Association of Government Accountants

Pandemic broke down some, but not all barriers for IGs

The Association of Government Accountants will release its 10th annual survey of inspector generals in the coming months with a focus on the impact of…

Agency Oversight

Two National Science Foundation people win a prize for financial innovation

Artificial Intelligence

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AGA survey says data sharing remains a huge challenge to fighting cyber fraud

Cybersecurity

GSA

HUD rolls out AI risk management platform to fight fraud in grant spending

Artificial Intelligence

How the bean-counters helped the government through the pandemic

Workforce

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GSA offers HQ as telework space for other feds to reduce real estate footprint

Facilities/Construction

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FILE- This June 6, 2019, file photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building at dusk in Washington. The U.S. Treasury has removed Vietnam and Switzerland from the list of nations labeled as currency manipulators, reversing a decision made by the Trump administration in December. In it's semi-annual report to Congress on currency manipulation, the first under the Biden administration, the U.S. Treasury Department said Friday, April 16, 2021, that no country currently meets the U.S. criteria. It said, however, that Vietnam, Switzerland, as well as Taiwan, will be placed under enhanced monitoring for their recent actions. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

56 federal financial systems nearing end of life puts Treasury on fast track to get shared services right

Reporter's Notebook

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Federal accounting can be a more dynamic career than it sounds, industry group says

Budget

FILE — In this June 27, 2019 file photo, a clerk counts money at a sportbook, in Atlantic City, N.J. New Jersey's top gambling regulator is threatening to fine sports books operating in his state that ask customers to cancel requests to cash out money from their accounts, saying the practice is ongoing and

How have CFOs been faring during this uncertain time?

Budget

CFOs dropped ‘business as usual’ in overseeing COVID-19 spending

Agency Oversight

NSF develops predictive model to flag improper payments in grants

Big Data

IGs on pandemic oversight board warn job well done still means billions in fraud

IGs on the committee continue to send up red flags on COVID-19 spending. SBA’s IG office, for example, recently issued management alerts warning of billions…

Agency Oversight

In this Aug. 13, 2019, photo, Dr. Jasmine Saavedra, left, a pediatrician at Esperanza Health Centers in Chicago, hands newborn Alondra Marquez to her mother, Esthela Nuñez, right, after examination. Doctors and public health experts warn of poor health outcomes and rising costs they say will come from sweeping changes that would deny green cards to many immigrants who use Medicaid, as well as food stamps and other forms of public assistance. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

OPM sheds more light on new paid parental leave for feds

In today’s Federal Newscast, federal employees are learning a little more about the paid parental leave program.

Federal Newscast

Bureau of the Fiscal Service sees investment in workforce pay off during pandemic

Workforce

Since Congress approved nearly $3 trillion in pandemic spending the Treasury Department, the bureau and the IRS have come together to get this money out as quickly and efficiently as possible.