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In today's Federal Newscast: Senator Ron Wyden thinks spy agencies might be going too far to get data on Americans. The Treasury's IG says the IRS could improve on how it awards cash to whistleblowers. And Congress looks to eliminate the Pentagon’s office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation.
June 13, 2023 -
As the federal government struggles to find ways to recruit new talent and retain current employees, some agencies are finding success through diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) working groups.
June 09, 2023 -
Traci DiMartini, stepping down from her role as chief human capital officer at the General Services Administration, will move to IRS at the end of June.
June 09, 2023 -
An independent agency created to fast-track the sale of excess federal properties is falling behind on its goals envisioned more than six years ago, and is running into many of the bureaucratic hurdles it was meant to bypass.
June 08, 2023 -
Last year the federal government deputed a three-digit suicide prevention hotline phone number. 988. It replaced a 10-digit number. The new number is thanks to the work of a team at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
June 08, 2023 -
While the politicians debate how much money it should have, the IRS cranked dutifully away this past tax filing season. The agency says it operated on schedule for the first time since 2020, the advent of the pandemic.
June 08, 2023 -
Army Maj. Gen. Deborah Kotulich joined host Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends to discuss how to create a collaborative and productive working environment.
June 08, 2023 -
Mark Borkowski (left), the chief acquisition officer and assistant commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection directorate in the Homeland Security Department, will leaver federal service on June 30.
June 07, 2023 -
A new problem has emerged for the long-troubled F-35 joint strike fighter program. It concerns spare parts, and who accounts for them. Are they government-furnished parts or should they be accounted for under a contract.
June 07, 2023 -
If there is one civilian agency in the United States whose mission is as important to our national defense – and possibly more difficult – as the Defense Department, it is the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. So I invited CISA’s Deputy Director Nitin Natarajan to the studio recently to tell folks how his agency is dealing with those challenges.
June 07, 2023 -
The Federal Research Division (FRC), an office within the Library of Congress, is celebrating its 75th year in operation. During that time, it has provided much needed non-partisan, custom-tailored research to federal agencies and others involved in governmental operations.
June 06, 2023 -
There's the business climate. And there's the environmental climate. Officials at Customs and Border Protection want to talk with industry about the impact of international trade on the climate … and they're organizing an event to share ideas.
June 05, 2023 -
Debt ceiling, debt ceiling, debt ceiling. It's all you've heard from members of Congress and those who cover it. Now that all parties involved have come to an agreement to raise it, what does it mean for federal agency budgets?
June 05, 2023 -
Few people can boast 50 years of federal service. But Federal Drive host Tom Temin's guest started as a page in Congress in 1972 and he never left. He is no longer a page, of course. Now he is the building services coordinator for the House office buildings, an employee of the Architect of the Capitol.
June 02, 2023 -
Fending off a U.S. default, the Senate has given final approval to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package. It's now on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law before a fast-approaching deadline.
June 02, 2023