Environmental Protection Agency ethics officials are reminding employees of the ethical guidelines they must follow if they're speaking or acting in their capacity as an EPA employee. These ethics rules haven't changed in the new administration, the EPA Office of General Counsel said.
The Agriculture Department’s National Finance Center, which provides payroll for 650,000 federal employees, has been hit by a tornado and is under its continuity of operations plan.
Citizen satisfaction with government services rebounded to a four-year high in 2016, driven largely by improved performances on the part of government websites.
President Donald Trump's promise for restore American manufacturing jobs and the debate surrounding it seems to somehow settle on the automobile industry. Cars and car-building are hemmed in by a variety of federal agencies. Kristin Dziczek, director of the industry and labor economics group at Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
This fed spent the night with his girlfriend — in an official Bureau of Land Management trailer.
The Government Accountability Office had some hard truths for the Veterans Affairs Department, which has failed to produce more modern, interoperable IT systems after years of failed pilots and heated congressional hearings. GAO says VA should drop its plans to modernize VistA and find a commercial option instead.
The Agriculture Department’s National Finance Center, which provides payroll for 650,000 federal employees, has initiated its continuity of operations plan after New Orleans was hit by severe weather.
Two Democrat senators are prodding the White House for more information on the private email accounts used by Trump administration senior officials.
Congress is slow to confirm President Donald Trump's nominees and the administration's budget proposal will most likely be delayed. David Hawkings, senior editor at Roll Call, spoke on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about what to expect in the upcoming weeks.
The National Strategy for Trusted Identities is paving the way for government websites to ensure online visitors are who they say they are. Erik Avakian, chief information security officer of Pennsylvania, told Federal Drive with Tom Temin how the program began and how it promotes security.
The Department of Congress opened the conversation as to what the internet of things means for the department and what its role should be in connectivity. Joshua New, policy analyst at the Center for Data Innovation, discusses the department's report on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Lead time and planning efforts for an executive order can vary based on the topic, complexity and urgency, but former Bush and Obama administration officials say inter-agency collaboration is key. But some lawmakers have several questions for the Trump administration about the roll-out of some recent executive orders.
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is pushing for funds left behind last year and for new reforms in the year to come.
You don't have to be an old-timer to sense how rigid and bitter Washington has become, exemplified by the lack of comity in Congress. Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Stan Brand, a long-time Washington insider and former counsel to the House, attorney and now senior council at Akin Gump, for some perspective.
Whistleblowers and whistleblowing are getting front-and-center attention these days. Congress is revisiting a law that protects whistleblowers from retribution. Federal News Radio’s Scott Maucione tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about any changes members want to make to the system under which employees report wrongdoing.