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The Office of Management and Budget strongly disagrees with that estimate, questioning the plausibility of GAO’s assessment.
No matter what the real amount of fraud is across government -- and agencies may never truly know -- the Treasury Department is giving agencies tools to stop fraud before it starts.
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Accountability, performance measurement, and the interplay between political appointees can get complicated. One way to improve agency performance, is to make sure people each have specific goals they are expected to meet. to go a little deeper, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with long-time federal management professor Bob Tobias.
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Last month, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Department launched a new, interoperable Electronic Health Record (EHR) at the Lovell Federal Health Care Center in Chicago. It is the first big VA facility to use the EHR. During the deployment, the agency's inspector general noticed a few challenges presented by the EHR scheduling system that could hamper the effort. For details, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke with VA's Deputy Assistant IG Leigh Ann Searight.
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Last year, the Commerce Department rolled out a new financial system meant to improve financial management. Things have not gone as planned. Implementation issues have resulted in National Weather Service employees not getting reimbursed and electric companies shutting off power to equipment used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Bloomberg Government reporter Jack Fitzpatrick broke this story late last week and spoke about it with Federal News Network's Eric White.
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On today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin:

The National Weather Service's rollout of a new financial system has been less predictable than the weather.

Veterans Affairs' IG has some advice for that troubled new electronic health record.

Federal agency performance depends on individual accountability.


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As the second quarter of 2024 begins, there is a lot on the horizon for those who do business with the government: New regulations and laws and even the revival of a long time argument. To discuss those matters, Federal News Network's Eric White welcomed David Berteau, President and CEO of the Professional Services Council.
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