Government Accountability Office

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GAO reviews how the VA is training its claim processors

The Government Accountability Office recently checked back in on how VA is training its claim processors.

Agency Oversight

Federal Protective Service, Trump Classified Documents

Federal security agency struggling with new IT system for tracking contract guards

Agency Oversight

The Marshals Service has trouble managing detention

Agency Oversight

Derace Lauderdale

Federal buildings board: Agencies can save billions by shedding ‘vastly underutilized’ office space

Facilities/Construction

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How the government spends a billion dollars a year on advertising

Agency Oversight

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Why bidders for federal contracts need to deal with conflicts of interest early on

Agency Oversight

First Look

More House appropriators target federal telework, office space

Congress

Why DoD has so much trouble delivering new weapons to the front lines

Defense

Individual desks that can be moved to create collaboration spaces in GSA’s new Workplace Innovation Lab at the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C. (Photo courtesy GSA)

GSA gets a refreshed set of recommendations for dealing with real property

Leasing/Property Management

FEHB, OPM, GAO costs, Stethoscope and money on wooden table representing health care, FEHB plans.

Centralized FEHB database key to OPM cost savings, GAO says

Open Season

Why the government should use more shared services to reduce costs

Shared Services

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Federal duplication and overlap: same story, bigger numbers

The numbers keep getting bigger, but it’s the same old story. Duplication and overlap in federal programs wastes billion. In its latest annual report,…

Management

Success comes from ‘all the wood behind one arrowhead’

The ability to focus long term and dedication to a singular passion is one way many feds have made not just satisfying, but also award-winning careers.

Federal Report

Internal financial control problems can afflict agencies large and small

Financial Management

The Federal Housing Finance Agency says it is strengthening internal financial control practices after a GAO audit found financial statement miscalculations.