Trump administration
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In today's Federal Newscast, the Congressional Budget Office assesses a bill which would give the Trump administration expedited authority to reorganize the federal government.
October 26, 2018 -
A sloppy cyber risk assessment can lead to misallocation of resources, false positives and an unrealistic sense of security at federal agencies, says Larry Clinton of the Internet Security Alliance.
October 23, 2018 -
Bob Tobias, a professor in American University’s Key Executive Leadership Programs, described what he called the “three legged stool” essential to any successful civil service reform.
October 12, 2018 -
One year following the launch of Oversight.gov, a one-stop shop where users can reference more than 10,000 agency inspector general reports, the watchdog community sees an opportunity to grow the website.
October 05, 2018 -
The Voice of America has fired or proposed to terminate 15 individuals following investigations that found the individuals had accepted improper payments from a foreign official.
October 05, 2018 -
National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson has questioned the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) method for reporting customer service satisfaction, calling it misleading.
October 04, 2018 -
Steven Dillingham, the Trump administration's pick to head up the Census Bureau, just 18 months out from the 2020 decennial count, faces the challenge of overseeing the first census that households can respond to online.
October 04, 2018 -
Find out what has to happen for Congress to approve a pay raise for federal workers and what's the latest on the Trump Administrations' plans to re-train what is sees as an aging, tech-challenged workforce on this week's Your Turn.
October 03, 2018 -
Narrowly avoiding a shutdown, the House and Senate will go into recess with the proposed pay raise still potentially on the chopping block.
October 03, 2018 -
INSA praises new plans of action from DoD and the White House that could help send a clear message to potential attackers that cyberthreats will be deterred in real-time.
October 02, 2018 -
The General Services Administration (GSA) has selected Ad Hoc and Fearless to upgrade the search.gov platform.
October 01, 2018 -
I believe we should go with the idea of “first, do no harm.” That means giving employees a pay raise that is equal to, or at least close to, the military pay raise.
September 12, 2018 -
NASA’s Office of Inspector General said the agency won’t be able to continue to fund the ISS and pursue missions outside low-earth orbit without significantly more funding.
September 07, 2018 -
So who is the author of the Op-Ed? Is it real or could the Times have been had? Do you think he or she is correct and did the right thing, or is this someone with an ax to grind?
September 07, 2018 -
Relations between the Trump administration and federal employee unions have frayed. Bob Tobias, professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University, offered some perspective on how things perhaps should go.
September 05, 2018