Government Accountability Office auditors found 13 problems with internal controls at the Internal Revenue Service. Cheryl Clark, GAO's director of financial management and assurance issues, shared GAO's recommendations for IRS on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. render honors during a Memorial Day address held at Arlington National Cemetery.
Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management Beth Cobert is encouraging feds to fill out the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey before it closes in June, listing changes at OPM as proof that agencies pay attention to and act on the results.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) wants to see updated agency implementation plans, as well as a plan to ensure the law continues its implementation through the election season.
One congressman and the Veterans Affairs Department's number two both suggested the VA doesn't need another policy or rule to help the agency turn around years of mismanagement and a "culture of fear" at some medical centers.
On Memorial Day, we tend to think about those who have served in America's wars, throughout history. The Fisher House foundation also thinks about their families. Chief of Staff Mary Considine joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with an update on the foundation and its latest activities.
President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter took part in a Memorial Day remembrance ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Monday. The day before, Carter attended the start of the Rolling Thunder ride at the Pentagon.
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) told the Federal Drive with Tom Temin that Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld's sudden shutdown of the entire rail system on March 16 for emergency repairs was a "bold stroke" in the right direction, despite the furor it generated from commuting federal employees.
The 8½ inch floppy disk held up at the recent House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing was good theater, but it doesn’t tell the entire story of the state of old technology in the government.
The 2016 Management of Change conference sponsored by ACT-IAC provided several memorable, newsworthy moments this year.
The Partnership for Public Service recently announced the finalists for the 2016 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals.
The Office of Management and Budget indicated at a recent DATA Coalition summit that they will conduct an alternatives analysis to the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, which the federal government has used through a contract with the company Dun & Bradstreet.
Washington is about to get a new memorial to World War I. After a years-long effort, the World War I Centennial Commission chose designs by Chicago Architect Joe Weishaar and New York sculptor Sabin Howard. Weishaar joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about the designs.
Richard McKinney, the Transportation Department CIO, said he signed a memo along with the CFO and an assistant secretary to require bureau level CIOs to submit IT spending plans as part of how the agency is restructuring its oversight of technology.
Federal managers often say they know how important innovation is, but they struggle to create an environment for innovation in government. Nishita Henry, a technology principal with Deloitte, tells Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about some fresh findings that map out forces driving innovation and governmental transformation.