Financial Management

FILE - Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks during the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The chairman and ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to an advocacy group for minor leaguers asking questions about baseball's antitrust exemption. Sen. Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat who chairs the committee, and Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican, sent the letter Tuesday, June 28, to Harry Marino, executive director of Advocates for Minor Leaguers.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Senator underwhelmed by DoD oversight of government purchase card

Employees reported buying COVID-related services, but those turned out to be things like plumbing repairs and NordicTrack ski machines.

Federal Newscast

CX Exchange 2024: AmeriCorps, NTSB on using TMF funding to reimagine systems and services

IT Modernization

Treasury giving agencies a fighting chance to prevent fraud

Agency Oversight

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Without full year budget, Navy to face $40B shortfall

Navy

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Lawmakers flag concerns with payment delays, cost overruns for Coast Guard’s new financial system

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2020 file photo, postal workers load their mail delivery vehicles at the Panorama city post office in Los Angeles. The Nov. 3 election will test California's commitment to voting by mail as the nation's most populous state will offer fewer in-person polling places hoping it will convince more people to cast ballots from the safety of their mailboxes during a pandemic. If it doesn't work, the state could see long lines and frustrated voters on Election Day compounded by coronavirus protocols that will make voting in person slower in a year expected to draw a big turnout. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Postal workers reminded they cannot profit from speeches, articles or books about official duties

Federal Newscast

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Four years into DoD financial audits, IG says progress has stalled

On DoD

FILE - A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building May 4, 2021, in Washington. A private company, enQ, lets those who are willing to pay jump to the front of the line to get their phone calls answered at the IRS. That has attracted the attention of lawmakers who want the IRS to investigate the company's impact on the agency's phone capacity. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

IRS’ quick wins by procurement, finance demonstrate power, value of RPA

Ask the CIO

Another attempt to revive federal shared services

Reporter's Notebook

OPM wants to help formerly incarcerated people find work in federal government

Federal Newscast

Pandemic relief oversight sheds new light on persistent gaps in federal spending data

Agency Oversight

GSA’s financial ship is shaped by Badorrek’s seven-year tenure as CFO

Gerard Badorrek, who left after more than seven years as the CFO at GSA, said through a series of major changes, the agency’s financial management is…

Management

Key IT acquisition, financial executives leaving GSA, HHS

Michael Peckham, the former CFO of the Program Support Office at HHS, is one of several executives retiring after more than 30 years in government.

Reporter's Notebook

DoD chief financial officers can help link ‘the boardroom to the battlespace’

Defense

Deputy Comptroller for Enterprise Data and Business Performance Gregory Little considers this the right time to be in DoD financial management as staff are transitioning from scorekeeper roles to ones of more strategic value-added business partners.