Agency Oversight
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A federal judge has ordered USPS to come up with a plan by Oct. 1 to improve on-time mail performance consistent with levels from earlier this year.
September 22, 2020 -
The White House says a new agency-level appeals process for clearance denials could expose classified information, increase processing time.
September 21, 2020 -
Writing effective comments on proposed federal regulations is an art form. Steptoe & Johnson law firm partner Matt Kulkin had some advice.
September 18, 2020 -
Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham said the bureau so far has counted 93% of households in the United States, and expects to reach 95% by the end of the week.
September 18, 2020 -
Democrats on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee say roughly 17,000 community care providers were also potential victims of the VA data breach, which the department made public earlier this week. VA on Friday said just 13 of those providers were truly impacted by the breach, and six had payments diverted.
September 17, 2020 -
A look at how the pandemic has impacted the Argonne National Laboratory's workflow and influenced its "Future of Work."
September 17, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, on-time mail delivery still hasn’t fully recovered from operational changes made nearly two months ago by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
September 17, 2020 -
Congress did not delay the deadline for delivering population and apportionment information, but the Bureau did get a late start on the 2020 count because of the pandemic.
September 16, 2020 -
Politicians, and many voters, have been fretting over whether large scale voting by mail can be done in a trustworthy manner.
September 15, 2020 -
As the nation continues to grapple with the pandemic, the Department of Agriculture remains committed to protecting the civil rights of its 100,000-strong OneUSDA family and millions of customers.
September 11, 2020 -
A group of states suing over service cuts at the Postal Service is asking a federal judge to immediately undo some of them, saying the integrity of the upcoming election is at stake.
September 10, 2020 -
The Census Bureau will wrap up field operations for the 2020 count in less than 20 days, but enumerators have yet to count 15% of the population in 10 states, leaving experts to raise questions the overall quality of the data.
September 10, 2020 -
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. A Trump administration executive order last month ordered agencies to assess whether contractors use foreign workers, and…
September 10, 2020 -
It doesn't matter how big the Navy's fleet is on paper if ships and submarines spend too much time in maintenance and repair docks.
September 09, 2020 -
President Trump's pick to lead the Office of Personnel Management is accused of 'lacking commitment to federal merit system," one of D.C.'s industry experts is leaving his high-profile post, and a congressional committee is launching an investigation into recent tragedies at Ft. Hood.
September 09, 2020