DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement in the Rayburn House Office Building on July 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The proposed fiscal year 2027 spending package would trim funding of the key oversight unit at a time when calls for accountability and transparency at DHS are…
Traffic Management Specialists monitor airline traffic at the Air Traffic Control System Command Center on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 in Warrenton, Virginia. The facility balances air traffic demand with system capacity in the National Airspace System (NAS) and is part of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control system. (Photo by Pete Marovich For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The Department of Transportation’s inspector general office identified governance gaps during an audit of the high-impact systems powering the National Airspace System.
Misclassification makes it harder to track IT spending, could result in redundant purchases, and increases the risk of breaches and vulnerabilities, the OIG report said.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins testifies before a Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs hearings on “Veterans at the Forefront, Focusing on the future at VA,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 6, 2025. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
The VA is responsible for 5.2 million veterans with military service-connected disabilities and 4.6 million with general disabilities, per data from 2023.
The report stated: “By not classifying, accounting for and dispositioning its sensitive and high-risk property, BNL is at risk for potential adverse impact on public health and…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst speaks during the third installment of The Senate Project at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate on June 12, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
In addition to impacts on service delivery, Ernst wants to know worksite attendance rates at each agency and if steps have been taken "to adjust bureaucrats’ location-based…
Prisoners look out of their jail window as protestors gather outside the federal detention center in Downtown Miami on June 12, 2020 in Miami, during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)