"We have about 140,000 volunteers that volunteer through our grantees. We have grantees in every state and two territories," said Atalaya Sergi.
"There are still some challenges with regard to retirement services and customer service," NARFE's John Hatton said.
D’Esposito is asking FEMA to provide data on its advanced forecasting models and prepositioning of resources.
"We have a mission in law from them, which is to help government leaders at all levels really tackle the tough problems," Terry Gerton said.
"We could view cybersecurity as an entry level problem, but it is probably more of an intermediate and advanced role problem," Keith Clement said.
"There are a number of ways that the Defense Department is kind of at a disadvantage here," POGO's Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette said.
"I think there are a couple of things that companies might want to shift gears on right now," Larry Allen said.
"We want to understand these patterns better to help us better identify the socioeconomic factors," Michael Palmedo said.
Those calls come after the Council on Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency substantiated multiple allegations of wrongdoing by DHS IG Joseph Cuffari.
"They've hired across the spectrum in terms of what they need, but they're still hoping to fill some additional positions," Leigh Ann Searight said.
"There are only 75 PEO offices inside the four services. And I decided to go figure out who they were," said Steve Blank.
"A lot of lawmakers just don't want to come back to Washington and argue over federal funding," WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller said.
The 2025 National Defense Authorization Act has a provision that would bump it up to 20 days of leave.
The IRS told its inspector general that it is reviewing privacy disclosures from Free File partners to mitigate risks of exposing personal information.
"Now that we're in a new fiscal year 2025, we have again the dilemma of figuring out what our defense budget should be," Michael O'Hanlon said.