Government Accountability Office
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The government releases too little information about bid protests.
February 25, 2022 -
The Government Accountability Office said in a new report that the new Trust Funds Federal Financial System (FFS) will not go live in October 2023.
February 24, 2022 -
In 20 years, the number of annual reports the Defense Department must make to Congress has nearly tripled to more than 1,400.
February 23, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, five unions say VA should immediately develop a joint COVID-19 training task force to design education courses for employees.
February 22, 2022 -
The IRS, already dealing with a significant backlog of tax returns and taxpayer correspondence, is scrapping plans to consolidate the number of facilities that process its paper workload.
February 17, 2022 -
Top maritime military officials say revamping the Defense Department’s budget process could be beneficial for the services, but say they also see a need for legislative reforms as well.
February 17, 2022 -
Agencies across the board have an enduring need for scientific and technical talent, the type of people that can be hard to find. Yet many agencies fail to use the personnel mobility program, a system that lets scientific and technical employees from nonprofits work temporarily at a federal agency.
February 16, 2022 -
Even if Congress agrees on a budget deal by March 11, that means 2022 money will arrive nearly halfway through the fiscal year.
February 15, 2022 -
For employees age 40 or older, the federal workforce faces a persistent challenge addressing pay disparities among racial and gender demographics.
February 14, 2022 -
A recent GAO report on the personnel mobility program highlights the challenges agencies have faced over the years bringing in scientific, technology and engineering expertise from the private sector.
February 14, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The defense secretary looks to Michael Bloomberg for advice on innovation. Lawmakers express concern over the mental health of Americans working abroad for the federal government. And Login.gov is looking for a new director.
February 10, 2022 -
Congress back in 2010 created a loan guarantee program to run through the Commerce Department. Its purpose was to help along technological innovation an small and medium manufacturers. But the program never got started. Why not?
February 09, 2022 -
The name SolarWinds has become synonymous with a scary cybersecurity crisis. It's one of at least two widescale breaches to which the government had to respond. The other is when hackers showed they could get into and take over Microsoft Exchange Server. The Government Accountability Office took a look at the federal response to these two incidents.
February 02, 2022 -
One of the great parlor games in federal procurement is adding up the number of award protests every year. But because of the way the Government Accountability Office compiles the numbers, it's hard to understand the real patterns. This is the topic of a recently published paper.
February 02, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force is telling agencies to start asking employees whether they’re up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines.
January 28, 2022