Chuck Grassley

FILE - Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks during the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The chairman and ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to an advocacy group for minor leaguers asking questions about baseball's antitrust exemption. Sen. Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat who chairs the committee, and Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican, sent the letter Tuesday, June 28, to Harry Marino, executive director of Advocates for Minor Leaguers.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Senator underwhelmed by DoD oversight of government purchase card

Employees reported buying COVID-related services, but those turned out to be things like plumbing repairs and NordicTrack ski machines.

Federal Newscast

GOP senator demands DEA boss explain no-bid contracts, hires

Agency Oversight

‘OPM sent a signal’: Still no final regulations on 2017 administrative leave law

Agency Oversight

Grassley calls for 10 agencies to account for payment arrangements of temporarily employed non-feds

Federal Newscast

DoD

Glenn Fine, inspector general, Defense Department

DoD’s JEDI cloud contract may have had some unresolved issues

Federal Newscast

Whistleblower: 665 FBI employees under misconduct investigations left prior to ruling

Agency Oversight

New campaign asks service members to share stories to push sexual assault reforms farther

Defense

Chairman Sen. Gary Peters., D-Mich., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, to examine the January 6th attack on the Capitol. (Erin Scott/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Senators want to eliminate any conflicts of interest with government contractors

Federal Newscast

Returning to the office will not solve the backlogs lawmakers are worried about

Federal Report

Senators want to know if federal contractors are actually complying E-Verify rule

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo, the FBI seal is seen before a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington. An FBI employee has been indicted on charges that she stored classified documents and other national security information at home over the course of more than a decade, the Justice Department said Friday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Congressional oversight leaders ask for GAO review of FBI whistleblower protections

Workforce Rights/Governance

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone Lawrence, right, places a temporary teal ribbon tattoo on a Soldier's hand at the Koele dining facility at Bagram Airfield in Parwan province, Afghanistan, April 2, 2014. The teal ribbon was the symbol of sexual assault survivors and awareness. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Kelly Simon, U.S. Army/Released)

Senators concerned over DoD’s sexual assault overhaul timeline

It could take until 2030 for the Defense Department to implement all of the recommendations to improve sexual assault response.

Defense

ATF misclassified jobs, improperly paid out law enforcement benefits, audit finds

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives misclassified more than 90 administrative positions as law enforcement jobs — and provided special…

Pay

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks as FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

Senator looking into potential pay abuse at ATF

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is looking into pay abuse at the law enforcement agency.