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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) received 18,000 tips from would-be whistleblowers in 2023. Since starting its whistleblower program in 2011, the SEC has paid tipsters some $6.3 billion.
Federal improper payments roll on and on, year after year. Among the most frustrating are fraudulent unemployment benefits, federal dollars that get spent by the states. Last fall, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimated that as much as 15% of pandemic-era unemployment spending went to fraudsters, or as much as $135 billion.
The Labor Department's watchdog is not only losing staff, but racing against the clock to complete its ongoing work on pandemic-era fraud before time runs out.
The U.S. Geological Survey has turned to quantum technology to help it with the next generation of challenges in geological science. It established a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with a quantum company called Q-CTRL.
PNNL researchers are tasked with protecting critical infrastructure to prevent and mitigate the damage that could be done from a cyber-attack on software, firmware and the networks that they operate on. The laboratory’s goal is to create the ability to detect potential threats and protect systems from attacks that sometimes originate in the firmware directly from manufacturers.
Sort of lost in all the other activity in the last few months, is a Biden administration proposal to create a new Office of Management and Budget circular. The circular describes a centralized data management strategy to help agencies with acquisition decision-making.
TMF has a new acting leader, a long-time Senate staffer heads to the White House cyber office, and three federal acquisition and IT leaders head out the door.
In today's Federal Newscast: The SEC has figured out how its official X account was hacked. The Technology Modernization Fund program management office has new temporary leadership. And the U.S. Navy gives birth to a new pregnancy policy.
NGA's neurodiversity pilot has been an outlier. But other federal agencies are starting to take steps to embrace neurodiverse talent.
The Veterans Health Administration is looking to raise workforce productivity, after a record year of hiring, and increase the number of health care appointments available to patients.
The 5th annual President’s Cup Cyber Competition is accepting teams and individual competitors in the annual “capture the flag” competition that also includes industrial control systems for the first time.
The Labor Department’s initial return-to-office plan, originally set to take effect on Jan. 28, would have required telework-eligible employees to report in person at least five days per pay period.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an emergency directive after software firm Ivanti discovered vulnerabilities in two widely-used products.
This week, Joe Paiva speaks with Javier Inclan, Assistant Inspector General for Management/CIO for the National Science Foundation Office of Inspector General.