Agency Oversight
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The Justice Department is telling agencies struggling to complete Freedom of Information Act requests during the coronavirus pandemic to finish what’s possible remotely, and keep the public in the loop about delays.
May 28, 2020 -
An enterprise approach to risk management is required under the venerable OMB circular A-123. That's helped push ERM down into agency practices.
May 28, 2020 -
Could all of this have a chilling effect on the willingness of other agencies to issue unflattering reports?
May 28, 2020 -
Agencies, and Congress, are leaving tens of billions of dollars on the table by failing to address fragmentation, overlap and duplication in government programs and functions, the Government Accountability Office said.
May 27, 2020 -
HHS IG office must balance its in-depth reviews with the immediate demand for real-time analysis in the “flash reports” requested by the House Oversight and Reform Committee.
May 27, 2020 -
The Pentagon's No. 2 inspector general has resigned
May 26, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the IG Independence Act would limit the grounds a president has to remove an inspector general.
May 26, 2020 -
In todays' Federal Newscast, Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee worry the panel is failing to hold federal agencies accountable for their response to the coronavirus.
May 22, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a bipartisan bill in the Senate would fast-track hiring staff to work for the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery, who’s now one step away from confirmation.
May 21, 2020 -
A year after a critical inspector report found McKinsey and Company’s prices were 10% higher than originally proposed, GSA decided to end the firm’s schedule contract.
May 19, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, two members of Congress want the White House to save all records on the firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick.
May 18, 2020 -
Officials said Friday that DoD’s newest combatant command will stay at its temporary home in Colorado Springs for the next six years; it’s expected to take about that long for a new basing decision to be made and new facilities to be built.
May 18, 2020 -
Dead people are getting coronavirus stimulus payments, and a bipartisan group of lawmakers has asked the Treasury Department, IRS and Social Security Administration what they can do to stop it. While improper payments remain a…
May 15, 2020 -
In the last couple of weeks, GAO has reissued reminders on open recommendations. It's a long list.
May 14, 2020 -
The Postal Service, a month out from its next postmaster general taking office, will also see its second-in-command leave the agency.
May 13, 2020