OIRA

Sometimes, just rewriting a form can improve a federal program

If there’s a universal constant among federal agencies, it’s forms. Forms often get complicated and that can impede people’s applications for benefits.

Management

Cybersecurity IT engineers are working on protecting networks from cyber attacks from hackers on the Internet. Secure access to online privacy and personal data protection

Contractor lawyer’s take on that cybersecurity rule

Technology

A review of federal efforts to improve citizen experience and reduce administrative burden

Management

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OMB looks to address AI transparency, consistency in upcoming guidance

Artificial Intelligence

70-percent drop in significant regulations in Trump admin.’s first 18 months

Federal Drive

How many procurement regulations were finalized in 2017? The answer may surprise you

Reporter's Notebook

Trump’s ‘regulation czar’ touts success of ‘two-for-one’ executive order

Agency Oversight

Trump’s first anti-regulation agenda wins favor with federal contractors

Contracting

OMB’s Mulvaney: Agency’s budget increase will help with reorganization responsibilities

Budget

Administration’s management agenda comes into view

Trump nominates two to fill key OMB roles and a new Army secretary

People

Senator pushes back against lack of transparency, accountability in regulatory process

Thousands of rules come out each year from regulatory agencies that place a large burden on the economy. Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), chairman of the…

Congress

FILE - This Feb. 19, 2014, file photo, shows WhatsApp and Facebook app icons on a smartphone in New York. The government’s fight with Apple over an encrypted iPhone may be the first of many battles in a broader war over who gets access to individuals’ data, as more tech companies offer encrypted messaging and other services. WhatsApp, the globally popular messaging system owned by Facebook, has already run into trouble with Brazilian authorities, who arrested a Facebook executive earlier in March 2016 after the company said it had no way to unscramble a user’s encrypted messages. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Rise of tweets, self-deleting encrypted messages concern lawmakers

Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Reps. Jason Chaffetz…

Congress

Immigration and confirmations mark week three

Battling on both the judicial and immigration fronts, the Trump administration over the past week faced a legal setback to its action on immigration from seven countries. The issue was before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, likely en route to the Supreme Court.