accountability

Like all large departments, the US Postal Service has a comprehensive ethics policy and program. But how effective is it?

In today’s Federal Newscast, the president has named Tamara Bonzanto to take over as the new assistant secretary for the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection at the Veterans Affairs Department.

From buildings that collapse in the rain to crooked contractors, the special inspector general for Afghanistan Reconstruction has seen it all.

Mike Stuart, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss efforts to check for public corruption in West Virginia.

In today’s Federal Newscast, three years after OPM’s data breach, members of the House Oversight Committee say the agency still hasn’t done much to modernize its IT.

VA looks headed for its sixth secretary in five years.

Two members of Congress have introduced separate bills that would extend expedited disciplinary and removal procedures to employees and senior executives at the Education and Labor Departments.

Rep. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) is advocating for an audit of the VA it’s important to make sure money and resources are being applied in the most effective manner.

The Office of Management and Budget is ready to start tracking progress on improving performance and accountability. Here’s what two departments have done.

According to the Veterans Affairs Department’s new reports detailing all major disciplinary actions for its workers, VA is on track to fire fewer people in 2017 than it has during the past six fiscal years. Federal employment experts say the new adverse action reports lack some significant details about VA’s efforts to improve accountability and transparency.