Government Accountability Office
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Congress killed off the Office of Technology Assessment in the mid-90s, but members of the House Appropriations Committee have taken the first step toward bringing it back. The committee, in a draft of the fiscal…
May 01, 2019 -
Diana Maurer of the Government Accountability Office joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss of the shortage of F-35 spare parts.
May 01, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is looking to require all fixed price contracts be paid out through performance-based contractual payments.
April 30, 2019 -
Government Accountability Office's Natural Resources and Environment team director Allison Bawden joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to detail the growing site maintaining the nation's arsenal of thermonuclear weapons.
April 29, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, federal employees may soon have some new flexibility to make up time taken off for religious purposes.
April 29, 2019 -
Even the best plans can fail in the face of sudden policy changes. Keepers of the nuclear arsenal are scrambling.
April 25, 2019 -
Having data behind which programs work and which don't can make some tough budget decisions at TSA go a little more smoothly.
April 25, 2019 -
The St. Elizabeths campus now houses senior DHS management officials, but the ongoing project still serves as a reminder that the agency faces an uphill battle when it comes to functioning like a unified agency – an issue it’s faced since its creation more than 15 years ago.
April 24, 2019 -
Social Security and Medicare are both moving toward their insolvency dates. If everyone likes them, why not fix them?
April 23, 2019 -
Carol Harris, GAO director of IT acquisition, goes over agencies struggling with Data Center Optimization Initiative goals on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 22, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Labor Department will pilot a faster approach to discretionary suspension and debarment with its Inspector General and its Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management.
April 22, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, TIGTA found the IRS doesn't always follow its own procedures for reviewing and adjudicating cases of missed filings or under-reported income.
April 19, 2019 -
Roger Waldron says growing risks associated with cyber, supply chain integrity and counterfeit products must push the government to evolve its response effort.
April 19, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the personal information of hundreds of federal agents and police officers appears to have been stolen from websites affiliated with alumni of the FBI’s National Academy.
April 16, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a version of the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act is introduced into the Senate.
April 15, 2019