'Back-Door' Base Closures
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Neely Out at GSA
More USPS Buyouts
Gimme My Discount! Deals for Feds
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Smithsonian leader faces scrutiny over salaries, film contract
June 15, 2006 Key lawmakers are turning up the heat on Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence Small over his management of the institution, raising questions over salary issues and Small's judgment in signing a 30-year contract with the Showtime Network to produce Smithsonian films. "I've heard concerns, and I have my own concerns, so I've ...
Panel blasts FEMA over new, higher fraud estimate
June 15, 2006 The Federal Emergency Management Agency faced renewed bipartisan criticism at a House hearing Wednesday, in response to an updated government report estimating that the agency misspent more than $1 billion in victim assistance after hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Despite assurances from a FEMA official that the agency is improving its ...
Subpanel votes to remove disaster housing from FEMA
June 9, 2006 Calling it a lesson learned from Hurricane Katrina, the House Financial Services Housing Subcommittee approved a bill Thursday designating the Housing and Urban Development Department as the lead agency for handling long-term housing needs resulting from major disasters. The bill (H.R. 5393), approved by voice vote, makes several other changes ...
Panel votes to shift medical disaster system from DHS
May 25, 2006 The Homeland Security Department would lose jurisdiction over the National Disaster Medical System under a bill approved Wednesday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The committee approved the bill by voice vote. The bill (H.R. 5438), sponsored by Dingell and committee Chairman Joe Barton, R-Texas, calls for removing the ...
