Government Accountability Office
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Freedom of Information Act requests are on the rise. Rising faster are instances of federal agencies turning them down.
February 24, 2021 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs has a statutory responsibility to offer networks of health care providers outside of its own system.
February 17, 2021 -
One budget reconciliation proposal would create a brand new bank of paid leave, worth about $570 million, for federal employees to recover from COVID-19 and care for sick family members, or children who are learning virtually from home.
February 10, 2021 -
No fewer than eight federal programs in four departments have to do with chemical safety and security. But there's duplication, overlap and fragmentation in their efforts.
February 10, 2021 -
Michael Horowitz and Allison Lerner discussed what the inspectors general community thinks of the top challenges for the federal government in the next year.
February 09, 2021 -
Implementation of the CARES Act and vaccine distribution has been rocky. We got a look at the latest assessment from the Government Accountability Office's managing director for health care issues Nicole Clowers.
February 03, 2021 -
Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the latest from Shelby Oakley, the director of Contracting and National Security Acquisitions at the Government Accountability Office.
January 27, 2021 -
NIST will finalize new publication NISTIR 8276 that will include eight key principles for protecting IT supply chains and release the draft to update SP 800-161, which will includes specific steps for agencies.
January 25, 2021 -
When the Government Accountability Office releases its summary of work by its bid protest adjudication unit, it includes the number of cases decided using alternative dispute resolution.
January 25, 2021 -
Automation is steadily gaining control over every mode of transportation. That raises the question of whether employees at the Transportation Department have the skills to deal with it. The Government Accountability Office found DOT has some work to do.
January 20, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office sees some progress in the efforts from the Department of Homeland Security to improve employee engagement.
January 18, 2021 -
Each day the incoming Biden administration names more appointees. They'll soon be dealing with the career workforce. That workforce has some ongoing challenges of its own -- skill development, talent retention -- as does the Chief Human Capital Officer function itself.
January 18, 2021 -
In reviewing 15 large software development programs underway in the Defense Department, congressional auditors found that cyber concerns have the potential to stretch out projects or boost costs.
January 13, 2021 -
New data in the Government Accountability Act’s fiscal 2020 report to Congress on bid protests shows that vendors received some sort of corrective action 51% of the time.
January 11, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, at least 132,000 health care professionals at the Department of Veterans Affairs have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
January 06, 2021