Government Accountability Office
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Federal contractors affected by the 35-day partial government shutdown won't receive back pay under the spending deal reached by Congress, but the Small Business Administration is gathering information on shutdown's overall impact on small businesses.
February 14, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Congressional Budget Office takes a look at just how much it will cost for the Defense Department to go through with all of its plans for the near future.
February 14, 2019 -
Facebook is not the only thing unclear to members of Congress dealing with a growing level of science and technology in the work of agencies they oversee.
February 12, 2019 -
The Air Force needs a better plan for retaining maintainers, according to GAO.
February 11, 2019 -
The Government Accountability Office notes the estimate went up by $100 billion just this year.
February 11, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, NASA announces it will be running a test flight of a crewed commercial space craft some time in July.
February 08, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board issues a new interim rule allowing participants in the Thrift Savings Plan to take a loan while in non-pay status.
February 07, 2019 -
A group of appropriators want the Government Accountability Office to review the Interior Department's decision to use fees to keep some national parks running during the 35-day government shutdown.
February 06, 2019 -
Tom Temin outlines why recent cloud strategies released by the Defense Department read more like a way of backing into what the department has already been doing in cloud computing.
February 06, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a federal court rules against an employee appealing his removal when he failed a drug test, after he says he accidentally ate a pot brownie.
February 06, 2019 -
On time and on budget — that's really never been the case for new military weapons systems. But it's not that they don't try.
February 05, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, an internal email to staff at the National Park Service explained the effect the partial government shutdown had on the agency.
February 04, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Senate Democrats have brought forth a companion to a new bill from House Democratic leaders, which calls for giving civilian federal employees a 2.6 percent pay raise.
January 30, 2019 -
Federal Protective Service was formerly housed in the General Services Administration, and has been part of the Department of Homeland Security for 15 years. Yet it doesn't seem to quite fit anywhere.
January 29, 2019 -
For some answers regarding protests and the partial government shutdown, procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 24, 2019