Inspector General
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In today's Federal Newscast, lawmakers want the National Guard Inspector General to investigate bias in the Maryland National Guard.
March 21, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a national shortage of truck drivers hits home for the Postal Service.
March 08, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the General Services Administration struggled to follow the Trade Agreements Act for some contracts that helped with the response to the pandemic.
January 25, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, NASA’s Office of Inspector General has identified a staffing shortage in the agency’s astronaut corps.
January 12, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: A former top government scientist is exposed for thousands of dollars in sloppy expense-account reporting. An $83 million contract might mean millions of COVID test kits in America's future. And online military exchanges are now available to a new crop of customers.
December 30, 2021 -
The project, launched in 2011, is meant to consolidate the department’s visa and passport application services, visa adjudication and issuance services, as well as other consular functions into a single common technology framework.
December 08, 2021 -
Michael Binder spoke with Rae Oliver Davis, inspector general for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
October 27, 2021 -
As the Postal Service tries to reduce turnover for its non-career workforce, its inspector general finds employee satisfaction is slipping, compared to similar positions in federal agencies and the private sector.
October 12, 2021 -
The State Department’s limited progress with an IT modernization effort that began more than a decade ago left most passport services employees unable to telework throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, according to its inspector general's office.
September 07, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Postal Service saw a more than 30% decrease in passport applications last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 24, 2021 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs anticipates it will develop an enterprise wide staffing model for direct patient care positions by 2022, with the goal of validating it by 2024. Without one, auditors said VA lacks a clear picture of its workforce needs.
August 20, 2021 -
EPA senior officials failed to follow standard operating procedures in 2018, when they signed off on permit renewals for certain pesticides. Including leaving scientific documents out of the decision.
June 18, 2021 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs underestimated the costs of the physical infrastructure upgrades needed to prepare VA medical facilities for its new electronic health record. VA's IG said those upgrades may cost between $3.1 and 3.7 billion.
May 27, 2021 -
The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general is working with the National Academy of Public Administration on a five-year strategic plan and a path forward for implementing nearly two dozen recommendations from the Government Accountability Office.
April 23, 2021 -
A new working group has arisen at the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, the collective of all the federal IGs.
April 16, 2021