S-4035 would require OPM to consider coverage of ineligible individuals when conducting FEHB fraud risk assessments. Image: Tada Images/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has passed:
* S-2492, to improve coordination between the Do Not Pay working system and federal and state agencies authorized to use the system.
* S-4035, to require that when FEHB enrollees seek to add a family member to their coverage based on a qualifying life event that the event has occurred and that the individual is eligible for coverage; require the OPM to consider coverage of ineligible individuals when conducting FEHB fraud risk assessments; require a comprehensive audit be conducted of family members currently enrolled; and require OPM to disenroll any ineligible individual found to be receiving FEHB coverage.
* S-4066, to require updates to federal procurement rules to eliminate obsolete, overly burdensome or restrictive requirements, expand use of procurement methods that allow agencies to quickly collaborate with the private sector, and strengthen training for the federal acquisition workforce on purchasing developing technologies such as artificial intelligence systems.
* S-4181, to require FEMA to submit within one year, and then every three years afterward, a human capital operation plan to include specific retention and recruitment goals, strategies to train and deploy the workforce, and analysis of the current workforce, including gaps that need to be addressed.
* HR-5528 to require OMB to conduct a review of federal procurement law to determine the potential for national security risks.
Meanwhile, the House Oversight and Accountability Committee has passed:
* HR-5255, to require OMB to recommend updates to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to ensure that federal contractors have vulnerability disclosure programs consistent with standards developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
* HR-6462, to require agencies to provide a federal employee who is the spouse of a military or foreign service member who has received a permanent change of duty station the opportunity to work remotely or transfer to a position of equal grade at the new duty station; if none of these options are feasible, the agency would have to place the individual into leave-without-pay status for the position.
* HR-8276, to require fuller and more public disclosure of excess “personal property” such as items such as computers, office equipment and furniture, and other equipment.
* HR-8335, to require OMB to issue guidance requiring federal agencies to report annually to Congress regarding certain federally funded projects that are more than five years behind schedule or have expenditures that are at least $1 billion more than the original cost estimate.
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