infrastructure

Infrastructure spending could outrun the ability to oversee it

We now know, with ever-mounting evidence, that pandemic relief spending resulted in hundreds of billions of dollars in wasted spending. The same could…

Agency Oversight

AP/Jacquelyn Martin

Agencies get new workforce priorities to focus on for next few years

Federal Newscast

Cars wait in line to enter the United States at San Diego's San Ysidro border crossing, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Tijuana, Mexico. A Trump administration crackdown on nonessential travel coming from Mexico amid the coronavirus pandemic has created massive bottlenecks at the border, with drivers reporting waits of up to 10 hours to get into the U.S. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)

GSA outlines plan to spend $3.4B on infrastructure upgrades along US borders

Facilities/Construction

No home left offline

Commentary

FILE - In this March 31, 2021 file photo, traffic moves along the Interstate 76 highway in Philadelphia. President Joe Biden on Tuesday, Oct. 19, announced his intention to nominate Steven Cliff, who has served as deputy administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration since February, to become the agency's administrator. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Former Calif. regulator tapped to run highway safety agency

People

A deep dive into where Congress is at on the infrastructure bill

Congress

U.S. Coast Guard

Rear Admiral Carola List talks Coast Guard priorities for 2022

Defense

Senate Democrats reach $3.5T budget agreement

Budget

House committees are spending the week working on ‘the normal kind’ of budget bills

Congress

Chuck Schumer, Raphael Warnock, Amy Klobuchar

Next question: Will the Senate go along with House oversight proposals?

Congress

House Democrats working towards infrastructure package

Congress

How did Congress move so fast on that Juneteenth law anyhow?

A crucial week’s ahead for Congress. Democrats say they’ll go to reconciliation to pass a $6 trillion package, if Republicans don’t go along.

Congress

Congress seems to get deeper and deeper into its own maze

Looking at Capitol Hill this week, you can almost see two Congresses: The one working through ordinary items like confirmation hearings, and the one deeply…

Congress

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2016, file photo illustration, a person types on a laptop in Florida. Riviera Beach, Fla., agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom to hackers who took over its computer system, the latest in thousands of attacks worldwide aimed at extorting money from governments and businesses. Spokeswoman Rose Anne Brown said Wednesday, June 19, 2019, that the city of 35,000 residents has been working with outside security consultants, who recommended the ransom be paid. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Attempted poisoning of Tampa’s water is a signal – we must act

Commentary

Recently, a cyber attacker attempted to add lethal amounts of lye to the water supply at a treatment plant in Tampa Bay. It was a warning shot across the bow of our nation’s preparedness and resolve.