Government Accountability Office
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Lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on IT are concerned that the IT modernization effort is losing momentum.
March 19, 2018 -
The General Services Administration has chosen five companies for the first phase of its Centers of Excellence IT modernization initiative at USDA.
March 15, 2018 -
Several federal agencies are struggling to keep up with a growing number of freedom of information requests, especially as fewer documents and officials' schedules are taken offline.
March 14, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office polled nine acting inspectors general and their staffs to find out how operations are effected by not having a permanent IG in place.
March 13, 2018 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners gives his thoughts on a wide range of contracting issues including the latest from the Small Business Administration on size and status re-certifications and the use of OTAs in DoD. March 12, 2018
March 09, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, 24 agencies plan to consolidate their office space in the coming years according to the Government Accountability Office.
March 09, 2018 -
The Homeland Security Department is finalizing regulations for a new personnel system for its cyber workforce, which would change the way it recruits, hires, pays and retains top talent.
March 08, 2018 -
No federal agency has escaped a close-up look at something by the Government Accountability Office - including itself. Now, GAO is setting up a new strategy plan.
March 08, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Special Counsel updates its its guidance regarding when federal employees' use of social media violates the Hatch Act.
March 08, 2018 -
GAO report found SSA in violation of Federal Vacancies Reform Act after agency goes 5 years without appointed commissioner, or even a nominee.
March 07, 2018 -
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services can't be sure medical demonstration programs actually demonstrate what they are supposed to.
March 06, 2018 -
2017's retirement numbers paled in comparison to those of the mid-years of the Obama administration.
March 05, 2018 -
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February 26, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management told agencies they may need to be flexible when applying retroactive pay for federal employees during the most recent government shutdown.
February 19, 2018 -
John Kamensky, chairman of NAPA’s panel on executive organization and management, explains three steps that federal mangers can take in order to improve organizational health and performance within their agency’s unit.
February 16, 2018