Government Accountability Office
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Congress has a lot on its plate to try to avoid a continuing resolution, including a host of appropriations bills.
August 18, 2022 -
The State Department is launching two new fellowships meant to bring on a diverse next generation of hires into the ranks of its Civil Service and Diplomatic Security Service.
August 17, 2022 -
Back in the mid ‘90s, when the Education Department first started its current Direct Loan program for college students, the program was expected to turn a profit for the U.S. Treasury. The initial estimates were that it would bring in $114 billion over the next quarter century. Now that were here, that estimate turns out to be wrong...way wrong.
August 17, 2022 -
The Defense Health Agency publicly called out seven companies who are ineligible to bid on a $1.5 billion IT contract because those firms won a spot on a different DHA contract.
August 15, 2022 -
Programs at HHS, USDA and the Education Department remained fairly steady during continuing resolutions, GAO found.
August 09, 2022 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Marine Mammal Commission has its ethics called into question, and GAO is concerned the Navy is trying to impede Congressional oversight.
August 09, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the IRS is getting billions more for enforcement, and some feds in the West and Pacific Northwest expect some locality pay to be in their future.
August 08, 2022 -
Tom Santucci, the director of IT modernization within GSA's Office of Governmentwide Policy, and Steven Naumann, a senior advisor in Office of IT Modernization, said agencies must find the right balance of where their applications can be the most effective.
August 05, 2022 -
GAO has a continuing list of recommendations for the Office of Management and Budget which it recently reiterated.
August 03, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: It looks like DoD might be underreporting what it's spending on cloud services. CISA can expect a huge budget increase next year.
August 02, 2022 -
As of July, facial recognition technology is scanning departing travelers in 32 airports and all arriving air travelers.
August 01, 2022 -
Rep. Gerry Connolly’s letter to agency CIOs seeking details about their data center closure plans will help determine a new grading category for the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act scorecard.
August 01, 2022 -
AFGE helped shoot down a plan for an independent review board to look at VA's proposals for rearranging its nationwide map of facilities. First Executive President of AFGE's national VA council Mary Jane Burke explained why they opposed the plan.
July 29, 2022 -
GAO found DoD's Industrial Base Policy Office doesn't have a fully developed strategy to mitigate risks. Director of Contracting and National Security Acquisitions Bill Russell, joined the Federal Drive to explain.
July 27, 2022 -
The Defense Department has issued a request for information on a study of finance. Three years in development, the study is supposed to take a comprehensive look at financing and the financial health of the defense industrial base. Many contractors think the study is too narrow in scope.
July 26, 2022