FBI headquarters

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department is changing its rules regarding religious materials at its facilities.

House Democrats made the probe a top priority request when they took over the chamber’s majority in January.

The commander of the nation’s top cyber security agencies — the National Security Agency and the U.S. Cyber Command — will not confirm that he has recommended the two agencies split from one another next year.

The General Services Administration sent the House a letter from the FBI which took full responsibility for deciding to keep its headquarters downtown.

A district court judge has ordered the General Service Administration to release appraisal information about the FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover Building, as well as offers GSA received for the property.

The comprehensive spending package will give Oversight.gov — a one-stop shop for inspectors general reports— the modest $2 million it requested last fall to expand the website’s capabilities.

The General Services Administration must conduct a more thorough search of records it has on the FBI headquarters in Washington, a District Court judge ruled Monday, after a watchdog group filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

In today’s Federal Newscast, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it avoided handing out more than $4.5 billion in improper payments under one of its signature programs in fiscal 2018.

House Democrats anticipate a full slate of investigations and oversight actions once they gain the majority in January, but on at least one longstanding issue, the Justice Department’s inspector general has given no indication of whether his office look into the matter. 

In today’s Federal Newscast, the CFO Council and Bureau of the Fiscal Service creates a new playbook with information to help agencies reduce the risk of fraud.