Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Despite inter-agency best efforts, VA can’t eliminate veterans homelessness without expanding its reach

  Veterans homelessness is down nationwide by 49% since the Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans Affairs launched an inter-agency partnership on the topic back in 2010, but lawmakers, local housing officials and veterans still see room for improvement.

  Veterans Affairs

  August 28, 2019
• For HUD’s CFO, IT modernization is all about the data

  Irv Dennis, the CFO of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, said the data analytics portion of the Centers of Excellence effort is helping to transform the agency’s financial management processes and technologies.

  Ask the CIO

  August 02, 2019
• Government asks appeals court to immediately enforce workforce executive orders

  US attorneys asked the U.S. Court of Appeals, which last week overturned a lower court's 2018 decision to invalidate key provisions of the president's three workforce executive orders, to allow their immediate enforcement.

  Unions

  July 24, 2019
• Senate passes NDAA, includes pay raise for troops

  In today's Federal Newscast, the Senate passes its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes a 3.1% pay raise for active duty military.

  Federal Newscast

  June 28, 2019
• HUD Secretary Carson talks innovations in federal housing structures

  Monday was Federal Day at the Innovative Housing Showcase, and for more details, HUD Secretary Ben Carson joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

  Federal Drive

  June 03, 2019
• MSPB: Agencies rarely act on managers who fail probationary period

  In today's Federal Newscast, the Merit Systems Protection Board finds between 1999 and 2016, only about 7 for ever 1000 new supervisors faced consequences for failing their probationary period.

  Federal Newscast

  May 20, 2019
• HUD will use second $5M transfer to move IT modernization initiative to production

  HUD and Energy Department IT executives say they are applying lessons from failed proposals to new ones that they will submit to the TMF Board.

  Reporter's Notebook

  May 13, 2019
• Interior IG nominee has ‘zero intention’ of shutting down ongoing ethics probes

  The Interior Department hasn’t had a permanent inspector general at the helm for more than a decade.

  Agency Oversight

  May 03, 2019
• When whistleblowers blow it

  The ethical case against Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan dissolved completely under exhaustive investigation.

  Tom Temin Commentary

  April 26, 2019
• RPA more than a passing fad, just look at the data

  The General Services Administration launched a robotics process automation community of practice to collect and share best practices across government.

  Reporter's Notebook

  April 22, 2019
• GSA awards new contract to help federal awards process run smoother

  In today's Federal Newscast, the General Services Administration is changing how it verifies that companies are eligible to do business with or receive assistance from the government.

  Federal Newscast

  March 19, 2019
• GSA releases RFQ for Centers of Excellence model to ‘deliver results far more easily’

  The General Services Administration has released a request for quotation for Phase One of its Center of Excellence discovery services, laying the groundwork for GSA to set up CoEs at new partner agencies.

  Acquisition

  March 12, 2019
• Initial IT policy goals come out in ‘skinny’ 2020 budget request

  The Trump administration is asking for 2020 funding for IT modernization at both for governmentwide and specific agency needs.

  Budget

  March 11, 2019
• Trump aims to stem vet suicide with outreach, local grants

  President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to stem the number of veteran suicides with a plan to boost outreach by awarding grants to community programs

  Veterans Affairs

  March 05, 2019