Agency Oversight
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The agency, part of Congress, has come a long way from its origins in bean counting. Federal Drive with Tom Temin got a brief overview from the GAO's Chief Operating Officer Kate Siggerud.
July 14, 2021 -
The Professional Services Council, which represents hundreds of IT contractors, is out with its annual business forecast scorecard. Federal Drive with Tom Temin discussed with the PSC's executive vice president for policy, Stephanie Kostro.
July 13, 2021 -
GSA has redesigned its auctions, which act as a clearinghouse for the government’s surplus assets and equipment, to include cryptocurrency.
July 12, 2021 -
GAO, which turns 100 years old this month, estimates every dollar Congress invests in its budget flags about $114 in potential cost savings.
July 09, 2021 -
Celeste Drake, the director of the Made in America Office in OMB, said a new website run by GSA will help agencies and businesses find and use data to drive domestic sourcing decisions.
July 08, 2021 -
Former federal statistical officials say the memo provides detailed directions for agencies in navigating a major culture change — one that predates the past two years under the Evidence Act.
July 07, 2021 -
Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the latest from the director of information technology and cybersecurity issues at the Government Accountability Office, Vijay D'Souza.
July 07, 2021 -
The National Taxpayer Advocate is warning Congress that the IRS has fallen behind on hiring goals in recent years, and that its human resources office may not have the resources needed to bring a large influx of new hires into the agency.
July 06, 2021 -
National Taxpayer Advocate has some simple, straightforward steps for the IRS to get past its persistent service troubles.
July 06, 2021 -
Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the latest congressional outlook from WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller.
July 06, 2021 -
House Democrats and Republicans are telling the Postal Service to push a price increase on its mail products from the end of this summer to at least January 2022.
July 02, 2021 -
The FBI has opened more than two dozen grand jury investigations this year alone related to federal contracting fraud.
July 02, 2021 -
The Department of Homeland Security is moving ahead with plans to build its Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency a new headquarters on a consolidated DHS campus.
July 01, 2021 -
The ongoing ransomware attacks have everybody spooked. Congress and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are both contemplating ways to get industry to do something they've supposedly been doing for years.
July 01, 2021 -
Prisons and detention facilities, in general, had some of the toughest challenges getting through the pandemic.
July 01, 2021