Coast Guard
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Agencies impacted by the shutdown have turned off Twitter and Facebook feeds, while Washington D.C. area restaurants are offering free food.
December 22, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department's Inspector General says the Air Force missed certain steps that could have prevented last year's mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
December 07, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new study by the RAND Corporation analyzes how military pay stacks up against civilian pay over the last 20 years.
December 06, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Integrated Digital Experience Act calls for digitizing government processes and establishing minimum standards for federal websites.
November 30, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management's inspector general assesses what the agency has done to improve its cybersecurity controls since the 2014 data breach.
November 14, 2018 -
Several recent episodes show the government still has a way to go in whistleblower equity.
November 09, 2018 -
Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo, Petrillo and Powell, shared the details of an illustrative case on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
November 08, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the IRS changed the annual contribution limit for 401(k) style retirement plans and the Thrift Savings Plan for 2019.
November 06, 2018 -
The Homeland Security Department's inspector general said it's deeply concerned that the Coast Guard Investigative Service executed a search warrant against a whistleblower.
November 05, 2018 -
The Coast Guard is in the midst of a replacement program for a fleet that's getting long in tooth.
October 24, 2018 -
More than 3,800 civilian federal employees, and more than 9,700 military personnel are currently deployed to help respond to Hurricane Florence.
September 14, 2018 -
FEMA is the most familiar federal player in the drama of disaster response, but other agencies from the Coast Guard to USDA to USGS are pitching in to the effort to respond to Hurricane Florence and other natural disasters.
September 13, 2018 -
Drug interdiction and spectacular rescues using gleaming white ships get the Coast Guard attention, but no so much for its day-to-day activities.
August 20, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a whistleblower and the Office of Special Counsel said inspectors with the Federal Aviation Administration cleared planes for take off even though they did not have all of the needed safety information.
June 18, 2018 -
Forty years after he graduated from the Coast Guard Academy and began a career that would ultimately ascend to a role as commandant, Adm. Paul Zukunft sails into retirement, reflecting on the state of the service, its people and its future.
June 05, 2018