Agency Oversight
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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 -
Industry and Congress say real progress has been made on the security clearance backlog, but they want to see the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency and other departments move with more speed to transform an outdated process.
May 27, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Veterans Affairs' inspector general said the agency initially underestimated the costs of physical infrastructure upgrades needed to support its new electronic health record.
May 26, 2021 -
GAO auditors have a couple more recommendations for the FDIC, which is meant to ensures the financial soundness of the banking system.
May 26, 2021 -
The Preventing a Patronage System Act would prevent the White House, as the Trump administration proposed, from moving federal jobs outside the competitive service without approval from Congress.
May 26, 2021 -
Steven Burke, of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, said one of the ways to overcome those challenges is with good business relationships among government customers and external data owners.
May 25, 2021 -
Nothing has quite jelled enough to be headed to the president's desk for signing, but many bills concerning federal agencies and their operations are simmering in Congress.
May 24, 2021 -
A couple of weeks ago, the Patent and Trademark Office issued its 11 millionth patent. For what the milestone means, Federal Drive turned to the man temporarily in charge, Drew Hirshfeld.
May 24, 2021 -
The Air Force said it's moving into a "more operational" stage for its "internet of military things," beginning by turning its new KC-46 refueling tanker into a data distribution platform.
May 24, 2021