Bureau of the Fiscal Service

In today’s Federal Newscast, the military has made some gains in recruiting women over the past 15 years — but they’re still much less likely to serve for a full career than men are.

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.

In today’s Federal Newscast, as more assets and money are being distributed for coronavirus response, there are those looking to take advantage of the current situation.

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service has taken on a larger role as a shared service provider as part of Treasury’s plan to transform the state of federal financial management over a decade.

The Office of Financial Innovation and Transformation sees itself as a catalyst among agencies, one that is “thinking about the future.”

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service’s activities and scope are crucial to federal operations, yet it remains obscure to most feds.

Chief data offiers face a long road ahead, not just getting their agencies to adopt the culture change of data-driven government, but also finding a workforce and the resources to carry out their new mission.

The President’s Management Agenda addressed the need for agencies to overhaul their approach to customer experience, but the Treasury Department has drafted a plan to put those ideas into practice.

Also in today’s Federal Newscast, USDA is facing more congressional backlash for its plans to relocate two research bureaus to Kansas City, and the DoD Inspector General says former Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White misused her subordinates’ time.

Agencies don’t lack for a whole host of metrics for their programs. But do those numbers show the whole picture?