Agency Oversight
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Agencies have to start using the full taxonomy under the Technology Business Management (TBM) standards as part of their fiscal 2023 budget requests, but several are unlikely to meet OMB’s deadline.
June 15, 2021 -
The Army has expanded its temporary lodging improvement plans out to 2029.
June 14, 2021 -
The Postal Service’s regulatory agency is in the final stretch of drafting an advisory opinion that, if favorable, would give USPS approval to slow first-class mail delivery standards.
June 09, 2021 -
In its latest look at how the State Department manages itself, the Government Accountability Office found State has made a lot of progress. Federal Drive got the latest from GAO's Jason Bair.
June 09, 2021 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs also envisions additional funding for its electronic health record modernization program, accountability office and diversity and inclusion initiatives, according to its 2022 budget request.
June 08, 2021 -
GAO’s chief scientist Tim Persons said the agency is building artificial intelligence and cloud services in its Innovation Lab to drive toward better analytics.
June 08, 2021 -
USPS this week reported delivering nearly 88% of first-class mail on time in May. That’s about a 10% increase in performance compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2021.
June 04, 2021 -
A series of bills making their way through Congress look to improve agency cybersecurity, location and contractor relations.
June 04, 2021 -
Customs and Border Protection has expanded a cooperative agreement it's had for years with the World Business Alliance for Secure Commerce Organization.
June 03, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a bipartisan group of lawmakers are pushing for a commission to study whether agencies should be relocated outside the Washington, D.C. metro area.
June 03, 2021 -
The COVID-19 pandemic put the Department of Homeland Security in a situation where it needed to get a handle on its workforce data quickly in order to expedite the vaccination of its frontline employees.
June 03, 2021 -
For the latest, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the GAO's director of contracting and national security acquisition issues, William Russell.
June 02, 2021 -
The Postal Service sent its first reduction in force notices to non-union management employees, while the Senate confirmed Biden's third USPS board pick.
May 28, 2021 -
A new bill aims to fix what lawmakers see as holes in the legal protections for whistleblowers. Among other things, it would give whistleblowers claiming retaliation access to jury trials if the Merit Systems Protection Board drags its feet.
May 27, 2021 -
Not one but two bills would add vim and vigor to the Whistleblower Protection Act as it applies to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
May 27, 2021