DoD audit

• Despite new law, VA still struggling to fire DC facility director

  In today's Federal Newscast, after the Veterans Affairs Department second attempt at firing the director of its DC facility, VA's case against Brian Hawkins is reportedly falling apart.

  Federal Newscast

  May 17, 2019
• Does TSA have a retention problem?

  In today's Federal Newscast, A DHS IG report reveals that a quarter of the 8,000 TSA officers who left the agency in fiscal 2017, left within the first six months on the job.

  Federal Newscast

  April 04, 2019
• Congress holds up 2018 audit as reason to rein in defense spending

  Critics of the $750 billion Defense budget request ask why taxpayers should trust the Defense Department with money, as a result of the 2018 audit.

  Defense

  April 03, 2019
• Senators hope to eliminate federal retirement cuts from budget resolution

  In today's Federal Newscast, three Senate Democrats want to take federal retirement cuts off the table in the proposed 2020 budget resolution.

  Federal Newscast

  March 28, 2019
• DoD’s 2019 audit might come back cleaner, but nowhere near squeaky

  The Defense Department is capitalizing on findings in its first audit, but it will be years before opinions are clean.

  Defense

  March 27, 2019
• DoD audit uncovers millions of dollars in unaccounted-for spare parts

  The Pentagon and its inspector general said recent discoveries of tens of millions of dollars in uncatalogued parts offer concrete evidence of the audit's direct connection to military readiness.

  DoD Reporter's Notebook

  March 19, 2019
• Despite pervasive weaknesses in DoD’s first audit, IG encouraged by ‘tone at the top’

  In an interview, one of the Pentagon's top auditors says most of the weaknesses uncovered by its first financial audit weren't a surprise. But there's reason for optimism.

  On DoD

  January 31, 2019
• Nearly half of Pentagon’s audit failures can be chalked up to bad IT

  In DoD's first financial audit, 46 percent of problematic findings were related to IT, not strictly financial management.

  Defense

  January 09, 2019
• Pentagon looking for 2019 improvements after first audit failure

  A "disclaimer of opinion" was a foregone conclusion for Pentagon's first financial audit before it even started. Now the focus turns to what the Defense Department will do with the findings.

  On DoD

  January 03, 2019
• Agency cuts and boosted spending: 10 biggest stories from DoD in 2018

  Take a look back at this year's biggest stories from the Defense Department, from proposals to cut the Fourth Estate to attempts to streamline acquisition and the passage of the one of the biggest defense budgets ever.

  Defense

  December 27, 2018
• Democrats could bring more oversight to DoD audits in 2019

  The Defense Department's failure to get a clean financial audit in its first go around has riled some members of Congress.

  Federal Drive

  December 17, 2018
• Amid persistent accounting weaknesses, DoD fails to pass its first-ever financial audit

  DoD's first ever audit was a failure, but leaders say what's important is that the Pentagon learns from it.

  Defense

  November 15, 2018
• Lawmakers ask IG council: Are agency whistleblowers reluctant to come forward?

  Members of the federal oversight community told House lawmakers Wednesday that would-be whistleblowers need to feel comfortable about reporting wrongdoing at their agencies without fear of retaliation.

  Agency Oversight

  April 18, 2018
• New identity management approach for USAJobs

  In today's Federal Newscast, the USAJobs.gov website is among the first citizen facing sites to use the new Login.gov identity management service.

  Federal Newscast

  February 28, 2018