challenges for the agency.
August 03, 2021 -
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services not only pay for health care but they accredit the organizations that deliver the programs.
August 02, 2021 -
A call made in August 2014 led to the Justice Department reaching a $25 million False Claims Act settlement with a Boeing subsidiary earlier this year that allegedly sold used and refurbished drone parts to the Navy and Special Operations Command (SOCOM) for the price of new materials.
July 30, 2021 -
The White House wants to change how it employs the law that oversees agency cybersecurity efforts, while Congress is also eyeing reform legislation.
July 30, 2021 -
SIGAR will retain a small staff inside the country for as long as the security situation allows. And though it wouldn't be an ideal situation, much of its work could still be done without auditors and investigators on the ground.
July 30, 2021