Agency Oversight
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The president made the announcement on Twitter, praising Wolf’s leadership of an agency that plays a major role in the key Trump administration policy areas of immigration and crime.
August 25, 2020 -
A federal agency that investigates chemical accidents and makes recommendations has only one of five statutory members. American Chemistry Council CEO Chris Jahn explains why this needs to be rectified.
August 25, 2020 -
In a contentious hearing, Postmaster Louis DeJoy blamed the Postal Service's serious financial problems on Congress for failing to pass postal reform legislation after more than a decade of net financial losses.
August 24, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, more members of Congress are calling on Citizenship and Immigration Services to delay upcoming employee furloughs at the end of the month.
August 24, 2020 -
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says USPS would seek “more pricing freedom” from Congress, as well as legislation that would reform the agency’s mandate to pre-fund retiree health benefits.
August 21, 2020 -
When the Social Security Administration denies someone's claim for supplemental or disability payments, there are a lot of ways to appeal that decision. But the process can and often does take years.
August 21, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Census Bureau needed to hire 300,000 enumerators but fell well short of that goal.
August 21, 2020 -
A former senior member of the Postal Service’s Board of Governors says interventions by the Trump administration into its operations challenged the agency’s independence and led to his resignation in late April.
August 20, 2020 -
The government's antenna are quivering, at collusion and price fixing. They're attached to a big bug called the Procurement Collusion Task Force.
August 20, 2020 -
Making sure USPS lives up to its delivery service standards, is of course, especially important during the pandemic – particularly for rural Americans.
August 20, 2020 -
Several federal agencies operate so-called dissent channels for employees can express disagreement with policies or policy proposals. But a watchdog group said they're rarely used.
August 20, 2020 -
Initially created in reaction to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Department of Homeland Security is at another inflection point, former DHS and national security experts say. The coronavirus pandemic is another opportunity to reimagine and refocus the department to handle the ongoing health crisis in the short term and other non-military challenges later.
August 19, 2020 -
The Government Accountability Office recently reviewed federal financial management. It found things have improved but a new refinements would help.
August 19, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee is calling for another delay to employee furloughs at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
August 19, 2020 -
The Millennium Challenge Corporation invests U.S. foreign aid into developing nations, but not without a detailed paper trail of where the money’s going.
August 19, 2020