Government Accountability Office
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Employee engagement and satisfaction dropped by 4.5 points in the Partnership for Public Service’s 2021 “Best Places to Work in the Federal Government” rankings.
July 13, 2022 -
OPM plans to release guidance encouraging agencies not to ask for applicants’ salary history, but some say more can be done.
July 11, 2022 -
The Air Force now has about 100 companies working on different maturation aspects.
July 06, 2022 -
The principal overseer of government operations and budget execution also has to go to Congress each year for its own appropriation. The Government Accountability Office uses the savings its caused throughout government as its own justification. For 2023, GAO is asking for $810 million, a nearly 13% increase from what it received for the current fiscal year.
July 06, 2022 -
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. It’s an old question. An agency awards a services contract because of specific people the contractor promised…
June 29, 2022 -
GAO doesn't opine on whether Huntsville was the right or wrong decision. But the office says the Air Force made some fundamental missteps
June 15, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Biden administration outlines its plan to maximize COVID-era IT modernization funds, and a study shows the brain injury CTE is rare in military personnel.
June 13, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, news on a potential multimillion dollar settlement for victims of the Office of Personnel Management hack.
June 09, 2022 -
The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) has been doling out money to agencies for special projects since 2018. The first cohort of projects were supposed to show they would be able to produce enough savings to pay back the TMF.
June 08, 2022 -
A House Armed Services Subcommittee is ready to take a deep dive into DoD's biggest program.
June 07, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Air Force now has its own cooking show.
June 07, 2022 -
Shelby Oakley, a director with the Contracting and National Security Acquisitions Team in the Government Accountability Office, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide ranging discussion highlighting GAO’s oversight role and its engagement with the executive branch.
June 06, 2022 -
The Air Force left out critical best practices in selecting the new headquarters.
June 03, 2022 -
A lot of vendors think the CMMC requirements are pretty onerous. Congress asked DoD to prove the Pentagon is meeting the same cybersecurity standards it's demanding from contractors.
June 01, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, GAO, OMB butt heads over cost estimating for projects winning extra funding for IT modernization.
May 26, 2022