The Office of Information Policy published data on FOIA request processing from the annual reports of 100 agencies.
The Office of Personnel Management is encouraging federal employees in the Washington area to telework or use other alternative workplace options during the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit. Due to security perimeters and road closures, "significant commuting delays and travel disruptions" are expected March 31 and April 1.
Congress is skeptic of the Office of Personnel Management's new IT infrastructure project, otherwise known as "Shell," due to previous warnings from the agency's inspector general. OPM's former IG referred to the system as "at risk of project failure." OPM is asking for $37 million to begin planning and migrating old systems to the new infrastructure in fiscal 2017.
Mary Davie, assistant commissioner of the Integrated Technology Service, Federal Acquisition Service, joins host Roger Waldron on In Depth to discuss ITS's government wide contract vehicles. March 8, 2016
Senior Executive Service candidates can now submit a resume as part of their application package to the Qualification Review Board, the Office of Personnel Management said. OPM has a few suggestions for agencies to shorten the submission process for SES candidates. The guidance is the latest in a series of memos addressing the President's executive order on SES reforms.
A group of Republican senators criticized the Merit Systems Protection Board for overturning disciplinary actions taken against corrupt Veterans Affairs Department bureaucrats. The board and its array of administrative judges almost always uphold agency actions. Attorney Debra D'Agostino, partner at the Federal Practice Group, helps Federal Drive with Tom Temin sort things out.
Auditors at the Government Accountability Office are finding such large flaws in agencies' annual financial statements they can't render an opinion on them. It's a result of persistent material weaknesses. Robert Dacey, chief accountant at the GAO, gives Federal Drive with Tom Temin a complete rundown.
President Barack Obama in February presented his eighth and final budget, which includes a list of programs he'd like to see reduced or ended. How and why do programs end up on the chopping block, and what might save them from the cut?
The Senate is considering a series of new bills that would alter the Veterans Affairs Department's current Choice program, which lets veterans find a private care provider rather than a VA doctor. VA leaders and Congress both say the department's current program is not working.
The new version of Circular A-123 is coming out soon. Mallory Barg Bulman, research director at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what new financial control guidance the policy document will contain.
If innovators in industry can do it, why is the government — one of the world’s largest buyers of information technology — lagging behind when it comes to adopting digital technology?
Lt. Gen. John Murray, deputy chief of staff for the U.S. Army, said the service is carefully weighing the recommendations made by the National Commission on the Future of the Army.
Federal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott released a draft open source software policy with a goal of reducing duplicative purchases and taking advantage of industry best practices by sharing reusable source code.
The Project on Government Oversight is accusing the DoD Inspector General of “systemic weaknesses and apparent cultural aversion to whistleblowers.” DoD IG said that is just not the case.
Recent research shows a mismatch between what federal managers think and what constituents think when it comes to customer service. Bob Tobias, founder of the Key Leadership Program at American University, shares his insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.