Management
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The Defense Department is testing the prototype of new technology for enabling absentee voting.
February 28, 2024 -
The Homeland Security Department put together an inaccurate AI uses list, according to the Government Accountability Office, which found a few problems.
February 28, 2024 -
Thrift Savings Plan operations continue normally during a shutdown, but the TSP offers some relief to participants who are affected.
February 28, 2024 -
Congressional leaders emerged from an “intense” Oval Office meeting with President Joe Biden speaking about avoiding a partial government shutdown.
February 27, 2024 -
Military service members who want a way to get a professional credential in coaching, have an new way to do it.
February 27, 2024 -
Contracting will continue even with a long-term continuing resolution or even a partial government shutdown.
February 27, 2024 -
Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.) wants to interview VA to find out when leadership knew about the sexual harassment complaints and why they didn’t take action sooner.
February 27, 2024 -
Congress will encounter the first of two deadlines for avoiding a partial government shutdown.
February 26, 2024 -
President Biden will convene congressional leaders to discuss the emergency aid package for Ukraine and Israel, as well as avoiding a government shutdown.
February 26, 2024 -
Whistleblowers filed more than 700 lawsuits under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act in fiscal 2023. That's the most since 2014.
February 26, 2024 -
Dozens of current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority were arrested earlier this month, slapped with federal charges of bribery and extortion for taking kickbacks from companies getting housing-development contracts. The Housing and Urban Development's Office of Inspector General (HUD IG) helped conduct the multi-agency investigation leading to the charges.
February 23, 2024 -
Can the federal government resolve a long-running dispute with the Texas National Guard. And if it could, should it? The Guard, under Gov. Greg Abbott, has been running its own border-protection operation, at times keeping Customs and Border Protection out of the way.
February 23, 2024 -
Russell Rumbaugh, the Navy’s comptroller, said the financial management modernization effort could be delayed if the 2024 budget is reduced or cut.
February 23, 2024 -
The BOP has huge responsibilities in the care and feeding of over 150,000 prisoners in its care and over 36,000 staff. It has an $8.7 billion annual budget and houses some of the most infamous criminals in the United States. It also houses nearly 50,000 inmates who are low and minimum-security prisoners, many of whom are eligible for earlier release due to the First Step Act.
February 21, 2024 -
Whistleblower protection legislation often has bipartisan support. Yet it seems to take forever. A bill to extend federal protections to contractors was supposed to get marked up in January in the House Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. But now it is sidelined.
February 21, 2024