2020 Census
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In today's Federal Newscast, an arbitrator finds the Veterans Affairs Department should take down a public record of employee firings and other punishments from its website.
June 07, 2019 -
The House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee included a pay raise for civilian employees in its 2020 spending bill.
June 03, 2019 -
The Government Accountability Office has urged the Census Bureau to step up its efforts to implement hundreds of action items on its cybersecurity to-do list.
May 02, 2019 -
The 2020 census could include a citizenship question. David Hawkings, editor in chief of The Firewall, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with analysis.
April 23, 2019 -
Census Bureau associate director John Abowd discussed the agencies methodology for maintaining anonymity on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 22, 2019 -
A new House budget proposal is silent on federal retirement cuts. Instead, it focuses on securing a two-year spending deal that breaks free of the Budget Control Act caps.
April 10, 2019 -
FEDtalk What do you know about the 2020 Census? Tune in to FEDtalk this Friday, April 5 for a comprehensive discussion of the mission, planning, and execution of next year’s big count. Natalia Castro, Policy…
April 03, 2019 -
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s absence from a fiscal 2020 budget hearing Tuesday struck a nerve with some members of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on commerce, justice, science and related agencies.
April 03, 2019 -
The Census Bureau has shifted its focus for 2020 to scaling up operations to count more than 300 million people living in the United States.
April 02, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, an IG report said the FBI’s current notification system lacks complete and reliable data, making it harder for the agency to determine whether all cyber-crime victims had been informed.
April 02, 2019 -
Citing the Government Accountability Office's plans to increase its capacity to conduct science and technology audits later this year, the Commerce Department's inspector general said staffing up GAO makes more sense than reviving the Office of Technology Assessment.
March 25, 2019 -
For a couple of decades, the Government Accountability Office has published its biennial list of high-risk federal programs. To go deeper, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin this week.
March 21, 2019 -
The Trump administration’s 2020 budget proposal for government spending gives a big boost to the Pentagon and other security-related agencies, while calling for a cut of more than $2.7 trillion in federal civilian spending over the next ten years.
March 12, 2019 -
Members of Congress may be rude, but the Government Accountability Office, the federal oversight agency, sticks to the facts.
March 11, 2019 -
Herb Jackson Jr. was accused of co-orchestrating a scheme to bypass the competitive hiring process and of engaging in cronyism in a betray of public trust.
February 28, 2019