Agency Oversight
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Brain health has come to the forefront as a major health issues for service members.
April 02, 2021 -
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a supplement to its March 3 emergency directive outlining new steps agencies need to take over the next three months.
April 01, 2021 -
The changes spurs from a recommendation from the review of Ft. Hood after several high-profile tragedies including the harassment and death of Spc. Vanessa Guillen.
March 29, 2021 -
The recent, $1.9 trillion spending bill has a lot of elements. It seeks to improve the condition of small business. It also includes money to help the government modernize its information technology. Several provisions impinge directly on the General Services Administration.
March 29, 2021 -
The Social Security Administration sent the IRS data on 30 million Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients Thursday, which will allow the Treasury Department to move ahead on processing their Economic Impact Payments.
March 26, 2021 -
If confirmed, Maryanne Donaghy would take over an accountability office that Congress, whistleblowers and the department's inspector general say has failed to live up to its original mission.
March 26, 2021 -
Things are busy for Customs and Border Protection these days, and decision-making has to keep up. One of the proven ways for managers to make better decisions is by arming them with actionable data.
March 26, 2021 -
The Office of Personnel Management is the object of a long list of reform recommendations from the National Academy of Public Administration. What Congress will do with them is anyone's guess.
March 26, 2021 -
After noting some big corruption enforcement cases, lawyers at one firm are telling clients, including federal contractors, to get ready for increased levels of investigations and enforcement.
March 26, 2021 -
Despite several delays, Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough said he still believed the department could meet its $16 billion, 10-year plan to deploy a new electronic health record.
March 25, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office says agencies need to move with more urgency on cybersecurity.
March 25, 2021 -
The Office of Management and Budget will lead “a coordinated approach" to fold agency strategic plans and priority goals into the Biden administration’s fiscal 2023 budget request and its President’s Management Agenda.
March 25, 2021 -
Transforming the Office of Personnel Management is far more than throwing money at it and hiring more people. It also requires a change in mindset at the agency.
March 24, 2021 -
Congress is doling out money wholesale, including to the still young Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security.
March 24, 2021 -
The USPS 10-year strategy is designed to relieve the agency of $87 billion in net losses it has posted the past 14 years.
March 23, 2021