Office of Inspector General

Veteran Affairs building near the White House in Washington, Feb. 14, 2018. An internal watchdog's investigation has found that Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin improperly accepted Wimbledon tennis tickets and likely wrongly used taxpayer money to cover his wife's airfare for an 11-day European trip. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Veterans Affairs campuses are designed to open. Maybe too open.

The Veterans Affairs Department’s big medical campuses are full of physical security gaps, the VA’s office of Inspector General has found. Unlocked exterior…

Facilities/Construction

‘Unlike…any other program’: Commerce IG prepares to oversee $50B CHIPS Act

Agency Oversight

What to do in the unlikely event of a reduction in force at your agency

Workforce

FILE - A sign for the Food and Drug Administration is seen in Silver Spring, Md., on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, federal health advisers narrowly ruled against an experimental drug for the debilitating illness known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a potential setback for patient groups who lobbied for the medication’s approval. A majority of advisers to the FDA voted 6-4 that a single study from Amylyx Pharmaceuticals failed to establish the drug's effectiveness in treating the deadly neurodegenerative disease known also as ALS, for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

FDA is told to tighten up its procedures for IT procurement

Management

Diana Shaw, acting IG, US Department of State

Search for Accountability

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Pandemic broke down some, but not all barriers for IGs

Agency Oversight

Tens of thousands of tablets VA distributed for telehealth appointments go unused

Veterans Affairs

After six years, OPM has a permanent inspector general

The Office of Personnel Management’s permanent inspector general says she will prioritize IT modernization and cybersecurity out of nearly 400 open recommendations…

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this March 9, 2021, file photo, Army health specialists fill syringes with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Miami. Despite the clamor to speed up the U.S. vaccination drive against COVID-19, the first three months of the rollout suggest faster is not necessarily better. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

New IG report shows Air Force, Army had issues rolling out vaccine overseas

In today’s Federal Newscast, a report for the Defense Department Inspector General says providing shots on bases were particularly important since they…

Federal Newscast

Analyzing NASA’s Astronaut Corps

The Space Hour

Skull and Bones, Porcellian, Tri Delta. The exclusivity of these clubs have nothing on NASA’s Astronaut Corps. With the agency looking to send Earth’s best and brightest into space, you can imagine just what it takes to maintain that group.

Office of Inspector General

Veterans Affairs campuses are designed to open. Maybe too open.

‘Unlike…any other program’: Commerce IG prepares to oversee $50B CHIPS Act

What to do in the unlikely event of a reduction in force at your agency

FDA is told to tighten up its procedures for IT procurement

Diana Shaw, acting IG, US Department of State

Pandemic broke down some, but not all barriers for IGs

Tens of thousands of tablets VA distributed for telehealth appointments go unused

This legislation would turn Veterans Affairs whistleblower policy into law

Just how secure are federal buildings?

New IG report shows why the Pentagon can sometimes have buyer’s remorse

US Marshals Service may need some help managing all that seized crypto

After six years, OPM has a permanent inspector general

New IG report shows Air Force, Army had issues rolling out vaccine overseas

Analyzing NASA’s Astronaut Corps