Small Business Administration
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In today's Federal Newscast, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told the House Oversight and Reform Committee the law allows inspectors general on the committee to review spending under the Paycheck Protection Program, and other funds previously in question.
July 07, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, telework limitations rank high up on the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee’s list of federal agency challenges during the pandemic.
June 18, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Elaine McCusker, DoD’s acting comptroller and chief financial officer, will step down on June 26. She was nominated by President Trump for a permanent position, but it was revoked over reported disagreements about Ukraine.
June 17, 2020 -
There were not many people who could have foreseen what America would be like, at home and in the workplace, during the first 100 days of the stay-at-home pandemic. But the work Guy Cavallo initiated at the Small Business Administration now seems prescient.
June 09, 2020 -
The Education Department, SBA and GSA are releasing new software capabilities every two weeks to help modernize major programs.
June 09, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is putting a hold on two Trump administration nominations until the White House sheds more light on the recent firing of two inspectors general.
June 05, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's inspector general says the agency was generally well prepared for the change to mandatory telework.
June 04, 2020 -
Keith Bluestein, the NASA associate CIO, is coming back to SBA to take over for Maria Roat who left in May to become the federal deputy CIO.
June 03, 2020 -
Pandemic response has acted like a pressure test for federal IT systems and related modernization funding.
June 03, 2020 -
For what the landscape looks like for minority-owned businesses, hear from Creative Investment Research's William Michael Cunningham.
May 29, 2020 -
In todays' Federal Newscast, Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee worry the panel is failing to hold federal agencies accountable for their response to the coronavirus.
May 22, 2020 -
House Democrats in their latest stimulus bill included a billion dollars for federal IT modernization after a $3 billion proposal was left out of the CARES Act.
May 21, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the military has made some gains in recruiting women over the past 15 years -- but they’re still much less likely to serve for a full career than men are.
May 20, 2020 -
Vendors say they received little notice from GSA ahead of the 8(a) STARS II governmentwide contract reaching its contract ceiling in early April and this forced them and their agency customers to look for new procurement vehicles.
May 18, 2020 -
Guy Cavallo, the deputy CIO at SBA, said the work under the CDM and TIC programs over the last two years is opening the door to pilot zero trust concepts and move away from the “hub and spoke” model for its network.
May 15, 2020