Agency Oversight
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The USPS Board of Governors on Wednesday announced that supply-chain and distribution center executive Louis DeJoy will serve as the next postmaster general, starting June 15.
May 06, 2020 -
Former USPS Inspector General David Williams resigned from his position as the vice-chairman of the agency’s Board of Governors at the end of April.
May 06, 2020 -
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is concerned funds won't make it to the subcontractors who need it most.
May 06, 2020 -
The Conservative Framework for Recovery, Accountability and Prosperity includes a section on how to improve efficiency and accountability of the government itself, and its response to the coronavirus.
May 04, 2020 -
The same Hatch Act rules apply for federal employees while they're working from home during the pandemic, the Office of Special Counsel said earlier this week in new guidance.
May 01, 2020 -
The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association has called for Congress to help out the Postal Service and in particular its law enforcement components.
May 01, 2020 -
Federal Acquisition Service and the GSA IG formed a working group to improve the value of pre-award audits under the MAS program. Roger Waldron writes why the establishment of the working group is a positive development.
May 01, 2020 -
A bipartisan coalition in the House is putting pressure on the Senate and White House to approve emergency funding for the Postal Service before it runs out of cash in the coming months.
May 01, 2020 -
The General Services Administration’s inspector general reviewed new schedule contracts or those being renewed over a three-year period and found the agency may not be getting the price discounts that the government should expect.
April 28, 2020 -
While a governmentwide IG council promises regular updates to the website, government transparency advocates say the platform, in its current state, gives them few options to parse the data for greater accountability.
April 28, 2020 -
In two separate reports, VA's inspector general describes opportunities the department missed to learn from DoD's rocky EHR rollout in the Pacific Northwest.
April 28, 2020 -
Housing and Urban Development and Small Business Administration -- have become first responders. First economic responders, thanks to the series of money-printing bills Congress is passing.
April 27, 2020 -
President Donald Trump said his administration won’t approve a $10 billion loan to USPS guaranteed under the CARES Act unless the agency first agrees to take his advice.
April 24, 2020 -
Nearly one year since the Trump administration first made its case to the public about its plan to merge the Office of Personnel Management with the General Services Administration, the Government Accountability Office said it's searching for the details and rationale to support the move.
April 24, 2020 -
Members of Congress haven't missed a Congressional Record, nor have executive agencies failed to receive the Federal Register, thanks to the Government Publishing Office.
April 24, 2020