Agency Oversight
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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is allowing USPS to move a “limited” number of high-speed mail-sorting machines between facilities and decommission outdated machines.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 -
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