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Scenes from outside the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 2019. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

OPM’s public tally of senior government staff is incomplete, watchdog says

The human capital agency’s PLUM reporting website doesn’t include data required by law and contains errors, the GAO found.

1 day ago By Madison Alder

Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger answers reporters’ questions during the daily news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on September 02, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

White House cyber adviser raises AI watermarking in private meeting with tech execs

During a discussion on the sidelines of RSA, Anne Neuberger urged tech leaders to watermark online content to help tackle AI-generated disinformation.

May 18, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 30: Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Shalanda Young testifies before the Senate Budget Committee. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Biden OMB needs to improve reporting of cross-agency IT priority goals: watchdog

The Government Accountability Office has made five recommendations to the White House for improving the transparency of CAP goals.

Apr 4, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

Watchdog report identifies four agencies with lower quality spending data

The GAO study highlights data reporting issues related to IT systems controls and systems configuration.

Jul 13, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

The Library of Congress’ main reading room. (Jiuguang Wang / Flickr)

Transparency advocates push Congress on public access to CRS reports

A letter sent to Capitol Hill has some critiques of the Library of Congress's crsreports.congress.gov site.

Feb 4, 2020 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

USASpending.gov data improving, but limitations remain, GAO says

USASpending.gov should do a better job disclosing known limitations to data in a transparent way to users, GAO found.

Nov 11, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

transparency, spending, tbm, costs — (Getty Images)

Spending transparency tools are now available to agencies under IT Schedule 70

GSA and OMB announced that agencies can acquire Technology Business Management tools and services under the streamlined process.

Aug 7, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir

Senate corridor, Capitol Building, hallway, Congress — A Senate corridor in the U.S. Capitol Building. (Getty Images)

Transparency is focus of first recommendations from panel on modernizing Congress

So far, the committee seems to be focusing on making the inner workings of Capitol Hill more obvious and accessible. IT is the backdrop for many of…

May 23, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Court clears White House use of message-deleting apps on technicality

A judge ruled against a watchdog group claiming the Trump administration had violated the Presidential Records Act by using encrypted messaging apps.

Mar 22, 2018 By Carten Cordell

Government is one step closer to a one-stop shop for FOIA requesters

Digital services group 18F will help develop the government's centralized portal for Freedom of Information Act requests, according to the Department of Justice's Office of Information Policy,…

Apr 21, 2017