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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said recent agency communications memos violate the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, (WPEA) because they do not include a mandatory statement explaining that federal employee communications with inspectors general or members of Congress are protected.
Initial shock and online backlash after a handful of federal agencies were handed down communication directives has given way to backtracking and also encouragement for federal employees to stand up for open government and whistleblowing.
Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.), if confirmed by the Senate as the Trump administration's Interior secretary, will inherit a National Park Service with a multi-billion dollar maintenance backlog and a toxic work culture that demands reform, he told lawmakers on Tuesday.
Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) is urging a handful of large agencies to quickly move forward in their efforts to roll out the DATA Act by the May 2017 deadline.
The crew of the International Space Station sends a holiday message, sailors from the USS Wasp Amphibious Ready Group return home and the Interior Department shows off some of its big trees.
Sylvia Burns, the Interior Department’s chief information officer, said her team responded aggressively over the last 18 months to improve the agency’s cybersecurity posture, including using two-factor authentication for computer access.
On today's #FedFeed, federal employees preserve the nation's treasures and look to the skies.
Six years after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion, the Interior Department agencies responsible for overseeing the oil and gas industry have made progress of their own. They've taken several measures to make sure they can hire and retain the people they need to carry out the oversight function. But Interior still has trouble knowing for sure whether the measures are effective. Frank Rusco, director of Natural Resources and Environment Issues at the Government Accountability Office, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Six years after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion , the Interior Department agencies responsible for overseeing the oil and gas industry have made progress of their own. They've taken several measures to make sure they can hire and retain the people they need to carry out the oversight function. Frank Rusco, director of Natural Resources and Environment Issues at the Government Accountability Office, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that Interior still has trouble knowing for sure whether the measures are effective.
Welcome to the #FedFeed, a daily collection of federal ephemera gathered from social media and presented for your enjoyment.
Interior CIO Sylvia Burns shined a brighter light on the agency’s implementation of DHS’ continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) program in the wake of auditors saying the effort was "immature."
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is concerned about four agencies that had particularly high retirement processing error rates in September. The Social Security Administration and departments of Agriculture, Interior and Veterans Affairs topped the list. Congress now wants the Government Accountability Office to review the process that agencies and the Office of Personnel Management each use to review a retirement claim.
Welcome to the #FedFeed, a daily collection of federal ephemera gathered from social media and presented for your enjoyment.
Welcome to the #FedFeed, a daily collection of federal ephemera gathered from social media and presented for your enjoyment.