Workforce
A Growing Number of Feds Think They've Seen Favoritism, Other Prohibited Personnel Practices
Uptick could be at least partially a result of increased awareness, Merit Systems Protection Board concludes.
Oversight
Inspectors General Council to Track Watchdog Vacancies
Website improvements announced just as Trump assigns SSA IG to Interior.
Oversight
More Guilty Pleas in Navy Department Liquor Bribery Case
New Yorkers had paid employee $250,000 for unauthorized discount purchases.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The President Went to the British Isles And Got a Gift Hat
Piers Morgan gave Donald Trump a Churchillian chapeau.
Oversight
Surprise Inspections Reveal Widespread Violations at Immigrant Detention Facilities
Poor conditions add to the expanding list of crises caused by the influx of migrants at the souther border.
Oversight
Why Good Census Numbers Are Vital To Hurricane Recovery
Researchers have four reccomendations for community leaders counting on accurate statistics about their populations in the wake of natural disasters.
Oversight
Lawmakers Want the Final Say on Air Force One Paint Job
A House panel has drafted legislation that would require congressional approval if Trump wants to change the Kennedy-era livery.
Management
Labor Authority Chairwoman Defends Decisions to Decertify Union, Close Regional Offices
Democratic lawmakers blasted decisions that overturned decades of agency precedent, and suggested Federal Labor Relations Authority Chairwoman Colleen Duffy Kiko was untruthful in her testimony.
Oversight
Incoming and Outgoing Congressional Budget Office Chiefs Praise Staff for Independence
Agency’s culture is “fearless” in producing scores and not worrying about the political consequences, outgoing director Keith Hall says.
Oversight
The Big Names Missing From the Mueller Hearings
The star witness of the House Judiciary Committee’s hearings on the Mueller report won’t be Robert Mueller.
Oversight
GSA Failed to Remove Toxic Materials From Federal Facility Going Back Decades, Union Says
Dozens of studies have shown hazardous materials at the former munitions plant turned federal office building and child care center. Union alleges whistleblower retaliation.
Oversight
J. Edgar Hoover’s Revenge: Information The FBI Once Hoped Could Destroy Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Has Been Declassified
Publication was justified of information from the FBI that Martin Luther King Jr. witnessed and celebrated a woman’s rape, writes a historian, who warns the FBI had long wanted to destroy King.
Oversight
House Democrats Clash With Education Department Over Watchdog’s Status
The Trump administration’s aborted effort to replace the IG prompts document demands and an oversight dispute.
Oversight
Transportation Dept. Rebuts Report that Secretary Failed to Divest Stock
Chao’s retention of shares in Vulcan Materials was approved by ethics officer.
Oversight
GAO Sees Billions in Potential Savings Just by Trimming Government Duplication
The watchdog’s ninth annual report proposes scannable tax returns and new coins, among other things.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The President Is Going to Take In a Sumo Match In Japan
Trump will take in Japanese culture while on his visit.
Oversight
Senators Renew Bipartisan Efforts to Protect Federal Retirees from Benefits Fraud
Bill approved by Senate oversight panel would make it a felony for retiree representatives to misuse FERS or CSRS funds.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Ben Carson Is Thinking About Cookies
The HUD chief doesn't know some key acronyms.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The American President Tweets About Iran
Trump wrote that another threat from Tehran will be the "official end of Iran."
Oversight