Management
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The Office of Personnel Management doesn't hire people to work at federal agencies. But it has a lot of influence over how agencies hire people. And it provides crucial shared services to help agencies manage their workforces. This year the Government Accountability Office added three high priority recommendations for OPM to improve things. Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked about it with GAO's director of strategic issues, Michelle Sager.
July 20, 2022 -
USPS will now follow a multiple-step acquisition process over the next 10-15 years, and expects to order smaller quantities of vehicles over shorter periods of time, compared to its original 10-year contract.
July 20, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: With attacks on postal workers increasing, congress steps in. Congress also moves to get injured federal first responders their retirement benefits. And get ready for travel advisories about being taken hostage abroad.
July 20, 2022 -
Secret Service text messages from around the time of the attack on the U.S. Capitol were deleted despite requests from Congress and federal investigators that they be preserved
July 19, 2022 -
A recent interview with the Project on Government Oversight said agency inspectors general are not prepared to oversee the hundreds of billions of dollars in infrastructure spending coming their way. Assistant Inspector General for Audits at the Environmental Protection Agency Katherine Trimble disagrees. She explains why on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 19, 2022 -
A Treasury Department watchdog report finds a software flaw led to the agency failing to collect $472 million in debts owed to over 28 agencies.
July 18, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The IC gets a new chief data officer. The U.S. Army is offering thousands of dollars in signing bonuses to try to increase recruiting. A new legal opinion about the Technology Modernization Fund sheds light on payback options.
July 18, 2022 -
A federal judge in Tennessee has issued an order barring two U.S. agencies from enforcing new federal guidance extending enforcement of discrimination in schools and workplaces based on gender identity
July 16, 2022 -
Federal data experts say decades of research on sexual orientation and gender identity can point agencies in the right direction on including LGBTQ populations in more surveys.
July 14, 2022 -
The Project on Government Oversight reviewed spending patterns of the Defense Logistics Agency under its Special Operational Equipment tailored logistics support program.
July 14, 2022 -
TSA is confronting turnover challenges as air travel approaches pre-pandemic levels.
July 13, 2022 -
The Postal Service is defending a nearly yearlong check-cashing pilot, despite a quiet rollout and a lack of customers.
July 13, 2022 -
When two Federal Aviation Administration-certified Boeing 737 Max jets crashed a few years back, it raised questions about the FAA certification process for new airplane designs. Members of Congress wanted to know if there was anything the U.S. could learn from the European Union's procedures. The Government Accountability Office compared the two.
July 13, 2022 -
The House Rules Committee on Tuesday advanced a revised version of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (Honoring Our PACT) Act that the Senate passed month, but addresses technical drafting errors.
July 13, 2022 -
The Postal Service’s regulatory agency has fired its first chief data officer, in light of pending felony charges following his arrest in San Diego, California.
July 12, 2022