Tag: federal agencies

November 14, 2023

Lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee are asking for clearer information on how some federal agencies use artificial intelligence technologies in their operations to ensure that such uses are safe and secure. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho […]

February 8, 2022

A White House task force on Monday said that federal agencies can do a better job of fostering positive relations with federal employee unions simply by being more transparent with employees and job applicants, as well as improving communications with […]

January 14, 2022

Days after the head of the troubled federal Bureau of Prisons said he was resigning amid increased scrutiny over his leadership, lawmakers have introduced a bill to require Senate confirmation for future bureau directors — the same process used to […]

September 13, 2021

As part of the Biden administration’s wide-ranging cybersecurity executive order (EO) issued in May, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued three documents on zero trust last week. Zero trust is […]

February 18, 2021

The Federal Labor Relations Authority on Wednesday announced that it is re-establishing an office that historically has been used to help settle disputes between unions and federal agencies before they result in costly litigation, a further sign of the Biden […]

September 3, 2020

A 2016 Forester Research report found that the federal government had a “near monopoly on the worst experiences.” By 2019, the company’s Customer Experience Index survey showed that Americans’ experiences with federal services “remains weak and uneven,” even though the […]

August 18, 2020

The federal government exceeded its overall small business contracting goals for the seventh consecutive year in fiscal 2019 by awarding $132.9 billion in prime contracts, which was an increase of more than $12 billion from the previous year. On August […]

June 25, 2020

Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill on Thursday that would ban federal agencies from using facial recognition technology for surveillance. The proposed bill—introduced by Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.)—comes […]

September 18, 2017

A survey of the chief financial officers of major global companies has found that a vast majority of the executives give President Donald Trump some or most of the credit for this year’s continued stock market rally. But Trump’s impact […]

December 28, 2016

As public trust in government declines, federal agencies are at a crossroads. Workforce management is part of the problem—and the solution. Agencies need to do a better job of engaging employees, developing talent and harnessing knowledge. The transition to the […]

April 15, 2016

Federal agencies are required to manage all email records in electronic format by the end of 2016. According to self-assessment reports filed with the National Archives and Records Administration, most agencies are on track to meet the deadline. However, a […]

June 15, 2015

For all the disruption that the launch of HealthCare.gov caused, it had a number of healthy side effects, including a commitment to improving digital services at all levels of government, especially applications designed for mobile users. Since then, the Obama […]