Agency Oversight
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IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig said cuts to the agency’s enforcement operations mean the tax gap between what taxpayers owe and what the agency collects is likely to reach $1 trillion annually.
April 13, 2021 -
A deep dive by the RAND Corporation says it might be time to revise the criteria for granting or withholding security clearances.
April 13, 2021 -
Broader conclusions about the role of the Office of Personnel Management have the potential to become yet another case of déjà vu unless the new director takes a number of concrete actions.
April 13, 2021 -
Through it all, USPS dealt with critical shortages of its employees, mail delays and a slew of federal lawsuits.
April 12, 2021 -
Employees and congressional stakeholders say the VA faces tough decisions with its ongoing strategic review, as the initial rollout of a new electronic health record in Washington state was far less successful than the agency originally touted last fall.
April 12, 2021 -
The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy just received renewal from State. With an update on the commission's work, executive director Vivian Walker.
April 12, 2021 -
Washington Rep. Derek Kilmer, chairman of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin for an update.
April 12, 2021 -
While HHS grants QSMO program office won’t reach full maturity until 2030, the agency is already seeing its work paying off.
April 07, 2021 -
Government-chartered Federal Home Loan Banks, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were all the subject of a recent look-see by the Government Accountability Office.
April 07, 2021 -
Leaders of the House Oversight and Reform Government Operations Subcommittee are calling on the Biden administration to quickly nominate qualified members to the Merit Systems Protection Board.
April 06, 2021 -
A federal judge is allowing USPS to move a “limited” number of high-speed mail-sorting machines between facilities and decommission outdated machines.
April 06, 2021 -
USPS is set to run out of cash by the final quarter of 2022 if it doesn't act on its 10-year reform plan, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said in an interivew.
April 05, 2021 -
We now know what's going to be occupying Congress for the next few weeks or months. For a look inside that infrastructure bill and a few other matters, Bloomberg Government Congressional Reporter Jack Fitzpatrick.
April 05, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, President Joe Biden told Cabinet secretaries to take a "hard look at their agency's spending" to make sure they are meeting the goals of his January Buy American executive order.
April 05, 2021 -
It took an extraordinary combination of government and the pharmaceutical industry to come up with COVID vaccines so fast. For how it played out, Dr. Ken Thorpe.
April 02, 2021