Oversight
House Democrat Seeks to Hold IGs Accountable for Reviewing Agencies’ Reopenings
Most of the watchdog offices contacted by Rep. Connolly plan to conduct some form of review.
Workforce
Trump Administration Misled Congress to Justify Relocating Employees, IG Says
The decision to move the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Grand Junction, Colorado, was not all about growing costs, as agency officials suggested.
Oversight
Watchdog: OSHA Had Trouble Processing Whistleblower Complaints Efficiently Even Before Coronavirus Hit
During the first four months of the pandemic the agency received 30% more complaints than during the same period in 2019.
Oversight
Inspector General Blasts Efforts to Transfer OPM Facility Authority to GSA
The Office of Personnel Management watchdog said the Trump administration took action without regard to the impact, potentially incurring millions of dollars in recurring annual costs.
Management
Federal Bureau of Prisons Spent $3M on Unproven UV Coronavirus Sanitizing Portals
The gates intended to disinfect staff as they enter facilities haven’t been studied enough to know if they are safe or effective, union says in complaint to IG.
Oversight
Acting State Department IG Will Resign Effective Friday
Amb. Stephen Akard was installed after Trump’s controversial firing of IG Steve Linick in May.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: The Holes in the Vacancies Act
The Project on Government Oversight's Rebecca Jones joins the show to talk about the large amount of acting officials in the Trump administration.
Oversight
Watchdog Accuses OPM of Slow-Rolling Hiring Abuse Investigation
IG is looking into alleged misuse of direct hire authority to install political appointees in positions that should be held by career federal workers.
Oversight
IGs to Investigate Federal Officer Deployments in Portland and Washington, D.C.
Watchdogs will probe training and instructions, use of force and other tactics.
Oversight
Medicare Agency’s Contracting Violations Show Need for Pandemic Oversight
Experts say HHS inspector general’s findings should serve as a warning about potential waste, fraud and abuse.
Oversight
EPA Watchdog To Review the Agency’s Reopening Process
The return to offices during the pandemic has been a source of tension between the agency and its union.
Oversight
IG: Hurricane Dorian ‘Sharpiegate’ Report Was ‘Delayed, Thwarted and Effectively Estopped’
The Commerce Department denies it obstructed the process of publishing the watchdog’s full findings.
Oversight
New Legislation Would Increase Oversight Of Agency Relocations
Measure would require federal officials to conduct detailed cost-benefit analyses and provide them to inspectors general and the public for review before undertaking any effort to move federal agencies.
Oversight
Senator Asks Inspector General to Investigate Global Media Agency Firings
The new U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO has sparked fears over politicization of employees’ journalism.
Oversight
Top Senate Democrat Asks for Probe of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Removal
Request comes as the House will hear on Wednesday from Justice officials on supposed politicization of the department.
Oversight
IG Flags ‘Inappropriate and Dangerous Events’ During Federal Prisons Training
The training exercises led to staff members getting injured.
Oversight
Watchdog: HHS Hasn't Done Enough to Catalog Reports of Sexual Misconduct in Migrant Children Facilities
In a six month period in 2018, the Health and Human Services Department IG found more than 700 possible sexual incidents of varying severity, including 48 incidents of misconduct by an adult against a minor.
Oversight
Inspector General for 2008 Economic Recovery Program Offers Lessons for Pandemic Oversight
“We'll do whatever we can to help [the special IG for pandemic recovery] be successful,” says Christy Goldsmith Romero in an interview with Government Executive.
Oversight
House Democrat Asks Inspectors General to Review Agencies' Reopening Plans
"Your continued oversight is critical to protect the health and safety of our government’s most valuable resource: its federal workforce," Connolly wrote.
Oversight
Watchdog Groups Highlight Potential Issues of Acting IGs Holding Dual Roles
In “today’s highly partisan environment” this setup could “understandably raise questions and create unease” in both the IG office and the agency where the official holds an executive job, said experts.
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