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Among this year's class of new fellows of the National Academy of Public Administration, are a few people from the legislative branch. Among them, Zina Merritt, the chief diversity management officer at the Government Accountability Office.
October 18, 2022 -
The Postal Service says it's ready to deliver mail-in ballots and election mail ahead of Election Day this November.
October 17, 2022 -
Recently, the White House released a document called the Comprehensive Framework for Responsible Development of Digital Assets. It summarizes Treasury Department studies of potential crypto policies and regulations. For what it could mean for federal regulators and the digital asset industry, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke to Dennis Kelleher, co-founder and president of Better Markets, for the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Kelleher is also a former member of the Federal Reserve's Banking and Securities Agency Review Team.
October 17, 2022 -
Documents obtained by the Project on Government Oversight or POGO, show the Small Business Administration forgave millions of loans it knew might be fraudulent. SBA issued the loans under the Payroll Protection Plan, a big element of federal pandemic relief.
October 14, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Social Security makes some progress in reducing payments to dead people. Technical updates to the website for IG reports expected to produce even more government transparency. And AT&T public sector has a new leader: Zee Hussain.
October 13, 2022 -
According to Government Accountability Office auditors, VA falls short and planning and managing its crucial acquisition workforce.
October 12, 2022 -
On this episode, we talk with technology executives Richard Spires, Margie Graves and Dave Powner about the recently released ACT-IAC report, “Recommendations for Evolving the FITARA Scorecard.”
October 12, 2022 -
Improving customer experience is a top priority for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The department has been concentrating on improving service to its constituents, veterans.
October 11, 2022 -
A federal judge ruled that USPS policy changes, including a decision to limit late and extra truck trips between mail processing plants and post offices, were the “primary factor” behind reduced mail service ahead of the 2020 election.
October 11, 2022 -
The General Services Administration’s inspector general released its third report or alert over the last year about the data behind the Transactional Data Reporting program.
October 11, 2022 -
TSA is looking to scale up a pilot program that uses CBP's "Traveler Verification Service" to check the identity of travelers at airports.
October 11, 2022 -
USPS is looking to raise the price of a first-class stamp to 63 cents on Jan. 22, 2023, up from the current price of 60 cents, which went into effect this July.
October 07, 2022 -
Federal employees and their office buildings are facing an increase in threats at a time when the agency sworn to protect them is running into challenges to fill law enforcement vacancies.
October 07, 2022 -
Rulemaking is one of the most widespread activities in the federal government. And while there are extensive rules for rulemaking itself, the extent of annual rulemaking is impressive when you add it all up.
October 07, 2022 -
Hundreds of FBI employees under investigation for alleged misconduct either retired or left the agency over nearly two decades before the Justice Department made a final ruling in their case, according to whistleblower documents.
October 06, 2022