Government Accontability Office

VA looks to reduce childbirth mortality rate for veterans

In today’s Federal Newscast: National Cyber Director Harry Coker calls for more diversity when hiring for federal cyber jobs. The Space Development Agency…

Federal Newscast

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

USPS workforce diversity grows, but doesn’t always reflect in leadership ranks

Workforce

Federal agencies flag 1,200 AI uses cases, but see few actually implemented

Artificial Intelligence

VA watchdogs raise alarms about steps missed screening hires with drug felonies

Hiring/Retention

GAO

A federal return-to-office won’t solve the government’s office space problems

Federal Report

CIO Council delivers new guide for managing cloud services

Federal Newscast

The nation’s funder of legal aid services gets a new inspector general

Workforce

USPS improves on GAO’s High Risk List, but ‘not there yet’ fixing long-term finances

Agency Oversight

Military uniform with stethoscope and identification tags. Overhead view in horizontal layout.

After setbacks, FEMA aims to complete grants modernization rollout by next spring

The agency expects to have all its grants assistance programs available through the FEMA GO platform by April 2024.

IT Modernization

New ideas for updating a very old scorecard at which agencies roll their eyes

Deep in the weeds of agency management, you find something called the FITARA scorecard. FITARA stands for Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform…

Agency Oversight

Beth Killoran has joined the Office of the Surgeon General at HHS after spending the last two years as the CIO.

GAO gets new CIO next week

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast: Newly introduced legislation would give FEHB participants more coverage for some assisted reproductive treatments. Two deadly helicopter crashes lead the Army to hold an aviation-safety stand down. And GAO gets a new CIO next week.

Government Accontability Office

VA looks to reduce childbirth mortality rate for veterans

USPS workforce diversity grows, but doesn’t always reflect in leadership ranks

Federal agencies flag 1,200 AI uses cases, but see few actually implemented

VA watchdogs raise alarms about steps missed screening hires with drug felonies

A federal return-to-office won’t solve the government’s office space problems

CIO Council delivers new guide for managing cloud services

The nation’s funder of legal aid services gets a new inspector general

USPS improves on GAO’s High Risk List, but ‘not there yet’ fixing long-term finances

Losing bidder again protests 10-year, $65B DoD health care contract

Agency efforts to cut redundant programs save $600B over 13 years, GAO says

Meet the Foreign Service’s next generation of IT experts

After setbacks, FEMA aims to complete grants modernization rollout by next spring

New ideas for updating a very old scorecard at which agencies roll their eyes

GAO gets new CIO next week