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The Open Government Data Act calls on agencies to make their data publicly available, and for OMB to track it. Some of it isn't happening says the Government Accountability Office.
October 21, 2020 -
Auditors found on-time delivery of first-class mail fell by more than 10% in July, directly corresponding” with the timeline of when USPS started reducing late and extra trips between mail processing plants and post offices.
October 21, 2020 -
Federal contractors can continue unconscious bias programs and still meet the demands of the president's recent executive order on diversity and inclusion training, Labor Department says, as long as programs don't touch on "white fragility" or "white privilege."
October 20, 2020 -
Federal News Network reviewed the track records and campaign policies for President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. Here's where they stand on the issues important to federal employees, including pay, benefits and government oversight.
October 19, 2020 -
Just when you think things can't get worse, consider that the Bureau of Prisons is facing. A growing threat of surveillance of its facilities, and the delivery of contraband to prisoners, all from drones.
October 19, 2020 -
Congress has not finished debating what to do about another stimulus bill for pandemic response.
October 19, 2020 -
The rush to mandatory telework in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic laid bare the state of agencies’ investment — or lack thereof — in IT infrastructure. That same lesson holds true for agency…
October 19, 2020 -
Donald Trump is 74, Joe Biden 77. So it's reasonable to think about continuity of governance when the top dog is incapacitated.
October 16, 2020 -
The Postal Service took a deep look at how Generation Z regards mail and whether it is even aware of USPS and the services it offers.
October 16, 2020 -
Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul said Mathur would leave his role as CIO on Oct. 26 and be a senior advisor to his office until he leaves the agency later this year.
October 16, 2020 -
The Army is expecting to save another $10 billion through its Night Court process in 2022 by divesting from legacy systems and reinvesting that money in higher priority weapons. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told reporters…
October 15, 2020 -
This week on Leaders and Legends, Ghada Ijam, CIO of the Federal Reserve System, joins host Aileen Black to discuss the role technology played in the agency's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
October 15, 2020 -
New rules from the Office of Personnel Management, which become final next month, formally implement portions of the president's 2018 executive order on employee firing and discipline.
October 15, 2020 -
NASA has been busy on a program to use the moon as a launch pad to Mars. It will spend a lot of money to do so. The agency wanted to get an idea of the economic impact of this program.
October 15, 2020 -
When it comes to cybersecurity federal agencies, along with many large organizations and small ones, are still digging out of the cybersecurity hole.
October 15, 2020