Budget

• IRS sends Congress $4B ‘aspirational vision’ to overhaul taxpayer services

  The IRS estimates it will need $4 billion in multi-year funding over the next five years to meet the goals of the 2019 Taxpayer First Act and its IT modernization plan.

  Agency Oversight

  January 21, 2021
• Stop the presses: $9B for the TMF!?

  Buried in the next pandemic spending proposal from Joe Biden are big dollars for federal IT.

  Tom Temin Commentary

  January 18, 2021
• Congress getting back to work after storming of the Capitol

  With Congress totally preoccupied with the aftermath of the Capitol riot, and fresh pandemic spending, is there what you might call a normal agenda? For some answers on what to expect near term WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller spoke to  Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

  Congress

  January 18, 2021
• DISA’s first-ever production OTA eliminated $300M in future costs

  DISA launched its cloud-based internet isolation program as a way to keep malware off of DoD networks, but it also reduced the need for expensive IT infrastructure upgrades.

  DoD Reporter's Notebook

  January 18, 2021
• Biden proposal calls investments in federal IT ‘an urgent national security issue’

  President-elect Biden announces American Rescue Plan that includes significant funding increases for federal technology and cybersecurity to address long-standing challenges.

  Budget

  January 15, 2021
• Pandemic-related costs, OTAs accelerated agency contract spending for 2020

  Federal spending never stops rising, and that's certainly true of contracts spending. The pandemic has accelerated contract spending in several categories.

  Contracting

  January 13, 2021
• Capitol has to get back to business

  With a look ahead, Bloomberg Government Editorial Director Loren Duggan joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

  Congress

  January 11, 2021
• What the 2021 NDAA means for future whistleblowers

  The National Defense Authorization Act for 2021 is, like NDAAs tend to be, a vehicle burdened with semi-related policy provisions.

  Agency Oversight

  January 07, 2021
• Contract spending reached 5-year high in 2020

  In today's Federal Newscast, new analysis from Bloomberg Government found agencies spent almost 700 billion dollars on procurement last year.

  Federal Newscast

  January 07, 2021
• Disclaimers, material weaknesses no longer weighing down HUD’s financial management

  Irv Dennis, HUD’s chief financial officer, said his office raised employee morale, converted manual processes to digital ones and received its first clean audit in eight years.

  Management

  January 04, 2021
• In a first, Congress overrides Trump veto of NDAA

  In an extraordinary New Year’s Day session, the Republican-controlled Senate easily turned aside the veto, dismissing Trump’s objections to the $740 billion bill and handing him a stinging rebuke just weeks before his term ends.

  Defense

  January 01, 2021
• Trump lashes out at GOP after override vote on defense bill

  President Donald Trump is lashing out at congressional Republicans after the House easily voted to override his veto of a defense policy bill

  Congress

  December 29, 2020
• NDAA veto could jeopardize pay and benefits for nurses, Gold Star Families and other military occupations

  A whole swath of professions will lose special pay if Congress can't override the NDAA veto.

  Defense

  December 29, 2020
• ‘Uncertainty’ in budget process after OMB ends call for agency performance metrics

  The Trump administration has suspended a requirement for agencies to set strategic planning goals and to share progress made with Congress and the public as part of the annual budget process.

  Budget

  December 29, 2020