Latest News
- Behavioral Science Framework released
- Acquisition Data circular birthed!
- Overlap, duplication persists
- NIST vomits a ton of AI guidance
- It’s Public Sector Recognition Week! #GovPossible
- 30K died waiting for SSA disability determination
- GAO says annual Fed fraud range is $233B to $521B
- Senate Dems introduce Administration’s Pandemic Fraud Bill
- Cost estimates for IRS’ Direct File could use some work
- OPM drops hammer on Schedule F
From OMB
- Acquisition Data circular birthed!
- Presidential transition planning underway
- OMB’s new grants guidance
- Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Grants Released!
- New, final OMB Guidance on AI
- Guidance on Compliance with the Congressional Review Act
- And they said it couldn’t be done! Feds finally publish list of all federal programs
- Contractors cry foul over OMB memo on…contracting
- OMB Memo Pushes Increased Contracts for Small Businesses
- FAQs on FY24 spending limits
About the Budget
- The President’s FY 2025 Budget
- FAQs on FY24 spending limits
- Federal debt tops $34 trillion
- CBO: Administrative Costs of Federal Programs
- WSJ: Deficit bigger than you think
- The Status of Appropriations
- The FY2024 President’s Budget: Analytical Perspectives
- The FY2024 President’s Budget
- The Mid-Session Review
- Updates to Circular A-11, Preparation, Submission, and Execution of the Budget
From GAO
- Overlap, duplication persists
- CBP needs better personnel related “critical incident” response
- Someone should tell USAID there’s fraud risk in conflict zones
- With the exception of Air, Sea, Ground, and Space domains, military readiness ok
- GAO says annual Fed fraud range is $233B to $521B
- Cost estimates for IRS’ Direct File could use some work
- A peek into Census’ adaptation to the unexpected (i.e., COVID)
- FY 2023 improper payments topped $236B; down $11B from previous yearr
- GSA not adequately tracking asbestos in buildings
- Special Operations needs better oversight
From Congress
- Bipartisan Agency Preparation for Transitions Act Introduced in Senate
- Charles Cooper is Right Again! Congress Passes CR into March
- Congress continues to argue with itself over appropriations
- Sen. Tuberville’s Ridiculous, Self-Aggrandizing Blockade of Military Promotions Fails Spectacularly
- Oh, great. Now the House fired the Speaker.
- Schumer Two-Steps around Tuberville; Senate Confirms New Joint Chief
- Congress launches What Works Caucus
- Military Secretaries to Sen. Tuberville: You Want to Step Outside?
- House Conservatives Launch Petty Attempt to Cut Fed Salaries
- The Status of Appropriations
Appointments
- Kerry to step down as U.S. Climate Envoy
- The Plum Book Online
- Sen. Tuberville’s Ridiculous, Self-Aggrandizing Blockade of Military Promotions Fails Spectacularly
- Schumer Two-Steps around Tuberville; Senate Confirms New Joint Chief
- Jack Lew Can’t Get Enough Difficult Government Posts
- The Partnership for Public Service’s Appointments Tracker
- The Executive Calendar
- The Plum Book: U.S. Government Policy and Supporting Positions
- President Biden Needs to Fill the Government’s Vacant Inspector-General Positions
Other
- 2023 Chief Data Officer Survey Results
- OMB: cross agency leadership meetings producing real results
- RIP GovExec’s Charlie Clark
- What’s next in evidence-based policymaking?
- DOD: New Cyber Strategy Addresses Realities of Modern World
- National Security Apparatus Braces for Deepfakes
- Nerd Alert! SLFRF recipients can exclude awards from indirect cost rate calculation
- Explore the June 2023 Agency Priority Goal Updates
- Schedule F architects say the plan’s critics are ‘hyperbolic’
Developments in the Business of Government
- And they said it couldn’t be done! Feds finally publish list of all federal programs
- Is the Postal Service Actually Making Money?
- Cracks in the Wonderwall: OASIS+ Gets Its First Bid Protest
- DOL’s Ready to Work program doesn’t work
- FNN: Hiring Reform on Congress’ Docket
- Latest PMA Updates!
- Social Security Disability Determination Delays Persist
- SBA OIG Report 23-09: Fraud Landscape Report High-Level One-Pager
- ForsMarsh: For IRS Direct File, Let the Evidence Guide the Way
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Releases Long-Awaited Cybersecurity Regulations
Procurement
- Contractors cry foul over OMB memo on…contracting
- OMB Memo Pushes Increased Contracts for Small Businesses
- Did DOD get coal for Christmas? Drops CMMC Proposed Rule Update day after
- Feds need better scorecard to guide acquisition
- IRS: We won’t use Login.gov because it doesn’t work
- Why the Air Force Pulled the Plug on a HUGE Acquisition
- OASIS+ Deadline Slips into October
- SBA’s 8(a) program hits another roadblock
- Air Force: You Can Have Too Much Cowbell
- Cracks in the Wonderwall: OASIS+ Gets Its First Bid Protest