Government Accountability Office

FILE - This March 22, 2013 file photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. The Internal Revenue Service is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown, nearly 60 percent of its workforce, to handle tax returns and pay out refunds. The employees won't be paid. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Hundreds of IRS employees wrongfully accessed taxpayer information over last 10 years

Several hundred IRS employees over the past decade violated the agency’s policies around unauthorized access to sensitive taxpayer information.

Agency Oversight

GAO

Agencies saved about $552B by tackling fragmentation, overlap and duplication since 2011

Agency Oversight

Closeup detail of several Social Security Cards representing finances and retirement

Congress introduces idea to change how COLAs are calculated for federal retirees

Federal Newscast

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Agencies saved about half a trillion dollars via GAO recommendations over a decade

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2021 file photo, Fulton County Georgia elections workers process absentee ballots for the Senate runoff election in Atlanta. When voters in Florida and Georgia request mailed ballots next year, they will have to make sure they do one more thing before sending it in: provide proof of identification. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

Postal Service agrees to provide more transparency during election season

Federal Newscast

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Federal highway safety administration slow to give Congress all its reports

Agency Oversight

Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC

What happens when government buyers should negotiate, but don’t

Contracting

Drop in international travel during pandemic jeopardized State Dept passport revenue

Management

FILE - A young man stands in front of a shelve with hard liquor at a beverage market in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, June 15, 2007. The German government's drugs czar has proposed raising the age when people can buy beer and win from 16 to 18, and cracking down on alcohol and tobacco advertising. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

A great example of how training, education benefits people, mission

Taking a cue from surgery, Defense Innovation Unit plans to use the train-the-trainers approach to expand expertise in a crucial government need

Federal Report

The ballet known as post award debriefings gets a new tu-tu

After a lot of cogitation, the Defense Department last month finalized revised rules for contract award debriefings, informational sessions where losing…

Contracts/Awards

FILE - The Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in Washington, April 5, 2009. The federal Department of Health and Human Services is failing to meet its responsibilities for leading the nation’s response to public health emergencies ranging from the coronavirus pandemic, to extreme weather disasters and even potential bioterror attacks, a nonpartisan congressional watchdog says in a report Thursday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

GAO: HHS needs to find ways to shield its scientists from political strong-arming

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, a new study from the Government Accountability Office finds the Health and Human Services Department needs to take steps to protect career scientists from political interference.

Government Accountability Office

Hundreds of IRS employees wrongfully accessed taxpayer information over last 10 years

Agencies saved about $552B by tackling fragmentation, overlap and duplication since 2011

Congress introduces idea to change how COLAs are calculated for federal retirees

Agencies saved about half a trillion dollars via GAO recommendations over a decade

Postal Service agrees to provide more transparency during election season

Federal highway safety administration slow to give Congress all its reports

What happens when government buyers should negotiate, but don’t

Drop in international travel during pandemic jeopardized State Dept passport revenue

Vets suing Army for not recognizing substance abuse disorders in discharges

IRS struggles to process suspended returns with errors and update taxpayers

NSA quietly re-awarded its Wild and Stormy cloud contract

A great example of how training, education benefits people, mission

The ballet known as post award debriefings gets a new tu-tu

GAO: HHS needs to find ways to shield its scientists from political strong-arming