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Contracting

Wherever contractors look, the government is looking back

"There are several parts of the multiple award schedule program that are going to be under the lens," said Larry Allen.

Agency Oversight

An insider's view of a job lots of federal managers grit their teeth at and tolerate

Agency Oversight

USPS brings back holiday surcharge in bid to boost package revenue

Tom Temin Commentary

Since folks ask: How do you talk on the radio

Hiring/Retention

USPS is growing its workforce, but a ‘retirement wave’ may be coming soon, watchdog warns

IT Modernization

Recent VA EHR rollout ‘most successful’ so far, but IG outlines recent problems

Federal Newscast

Fraudster hacks federal auction website, buys truck for a dollar

Ron Wyden

Federal Newscast

Oregon senator urges Biden to fire Social Security IG

The Labor Department building

Workforce

Labor Dept watchdog offers buyouts, early retirement to cut staffing by 20%

Workforce-in-office

Workforce

CIGIE’s ‘roadmap’ moves DEIA efforts from words into clear actions

Hiring/Retention

VA watchdogs raise alarms about steps missed screening hires with drug felonies

Bank Collapse

Agency Oversight

IG to launch investigation into FDIC’s leadership climate, harassment allegations

Bob Westbrooks

Search for Accountability

Bob Westbrooks, former inspector general and executive director of Pandemic Response Accountability Team

GSA

Contracting

Does the GSA have the best data to work with during price negotiations with contractors?

GSA, General Services Administration

Reporter's Notebook

Can GSA, IG find common ground over TDR?

budget cuts

Budget

Billions in funding, not enough oversight resources, IGs tell Congress

USPS, EV, USPS electric vehicles

Workforce

USPS IG report clears agency’s fleet environmental study central to 3 lawsuits

GSA

Agency Oversight

For years, GSA deceived agency customers about Login.gov’s security bonafides

FILE - A worker carries a large parcel at the United States Postal Service sorting and processing facility Nov. 18, 2021, in Boston. Congress would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt and would require it to continue delivering mail six days per week under bipartisan legislation that approached House approval Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Pay

USPS tightens online security after fraudsters steal employees' paychecks

ADA, Return to Office

Workforce

Governmentwide chief diversity officer eyes long-term plans to advance DEIA

Management

Biden administration’s action plan to increase federal transparency emphasizes role of equity

Department of Homeland Security

Federal Newscast

DHS IG finds Homeland Security not too secure on revoking credentials from former employees

Department of Housing and Urban Affairs building, Washington, D.C.

Agency Oversight

Housing and Urban Development gets a long punch list