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Neely Out at GSA
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Air Force faces criticism over hotel construction project
July 2, 2007 The Air Force last week was accused of irresponsible management and lax oversight of construction of a 350-room hotel and massive retail mall at a military base in Germany during a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The Government Accountability Office and committee members criticized the Air ...
DHS officials deflect criticism over lapses in TB incident
June 6, 2007 Homeland Security Department officials on Wednesday detailed steps the agency was taking in the wake of allowing a drug-resistant tuberculosis patient back into the United States despite his being flagged as a biological risk. The officials placed most of the blame on a single U.S. border agent who let the ...
Agencies urge legislation to ease disposal of excess property
May 25, 2007 Top officials of five federal agencies Thursday asked for legislative help to clear obstacles they face in disposing of an estimated 21,000 federal properties no longer used but worth $17 billion. Clay Johnson III, deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget, told the Senate Homeland Security ...
VA chief outlines immediate changes in vets' health care
April 25, 2007 Seriously injured military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan will get speedier medical treatment and quicker enrollment in Veterans Affairs benefits under changes proposed by a presidential commission report released Tuesday. Veterans Affairs Secretary James Nicholson outlined measures proposed by the task force President Bush chose him to lead in ...
Amtrak CEO: Rail service will suffer under 2008 budget
March 29, 2007 Amtrak would be forced to make drastic cuts in service if it had to live with the funding the White House proposed for fiscal 2008, Alexander Kummant, president and CEO of the rail passenger service, testified Wednesday. "It would be very difficult to maintain an operation," he told the House ...
Senators weigh PATRIOT Act attorney provision
February 7, 2007 Senate Judiciary ranking member Arlen Specter, R-Pa., Tuesday said he would support a bid to reverse a provision in the USA PATRIOT Act that helped facilitate what Democrats charge was the improper dismissal of seven U.S. attorneys. Denying an accusation by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., that the provision was "slipped ...
Panel advances dam safety legislation to full House
September 21, 2006 Legislation to reauthorize and upgrade the Federal Emergency Management Agency's program for improving the safety and security of dams was approved Wednesday by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The National Dam Safety Program Act (H.R. 4981), which would increase the annual authorization for the program from $8.6 million to ...
Democrats call for NOAA to focus on troubled oceans
August 4, 2006 Urging greater attention to the deteriorating oceans, Senate Democrats urged the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in a Thursday hearing to focus on dealing with mounting problems the world's oceans face. Vice Adm. Conrad Lautenbacher, the undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator, outlined ...
House committee approves bills to sunset programs
July 20, 2006 The House Government Reform Committee on Thursday approved bills mostly along party lines that would sunset programs, a move Republicans said was necessary to eliminate government inefficiency. One measure introduced by Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, would establish a permanent commission that would set all federal programs on a path to ...
Treasury official: Impact unclear from disclosure of terror tracking
July 11, 2006 The Treasury Department official tracking financial transactions made by terrorists testified Tuesday that news stories about the program were "definitely damaging" but "it remains to be seen" whether the program was ruined by the publicity. Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey defended the administration's policy of limiting ...
