Blake Farenthold

With fast-moving evidence-based policy bill, agencies may add new C-suite member

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee also approved two-year probationary periods for federal employees.

Congress

Rep. Foxx planning ‘GREAT’ legislation to standardize grant data

Open Data/Transparency

Benefits of cloud something new agency faces should be thinking about

Technology

Opposition to $3.1B IT Modernization Fund begins to thaw

Congress

Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.)/AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Data bill setting new default standard for open government

Open Data/Transparency

Rep. Blake Farenthold, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Lawmakers, OPM seek facelift for aging GS system

Congress

House panel debates merits of Senior Exec Service, comes down hard on VA

Congress

What can USPS learn from TRICARE in funding retiree health care costs?

Congress

House votes to beef up OPM inspector general funding

Congress

House passes bills to halt bonuses, increase transparency of feds

Congress

IG: ‘Serious problems’ with OPM’s $2B revolving fund must be addressed

The Office of Personnel Management’s inspector general says he needs $6 million to address “serious problems” with the agency’s $2 billion revolving fund….

Congress

Does GS system need an update? Lawmakers ask GAO to review federal pay scale

A trio of lawmakers from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee want the Government Accountability Office to examine whether the General Schedule…

Congress

USDA seeks authority to transfer funds to offset sequestration cuts

Budget

Agriculture Department Secretary Tom Vilsack can move money in-between accounts within the same bureau, but not across the agency under a special provision called Interchange Authority. Vilsack has officially asked Congress for use of that authority in an effort to stunt the negative effects of sequestration at his agency. At at recent House hearing, Republican lawmakers questioned why more agencies haven’t movasked Congress for similar permission.