Oversight
What’s in the $1.9 Trillion Pandemic Relief Package
The legislation, being considered by the House this week, has a number of measures that aim to incorporate racial and gender disparities as they address the coronavirus pandemic and economic struggles.
Oversight
Watchdog: Prisons Bureau Could Do a Better Job Using Data to Help With Hiring, Retention
Advice comes as a House bipartisan caucus on BOP reform is relaunched.
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GovExec Daily: One Year of COVID-19 Coverage
Eric Katz and Kate Queram join the show to mark the first anniversary of the podcast and the year of coronavirus news.
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Why We Can’t Make Vaccine Doses Any Faster
President Biden has promised enough doses for all American adults by this summer. There’s not much even the Defense Production Act can do to deliver doses before then.
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GovExec Daily: Ten Years of Federal Performance Management
Georgetown's Dr. Donald Moynihan joins the podcast to discuss the reasons for optimism after a decade of the Government Performance and Results Act Modernization Act.
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GovExec Daily: The Avenues for COVID-19 Oversight
Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss how Congress and GAO are tracking the pandemic response.
Oversight
GSA Could Be Vulnerable to Security Threats From ‘Trusted Insiders’
Watchdog finds gaps in a program meant to protect personnel, facilities, operations and resources.
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House Republicans Call for Accounting of Unused COVID Relief Funds
Effort seeks to bolster transparency and accountability as Congress and the president are working to pass the next aid package.
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CDC Issues New Guidance on How to Reopen Schools
High COVID-19 case counts mean most schools likely aren't ready to be fully in person.
Oversight
It’s not Just Trump – Presidents and Politicians Have Long Shredded Etiquette
'Mind your manners' isn't just something your mother told you. Manners – and civility – are an essential component of how things get done in government, and the Founding Fathers knew it.
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Justice IG Identifies Gaps in Whistleblower Protections for Contract Employees
The department said it’s working to ensure they know their rights.
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GovExec Daily: Tanden and the State of Biden's Nominations
Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss how the administration is filling out.
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Reestablishing Integrity, Transparency and Accountability in Government
A credible framework already exists for sound management, transparency, responsibility, and accountability — it just needs to be implemented effectively.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: OMB's Secret Spending Decisions
The National Taxpayers Union's Andrew Lautz and the Project on Government Oversight's Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette join the show to discuss how to fix the apportionments process.
Oversight
Comparing Death Tolls From COVID-19 to Past Wars Is Fraught
COVID-19 has now killed more Americans than World War II did. That fact helps some people put the viral death toll in perspective, while others find it offensive.
Workforce
Biden's Early Immigration Overhaul Has Overlooked One Growing Problem: A Massive Court Backlog
The nation's immigrations courts have 1.3 million pending cases, and some immigrants in Texas wait nearly five years for a court hearing.
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Democrats Reintroduce Bill to Protect Employees Who Blow the Whistle on COVID Funds Misuse
Congress is working on the next massive relief package.
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After Hundreds of Meatpacking Workers Died From COVID-19, Congress Wants Answers
A key House subcommittee cited reports by ProPublica and other news outlets in launching an investigation into how the country’s meatpacking companies handled the pandemic, which has killed hundreds of workers to date.
Oversight
The Return of the Regulators
Like them or revile them, federal agencies seem poised to regain some of their traditional powers under the new administration. But it’s not clear how far President Biden wants them to go.
Oversight