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New reports by the agency’s inspector general and a private company, called Security Scorecard, both highlight the space agency’s struggles around management and to control malware on their network.
The Postal Regulatory Commission mandated that USPS reduce its postal rates for the first time in 100 years, a move that could cost the organization more than $2 billion in annual revenue.
The House Armed Services Committee is proposing to leave some funding on the table and deal with it in April.
Senior officials with the Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget say the answer of whether or not the May 2017 full roll-out of the DATA Act is more complicated than a simple yes or no.
A new report singles out DoD's workforce, TRICARE and service contracts as areas of future change.
The Senate will take on its 12 annual budget bills this week. But the House is not moving so fast. It fact, some members want to roll back the budget resolutions so laboriously worked out last year. Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin it's not shaping up to be a super productive week on Capitol Hill.
Four bills aimed at improving IRS accountability passed the House Ways and Means Committee, but not without strenuous objections.
For too long, the budget and appropriations process hampered agencies and their ability to buy and modernize legacy IT systems, Federal CIO Tony Scott said. The Office of Management and Budget is submitting its proposal to Congress for a $3.1 billion IT modernization fund.
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said his agency is working to both strengthen the security around taxpayer information, while also allowing taxpayers access to their own data. And doing it on a smaller budget and with fewer IT experts.
Craig Lund, CEO of SecureAuth, makes the case for why agencies should move to advanced two-factor authentication more quickly.
David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call, has spent some time digging into the Capitol Police Department's budget and found it's increased almost every year since 9/11 to $375 million this year. Hawkings tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the Capitol Police is among the biggest police agencies in America, but it has gotten relatively little oversight.
The White House sent its legislative proposal to Capitol Hill and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) plans on introducing legislation based on that proposal this week.
Leaders of R&D components of DHS detailed technological projects and innovation processes at a Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee budgetary hearing.
National Treasury Employees Union National President Tony Reardon says the IRS needs to be fully funded in fiscal 2017 so it can hire staff to keep up with an increasing workload.