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A new plan that would keep the government open through Dec. 11 is beginning to emerge. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) introduced a clean, short-term continuing resolution that does not include language that would defund Planned Parenthood.
September 24, 2015 -
A blue-ribbon commission's review of the Mitre Corporation's audit of the Department of Veterans Affairs says if the agency doesn't push for sweeping reforms with Congress' help, the VA can expect more of the same scandals that put it under the microscope in 2014.
September 24, 2015 Federal agencies are preparing plans now for a possible shutdown next week. One of the elements of those plans is which employees are essential and which ones aren't. Larry Allen is the President of Allen Federal Business Partners. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose employees aren't the only ones who should find out as soon as possible if they're essential.
September 24, 2015-
Jeri Buchholz, former NASA CHCO and now strategic business development adviser for FMP Consulting, advises federal managers to begin preparing for a government shutdown by communicating more openly and often with their workforce.
September 24, 2015 Pete Tseronis, the Energy Department’s chief technology officer, plans to take a job in industry after seven years at the department and more than 24 in government.
September 24, 2015-
With the threat of a government shutdown next week, the impact from the 2013 closure reminds us of the hardships feds and contractors faced.
September 24, 2015 -
A group of freshman Republican members are pushing for a short-term, continuing resolution to keep the government open past Sept. 30.
September 24, 2015 -
Agency inspectors general face a head-spinning rate of change in how they do their oversight work. That's from the Association of Government Accountants, which issued its third annual survey of federal IGs. Auditors said they're struggling to keep up with all the new requirements they face. David Zavada is the director of the IG survey for AGA, and a partner with Kearney & Company. He tells executive editor Jason Miller why IGs are struggling to keep up.
September 24, 2015 -
The Treasury Department is looking for more feedback on USASpending.gov, an online portal that documents agencies' financial information. It's one step Treasury is taking to help agencies implement the DATA Act.
September 24, 2015 -
A new analysis by the Office of Personnel Management and the Defense Department shows hackers took the fingerprint data of 5.6 million employees as opposed to the 1.1 million people initially determined to have had this data breached back when the agency announced the second breach in July.
September 23, 2015 -
When scandals over scheduling and poor health care reached a boiling point in 2014, Congress acted. One of its mandates in the Veterans Affairs reform bill was a top-to-bottom review of VA's organizational set-up and whether it was optimal for delivering health care consistently. That task fell to the non-profit Mitre Corporation. After it completed that work, Mitre convened a blue-ribbon commission to review its findings. Gail Wilensky was a co-chair of the commission. On the Federal Drive with Tom Temin, she describes the scope of the commission's work, and by extension, how deeply Mitre dove in the VA.
September 23, 2015 -
Pope Francis' visit to Washington will test not only the patience of commuters, but the teleworking system of federal agencies.
September 23, 2015 -
The Office of Management and Budget is working with federal agencies to "plan for the possibility" of a government shutdown. With less than one week until the end of the fiscal year, agencies and contractors are using lessons learned from the 2013 shutdown to inform their contingency plans.
September 22, 2015 -
Cameron Leuthy, senior budget analyst at Bloomberg Government, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the current budget, plans for a possible government shutdown, and the long term impact of continuing resolutions. September 22, 2015
September 22, 2015 -
The Office of Management and Budget is using a "cut and reinvest" process to reach its goal of saving money on information technology. But the reinvest portion is still up in the air. David Powner is the director of Information Technology Management Issues at the Government Accountability Office. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose how agencies follow their spending and track their savings.
September 22, 2015