Management
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Fragmentation, duplication and overlap. There is too much of it in government programs. It degrades economy and efficiency. Each year the Government Accountability Office (GAO) details instances of multiple agencies doing the same thing. This year GAO found what if calls "100 new matters for congressional consideration."
June 22, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Military service members will soon get reimbursed for moving expenses for their pets. A bill advancing in Congress could mean $63 billion for the Department of Homeland Security and 22,000 Border Patrol agents. And the Homeland Security IG is being probed again about his deleted text messages.
June 22, 2023 -
New OMB guidance tells agencies how to implement the new Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act, which requires most reports to Congress to be made public via a free web portal.
June 21, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The Pentagon IG wants an investigation to find out what happened to 21 vanished shipping containers in Kuwait. The deputy secretary at Homeland Security is retiring and heading to Atlanta. And NASA and Microsoft joined forces with young people in a big DC STEM space, with an eye toward space.
June 21, 2023 -
The directorate is being led by former USDS official Dana Chisnell. The goal is to support DHS's "high impact service providers" and other components.
June 20, 2023 -
When many members of Congress are unable to manage a Facebook account, Don Beyer of Virginia has been pursuing a master's degree in machine learning. He's been at it for a year.
June 20, 2023 -
The Defense Department has been dealing with Chinese planes and ships harassing U.S. planes and ships. The State Department has dealt with Chinese aggression on the diplomatic front.
June 20, 2023 -
The Government Accountability Office is telling Congress that better management of existing federal programs could save billions of dollars in the coming years.
June 19, 2023 -
The office has a short but turbulent history, and its employee engagement scores are among the worst in the entire federal government.
June 19, 2023 -
Over 150 lighthouses have been sold or transferred out of federal ownership since the implementation of the General Services Administration's National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000.
June 19, 2023 -
I spoke with Tekla Colon, Director-Mission Support Audits in NASA's IG office to discuss the agency's DEIA efforts.
June 16, 2023 -
Former West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Warren McGraw has died at age 84. McGraw spent five decades in public service. McGraw was elected as a Democrat to fill an unexpired six-year term on the Supreme Court in 1998. He lost his bid for a full 12-year term in the 2004 election. He later was elected a circuit judge in Wyoming County before retiring in 2021, citing the physical impairments of Parkinson’s disease. McGraw also served five terms in the Legislature, including four years as Senate president. After losing in the 1984 primary for governor, he later served on the Wyoming County school board and as a county prosecutor.
June 15, 2023 -
The State Department's modernizing program includes a news emphasis on data, what is called, Data for Diplomacy. State gives annual awards to employees who advance the use of data to improve things. Federal Drive host Tom Temin's guest was recognized for how he identified challenges in collecting data about foreign assistance.
June 14, 2023 -
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seems kind of new at a mere 20 years of age. But it has a lot of really old information technology, politely called, "legacy systems." The Government Accountability Office gave DHS a list of recommendations for modernizing. But, as you might have guessed, there's still a lot of work to do.
June 14, 2023 -
The new collective bargaining agreement between the Department of Health and Human Services and National Treasury Employees Union includes expanded telework opportunities, a broadened childcare subsidy program and more.
June 13, 2023