Government Accountability Office
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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 -
Efforts to increase the number of female, minority and disabled employees have taken place across the intelligence community. But in eight years, GAO says results have been lower than federal standards call for.
December 30, 2020 -
The Trump administration has suspended a requirement for agencies to set strategic planning goals and to share progress made with Congress and the public as part of the annual budget process.
December 29, 2020 -
The Biden team is listening closely to transition information from the Government Accountability Office. GAO has a lot of online resources not only for appointees, but also for new members of Congress.
December 23, 2020 -
The latest COVID-19 relief package drew on some of the lessons agencies and lawmakers learned in implementing the first round of loans, payments and direct aid earlier this year. The IRS, for example, will receive access to the Social Security Administration's death master file in hopes of more accurately disbursing economic stimulus payments.
December 22, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) wants to make sure President Trump doesn't dispose of any vital presidential records on his way out the door.
December 22, 2020 -
A bicameral group of Democrats have asked the Government Accountability Office to help them track instances of burrowing that have occurred during the last four years.
December 18, 2020 -
In recent years, federal acquisition policy and practice has been a competition between two different priorities: Efficiency and innovation. Instead of balancing these priorities, innovation has taken the backseat.
December 17, 2020 -
The COVID-19 pandemic made a hash out of the Census Bureau's plan for field operations. Ultimately it has less time to do the work of following up in person with people who didn't mail in their questionnaires or answer online.
December 16, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a bipartisan group of six Senators want the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to submit a report to Congress about the impact of the SolarWinds cyber attack on agencies.
December 16, 2020 -
Census had to dance around pandemic, but it will have gotten the job done.
December 15, 2020 -
Career choices, promotion opportunities and workplace flexibilities may explain why, on average, women in the federal workplace make 7% less than their male colleagues, according to the Government Accountability Office.
December 14, 2020 -
The annual Defense authorization bill is filled with policy changes for non-defense agencies, including more than 50 focused on cybersecurity and a host of others address small business contracting.
December 07, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The Federal pay gap between men and woman has narrowed, but it's still there. Two congressmen want to stop government funding that pays for experiments on house cats. And Joint Chiefs' Chairman said America needs a bigger Navy.
December 04, 2020 -
The Defense Department has established a concept it calls the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture. It's supposed to govern investment decisions and make sure systems across the military services work together.
December 02, 2020