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After considering feedback from employees, stakeholders and others, USDA released its final strategic plan to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
September 26, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a working group in the inspector general community is looking for ways to better integrate diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the IG workforce.
September 26, 2022 -
Management of new information technology: It's always been a challenge in the federal government. Now a new course at the University of Maryland's business school aims to fix that. Many federal career mangers have voiced a need for such a course. Professor and Assistant Dean Joe Bailey joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
September 26, 2022 -
Barely a month after the IRS got $80 billion to rebuild its workforce and upgrade its legacy IT, House Republican leaders are making repealing this funding their top legislative priority ahead of this November's elections.
September 23, 2022 -
The Office of Management and Budget last week released what it called a learning agenda for federal agencies. It's the research they need to do to answer big questions. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with someone who wonders whether the learning agenda actually gets to the root challenge of agency performance: Bob Tobias, professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University.
September 23, 2022 -
The Association of Government Accountants will release its 10th annual survey of inspector generals in the coming months with a focus on the impact of the pandemic on the audit community.
September 23, 2022 -
Twice postponed launches of its big new rocket may indicate deep problems with NASA's Artemis program, as it makes plans to get back to the moon and eventually to Mars. The basic guidance the agency uses to manage Artemis may not be suited to such a complex enterprise, at least according to the Government Accountability Office.
September 21, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: A former HUD assistant inspector general is found guilty of corruption and now faces up to 80 years in prison. The Defense Department is offering two online courses on suicide. Major changes are afoot for SBA's 8(a) program. And AFGE presents its wish list for the 2023 defense authorization bill.
September 21, 2022 -
Protecting the health and safety of Americans bridged together the priorities of many of the winners and nominees this year for the Partnership for Public Service’s Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals
September 20, 2022 -
Retired Lieutenant General Mary Legere joins Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends to share the leadership lessons she learned during her long military career.
September 19, 2022 -
The continuing resolution that Congress is debating is sort of like COVID. You know it's coming, but how bad will it be? CRs can go for days or they can go for months. Last year's went nearly halfway through the fiscal year. To find out how this one is shaping up, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin talked with Loren Duggan, Bloomberg Government deputy news director.
September 19, 2022 -
For a period of some 35 years, a million people were potentially exposed to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune, the Marines base camp in North Carolina. Since 2017, veterans from that era are presumed to have service-related illnesses from drinking that water.
September 16, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: A BRIGHT idea by lawmakers could save millions of taxpayer dollars. The Biden administration takes steps to loosen COVID-19 restrictions. And the IRS moves toward establishing the Federal Contractor Tax Check System.
September 16, 2022 -
The pandemic has depressed blood and plasma donations to what the Health and Human Services Department is calling historic lows.
September 15, 2022 -
After implementing public feedback, the Office of Management and Budget published its final version of the governmentwide learning agenda.
September 15, 2022