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For the latest, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the GAO's director of contracting and national security acquisition issues, William Russell.
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.
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.
Not one but two bills would add vim and vigor to the Whistleblower Protection Act as it applies to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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to see the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency and other departments move with more speed to transform an outdated process.
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.
GAO auditors have a couple more recommendations for the FDIC, which is meant to ensures the financial soundness of the banking system.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Despite fines, investigation and heavy criticism, the Atlantic Diving Supply received a slot on a $33 billion, 10-year deal from the Defense Logistics Agency, for which only small businesses were supposed to qualify.
The National Archives and Records Administration's National Personnel Records Center has a backlog of more than 500,000 requests and 400,000 records that need refiling. The agency estimates it will take two years to resolve the backlog without extra help.