GAO

IRS could tighten up plans for some of that extra ‘modernizing’ money

The Inflation Reduction Act showered billions on the IRS and the agency developed a strategic operating plan for modernizing its information technology.

IT Modernization

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How federal workplaces can better prevent harassment and avoid risk

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

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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

Last spring, when a Air National Guard member was found to leak secrets on the Discord app, it raised questions about how he got and kept his security…

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

Facilities/Construction

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has a difficult mission. It must constantly assess the condition of the nation’s nuclear warheads. Explosive testing has been banned under international treaties for decades. It’s been spending billions on new instruments deep underground. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the NNSA needs to tighten up its program management. For more, Tom Temin spoke with the GAO’s Director of Natural Resources and Environment, Allison Bawden.