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• Former HUD officials call for a fair housing agency (12/09/08)
  Republican Jack Kemp and Democrat Henry Cisneros recommend an independent enforcement entity that would replace the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
• Agencies end fiscal 2008 with higher management marks (11/03/08)
  Scores improve in making services more efficient and measuring program performance.
• IG community honors auditors and investigators (10/22/08)
  Agriculture, Defense departments among top award winners.
• New HUD secretary rallies employees (07/14/08)
  Steve Preston is boosting spirits through gestures such as eating lunch in the cafeteria with employees.
• GSA inspector general cleared of whistleblower complaints (04/25/08)
  Independent office says charges were without merit; Sen. Grassley calls for peace between IG and agency chief.
• GSA administrator fires latest salvo in battle with agency inspector general (04/18/08)
  Lurita Doan rails against 'cursory dismissal' of whistleblower complaints filed by IG attorneys.
• Panel clears House bill on federal computer donations (04/10/08)
  Legislation directs agencies to give excess electronic equipment to educational organizations.
• Veterans Affairs revs up travel Web site (03/03/08)
  Department is latest to offer one-stop service for managing reservations and expense reporting.
• Housing inspector general finds backdated records in employee detail case (02/22/08)
  Inquiry is the latest problem to bedevil HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson.
• GSA chief accuses oversight panel of mishandling IG probe (02/06/08)
  Lurita Doan says whistleblower allegations against the agency's inspector general were dismissed without a substantive investigation.
• Budget breakdown: How agencies, programs fared (02/05/08)
  Winners and losers in President Bush's fiscal 2009 budget proposal.
• GSA inspector general says he's been cleared of misconduct charges (01/28/08)
  Complaints by counsel's office dismissed by oversight panel, according to IG Brian Miller.
• IG: Energy Department vulnerable to cyberattacks (01/24/08)
  Department experienced 132 breaches in 2006 severe enough to notify law enforcement.
• GSA watchdog finds himself on other side of misconduct investigation (01/17/08)
  Former counsel alleges misuse of resources, retaliatory actions against managers at inspector general's office.
• Probe of HUD chief heats up (12/26/07)
  Contracting decisions and deputy chief of staff remain at center of investigation.
• Federal tech spending gets more scrutiny (12/21/07)
  Omnibus spending bill would impose new reporting requirements on "centers of excellence" -- operations within one agency that handle back-office functions for several agencies.
• Six agencies win performance awards (12/04/07)
  Health and Human Services honored for agencywide performance and innovation.
• Probes focus on HUD chief's role in contracting decisions (11/21/07)
  For several months, a federal grand jury, Justice Department prosecutors, the FBI, and the HUD inspector general's office have been investigating Alphonso Jackson.
• IT security officials share concerns (10/30/07)
  The increasing need to share information electronically is among the trends creating vulnerabilities, officials say.
• Updated White House homeland security strategy criticized (10/10/07)
  Lawmakers and security experts say the document is thin on specifics.