CARES Act
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In today's Federal Newscast, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro implores agencies and Congress to implement what he called 16 concrete recommendations immediately to significantly improve the nation’s response to the current pandemic.
September 22, 2020 -
The rapid payout program spawned by the government's coronavirus response legislation has sharpened an old problem. A small but persistent percentage of Americans entitled to various benefits programs don't have bank accounts.
September 08, 2020 -
USPTO Director Andrei Iancu explained to how the telework experience helped in the pandemic when everyone was forced home. But first, Temin asked him about worldwide intellectual property cooperation.
August 28, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Thousands of participants, embracing the CARES Act, have taken money out of their TSPs. Furloughs at USCIS have been canceled or, perhaps, just postponed. And Chad Wolf might finally get a permanent job, after serving as acting DHS secretary since November.
August 26, 2020 -
The CARES Act provided new unemployment payments to those hurt by the pandemic, but also created major IT challenges for states.
August 21, 2020 -
A few years after setting goals to modernize the federal financial system, the Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service has already seen much of its work pay off during the coronavirus pandemic.
August 17, 2020 -
Companies filing for reimbursements under $2 million may get streamlined service.
August 14, 2020 -
As Congress debates, to put it politely, what if anything should be in a next pandemic relief legislation, some members are starting to ask if they and their staffs ought to be tested for the pesky germ.
August 10, 2020 -
Billions from the CARES Act, passed in March and intended for struggling non-profits, are still bottled up in bureaucracy.
August 10, 2020 -
IRS staff members knew ahead of time that some of the individual payments for pandemic relief would go to the deceased because of how timely vital records data comes in from Social Security.
August 10, 2020 -
With Congress and Trump administration still divided over the terms of the next coronavirus spending bill, top Democrats have doubled down on measures that would bolster the Postal Service ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
August 06, 2020 -
Tens of thousands of Thrift Savings Plan participants have taken advantage of the extra loan and withdrawal options Congress included in March's coronavirus relief legislation.
August 03, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, agencies have spent almost $18 billion on goods and services in response to the coronavirus pandemic from March to June, and 47% of that was not competed among vendors.
July 30, 2020 -
When the CARES Act passed, lots of people got jobs to do in disbursing more than $2 trillion. Inspectors general got the job of holding everyone accountable.
July 28, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, about 4,000 federal employees have filed workers' compensation claims with the Labor Department due to COVID-19.
July 28, 2020