Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) rang in "wastebook" season on Monday by highlighting the offbeat side of government spending and addressing federal agency spending on legacy IT systems.
Experts who said President-elect Donald Trump couldn't win are now guessing at his blueprint for government. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says they're overlooking the obvious.
Listen to the career people without judgment, but expect them to brief you without their personal agendas.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) asked the Government Accountability Office to review potential conflicts of interest, possible violations of security protocol and issues of transparency and logistics of President-elect Donald Trump's transition. Meanwhile, two other lawmakers are once again raising concerns about the potential for political appointees to "burrow in" to career positions.
Seven thousand Senior Executive Service members will act as the interface between the incoming Trump appointees and everyone else in the government. But, Margot Conrad, director of education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the SES itself needs a little love and attention.
With a Republican in the White House and both chambers of Congress under GOP majorities, will that bring more collaboration in government than we've seen in the past few years? Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), just re-elected, speculates with Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The Defense Department recently deployed systems to let banks and other lenders instantly check potential borrowers' military status at the same time as they’re checking their credit record.
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as his pick for attorney general, signaling a sharp break in philosophical direction from the Obama administration's Justice Department.
Everybody take a deep breath. The Plum Book has 4,000 jobs. It always takes months to make a dent.
Defense Department Comptroller Mike McCord said the prospect of a continuing resolution into the new year is one of the biggest challenges DoD will face. House Republicans seem poised to act on a continuing resolution that would keep the government funded through current spending levels until March.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a House committee Thursday that he will resign following the end of the Obama administration, putting to rest any notion that he might stay on during the early days of President-elect Donald Trump's administration.
The Defense Department's innovation hub chief is optimistic about his organization's chances during the presidential transition.
Hundreds of thousands of federal employees are getting a new boss when the Trump administration take over in January. How do you prepare and how as a manager can you prepare your people? Mallory Barg Bulman, director of research at the Partnership for Public Service, shares some answers on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The Office of Personnel Management released the calendar year 2017 federal holiday schedule, including the plan for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
Few career feds, level-headed as they tend to be, are heading for the doors just because Donald Trump will be president.