Oversight
Investigations of Interior Secretary’s Conduct Intensify
Media reports suggest IG referred Zinke to Justice Department with odd timing.
Defense
Intel Community Promises Security Clearance Standards Within the Year
Sen. Warner criticizes OMB and Homeland Security for a lack of urgency in pushing reforms.
Oversight
IRS Urged to Discourage Employees From Giving Closed-Door Speeches
IRS stresses that it continually works to allow reporters when officials speak.
Defense
Fiscal 2019 Could Be 'High-Water Mark' of Defense Spending
Pentagon comptroller tells contractors group his staff is adjusting to a funding boost delivered on time.
News
State Department Training School Has a New Man on Campus
Ambassador Daniel Smith takes the help of the Foreign Service Institute.
Management
State Department Vacancies Are Delaying Embassy Construction
Planners also failed to account for inflation in cost calculations, GAO finds.
Management
IRS Staff Cuts Impede Progress on Appeals Backlog, GAO Finds
Retirements also threaten to drain subject-matter expertise.
Oversight
Space Agency Failed to Track All Historic Artifacts, Watchdog Finds
Private citizens beat feds to the punch at profitable auctions.
Oversight
Ex-IRS Criminal Sleuth Sent to Prison for Tax Fraud, Theft
California CPA who stole from agency tuition aid program gets 51 months.
Defense
Navy’s Top Officer Faulted for Slow Response to Sexual Harassment at ‘Bad Santa’ Party
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson waited months to reassign a press officer accused of misconduct.
Management
Agriculture Department Receives 136 Bids for Sites of Office Moves
Economic Research and food institute would leave D.C. by the end of 2019.
Oversight
HUD Official’s Resignation After False Report of Transfer Still a Mystery
Secretary Carson’s staff blamed for wrong information she would become Interior watchdog.
Oversight
Marshals Service Misused Leave Policies During Probe of Top Official
Justice’s watchdog cites waste of funds in retaining chief deputy recommended for dismissal.
Oversight
New Evidence Suggests Trump’s Coordination With GSA on FBI Headquarters Plan
Photo and emails following Oval Office meeting challenge GSA chief’s testimony to Congress.
Oversight
Reports of Replacement for Acting Interior Watchdog Still a Mystery to Incumbent
HUD Secretary Carson says in email that a political appointee from his department will be stepping in as acting IG overseeing probes of Interior's Zinke.
Management
White House Red-Tape Cutters Tabulate $23 Billion in Fiscal 2018 Savings
Rules changes or repeals are outpacing previous administrations’ efficiencies, officials say.
Management
Attorney General Calls Out Judge on Census Citizenship Question
Issue of Commerce Secretary Ross’ truthfulness sits with Supreme Court.
Oversight
FBI Official Wrongly Accepted Sports Tickets From News Media
Recently retired senior staffer also found to have misled IG investigators.
Management
SBA Shrugs Off Report That House Majority Leader's In-Law May Have Misused Small Business Contracts
Brother of McCarthy’s wife won $7 million in suspect set-asides for Native American firms, investigative report finds.
Defense
Watchdog Faults FBI Staff for Mishandling Secret Report on U.K. Terrorist Attack
Efforts to trace emails to find leak to New York Times come up dry.
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