Michael Horowitz

The Fulcrum’s Editor in Chief David Hawkings joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for this week’s tale.

The Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency this week launched several new online tools designed to help and encourage whistleblowers to report waste, fraud and abuse.

The IRS implemented hundreds of recommendations Nina Olson made for administrative change, and 15 bills to implement her recommendations were signed into law.

House Democrats made the probe a top priority request when they took over the chamber’s majority in January.

Michael Horowitz, DOJ inspector general, outlines issues with the Bureau of Prisons’ data methods, as well as staffing issues at the agency and department-wide.

Citing the Government Accountability Office’s plans to increase its capacity to conduct science and technology audits later this year, the Commerce Department’s inspector general said staffing up GAO makes more sense than reviving the Office of Technology Assessment. 

The military press obtained what the Navy wanted to remain hidden. But should the big report, put together by a rear admiral, have been kept secret?

The comprehensive spending package will give Oversight.gov — a one-stop shop for inspectors general reports— the modest $2 million it requested last fall to expand the website’s capabilities.

In today’s Federal Newscast, Representative TJ Cox’s (D-CA) first introduced legislation in Congress is meant to ease the financial hardship furloughed federal employees are currently enduring.

In today’s Federal Newscast, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it avoided handing out more than $4.5 billion in improper payments under one of its signature programs in fiscal 2018.