Justice Department
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The National Treasury Employees Union and Office of Personnel Management are battling in court on whether or not a judge should dismiss a lawsuit against the agency, stemming from the 2015 data breach.
October 31, 2016 -
Dozens of people were arrested in relation to the phone scams, which targeted millions of people and resulted in more than 10,000 victims and hundreds of millions of dollars in stolen money.
October 27, 2016 -
The Treasury Department's Bureau of Fiscal Service merged five legacy IT systems together to develop a new, modern post-payment application. With data consolidated in one place, the Fiscal Service helped the department's inspector general uncover $20-30 million in improper payments.
October 25, 2016 -
In two significant studies, the Justice Department's inspector general found the FBI does an accurate job stopping gun sales to the ineligible. But why do such people often get guns? The IG also found the Drug Enforcement Administration still has serious problems policing use of informants. IG Michael Horowitz shares his insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
October 25, 2016 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, there's a big prize out there from the space agency for those who come up with ways for future explorers to build habitats in space.
October 10, 2016 -
The Office of Management and Budget's cross-agency team of mobility experts will soon publish its ideas for an enterprise-wide mobile strategy. The team's work is the result of a final memo OMB published in August, which pushes agencies to cut back and consolidate their mobile service agreements and contracts.
October 04, 2016 -
Nearly one year after Congress passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, agencies say they're still looking for more buy-in from from more private sector companies to share and receive cyber threat indicator information with them. Meanwhile, the Justice Department, FBI and Homeland Security Department are trying to perfect their own information sharing practices as an incentive for companies to partner with them.
September 27, 2016 -
Multiple sources confirm that software giant Oracle will no longer sell directly or indirectly through the IT schedule program.
September 26, 2016 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, a large group of government transparency advocacy groups has asked members of Congress to disallow proposal to give DoD more FOIA exemptions.
August 25, 2016 -
Federal agencies could soon face a new governmentwide guidance on how they respond to Freedom of Information Act requests, following a meeting in September.
August 19, 2016 -
New numbers from the Energy Department show the government is meeting or exceeding greenhouse gas goals, but energy intensity benchmarks fell short.
August 04, 2016 -
In the first event of its kind, the oversight community touted the importance of whistleblowers and their contributions in combating waste, fraud and abuse at a National Whistleblower Appreciation Day event on Capitol Hill.
August 01, 2016 -
A new presidential policy directive, which the White House released July 26, describes the roles agencies must take when responding to major cyber incidents. The departments of justice and homeland security, as well as the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, have specific jobs in working with other federal agencies and industry.
July 26, 2016 -
New guidance from the Justice Department suggests agencies should begin updating their standard Freedom of Information Act response letters and notices to comply with the new FOIA Improvement Act. President Barack Obama signed the bill into law last month to mark FOIA's 50th anniversary.
July 19, 2016 -
Rep. Mark Meadows wants to see improved reporting on the results of grants, both qualitative and quantitative, to reduce instances of waste within 60 days.
July 15, 2016