Agency Oversight
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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 -
The Postal Service won’t change the hours at post offices and the agency will continue to approve overtime as needed, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Tuesday.
August 18, 2020 -
Researchers at Veterans Affairs perform abusive experiments on cats, after their ability to use dogs was defunded, according to the White Coat Waste Project.
August 17, 2020 -
The Small Business Administration’s inspector general found the four-year effort to develop a single platform, Certify.SBA.gov, for small businesses to apply for socioeconomic contracting programs fell well short of its goals.
August 17, 2020 -
A congressional watchdog agency has found that the top two Trump administration officials in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security were improperly appointed to the posts under federal law
August 14, 2020 -
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. Much of the controversy surrounding a possible November election by mail centers on the Post Office. Does…
August 14, 2020 -
Contractors unhappy with an award often skip agency level protests because they don't want to turn to the contracting officer who made the decision.
August 13, 2020 -
Congress appropriated trillions in response to the pandemic. A surprisingly small fraction of that money went to contracts awarded by agencies.
August 12, 2020 -
The number of open recommendations that are at least five years old grew from 80 in 2019 to 170 this year.
August 10, 2020 -
The Postal Service, weathering long-term financial challenges made worse by the coronavirus pandemic, is preparing for a record volume of mail-in ballots this November while also streamlining its operations to cut costs.
August 07, 2020 -
Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Carl Risch said the department is looking at a “return to normal operations” at passport agencies within the next six-to-eight weeks and “a much more normal processing time” for incoming passport applications.
August 07, 2020 -
Without commenting on whether ten cents per page is an excessive fee for an online system in the modern era, a federal appeals court finds the federal judiciary has been spending its surplus PACER revenue on projects the law doesn't allow.
August 06, 2020