GAO

How federal workplaces can better prevent harassment and avoid risk

On February 26, the Government Accountability Office issued a report stating that training efforts to prevent sexual harassment in the federal workplace…

Commentary

When the door from government-to-industry leads to a brick wall

Contracting

Feds in fatigues, too fatigued to properly do their jobs, GAO says

Federal Newscast

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DoD award lead times increased for higher value contracts

Contracting

(Photo courtesy of the Government Accountability Office)

Report card shows shortcomings in how DoD oversees intelligence

Agency Oversight

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

Cybersecurity starts in the security operations center

Federal Insights

Digital Currency, cryptocurrency, Bitcoin

Some advice so the SEC doesn’t get caught with its crypto pants down

Management

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

Too many CRs will have catastrophic effects on DoD, Air Force official says

Federal Newscast

Businesswoman working on laptop with virtual screen. Process automation to efficiently manage files. Online documentation database and document management system concept

One of the EPA’s most sacred databases could be at risk

Cybersecurity

HUD has work to do, to stop duplication of benefits

Management

An outside look at security-clearance process, reveals some flaws

Workforce

protests, Acquisition, Contracts, procurement

A Homeland Security effort to combine requirements has stalled

A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initiative called “the Joint Requirement Council” hasn’t gone very far in 10 years. The Council is supposed to…

Acquisition

FILE - This Aug. 1, 2007, file photo, shows construction crews are seen as they work on early stages of a new mixed oxide fuel, or MOX fabrication facility at the Savannah River nuclear complex near Aiken, S.C. The agency that oversees the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile would essentially be removed from direct oversight under a defense policy bill being negotiated in Congress. The little-noticed provision is opposed by the Trump administration and senior lawmakers from both parties. The report cites series of delays and cost overruns at the NNSA, including a now-canceled project to reprocess weapons-grade plutonium and uranium into fuel for commercial reactors. The Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility has ballooned from $1.4 billion in 2004 to more than $17 billion. (Grace Beahm /The Post And Courier via AP)

This nuclear agency is making a lot of underground investment

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has a difficult mission. It must constantly assess the condition of the nation’s nuclear warheads….

Facilities/Construction

The premier accident investigator is urged to tighten up its management practices

Agency Oversight

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is often among the first to arrive on the scene, after an airplane or train crashes. Its expertise is renowned. But the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found the NTSB needs to tighten up its own performance planning, particularly by more effectively connecting its strategic goals with its mission of transportation safety.