Agency Oversight

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During Sunshine Week, GAO finds agencies need better plans to address surging FOIA backlogs

FOIA backlogs have been on the rise across government for the past decade, but many agencies lack detailed goals and milestones to reduce the backlogs.

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How the TSA could improve the sense of job engagement of its line officers

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HUD sec resigns

Housing Secretary Fudge resigning. Biden hails her dedication to boosting supply of affordable homes

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Don’t forget the ‘I’ in the nation’s premier infrastructure protection agency

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House passes $460 billion package of spending bills. Senate expected to act before shutdown deadline

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Report card shows shortcomings in how DoD oversees intelligence

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IRS puts 125,000 high-income individuals not filing tax returns on notice, to recoup millions owed

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DHS’ list of AI use cases found inaccurate, GAO says

The Homeland Security Department put together an inaccurate AI uses list, according to the Government Accountability Office, which found a few problems.

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House VA committee chairman takes closer look at sexual harassment scandal

Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.) wants to interview VA to find out when leadership knew about the sexual harassment complaints and why they didn’t take action sooner.

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Whistleblowers exposing fraud pocket over $350M

Whistleblowers filed more than 700 lawsuits under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act in fiscal 2023. That’s the most since 2014.

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