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Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) has proposed moving the 73 federal inspectors general out from under their agencies and into their own independent agency.
It's been over a year now since President Donald Trump signed the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act into law, which he and top VA leadership said would give them much-needed authority to fire employees more quickly.
The Association for Federal Information Resources Management (AFFIRM) held its annual Leadership Awards Celebration and reception, honoring individuals from agencies, nonprofits and private sector companies for their work in IT management, cybersecurity, big data and more.
Robert Wilkie, the president's nominee for secretary of Veterans Affairs, said he would faithfully implement the VA MISSION Act, but oppose efforts to fully-privatize VA health care.
The Senate Appropriations Committee cleared a bill to give federal civilian employees a 1.9 percent pay raise in 2019.
In today's Federal Newscast, over 30 veterans service organizations asked Senate and House Veterans Affairs leadership to help secure specific funding for the VA MISSION Act.
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.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council creates a new rule to enforce the Homeland Security Department's ban on Kaspersky Lab, a Russian cybersecurity company
The Technology Modernization Fund doesn't appear aimed at helping agencies replace legacy systems, as the name implies.
President Donald Trump's second executive order offers new limitations on official time, as well as restrictions to federal union use of agency office space and property.
Commentator Edward Francis Meagher predicts a debacle will occur over the VA's contract to Cerner for a replacement electronic health record for its Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture.
In today's Federal Newscast, bipartisan legislation in the Senate would shorten the deadline for the Defense department to pay defense contractors who work with small businesses.
The Trump administration has big plans to improve the government's customer service, but Margaret Weichert, the deputy director for management at OMB, says getting there means more than just modernizing IT.
Agencies might be paying too much for the identity theft and credit monitoring services they've offered federal employees in the aftermath of data breaches.