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Charles S. Clark
Senior Correspondent
Charlie Clark joined Government Executive in the fall of 2009. He has been on staff at The Washington Post, Congressional Quarterly, National Journal, Time-Life Books, Tax Analysts, the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, and the National Center on Education and the Economy. He has written or edited online news, daily news stories, long features, wire copy, magazines, books and organizational media strategies.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau draws ire from allies
April 13, 2012 Accustomed to attacks from congressional Republicans who opposed its creation, the Consumer Financial Protection now finds itself at odds with some in the consumer advocacy community over a new rule on credit card fees. On Thursday, CFPB requested public comment on a proposed rule regarding fees credit card issuers could ...
Reprimand or bonus? GSA officials reportedly couldn't agree
April 13, 2012 Emails among top General Services Administration officials show disagreement over whether the regional commissioner responsible for the extravagant October 2010 training conference in Las Vegas should receive a reprimand or a bonus, Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., said Friday. The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released a statement ...
Obama declines to issue executive order on contractor bias
April 12, 2012 The White House has confirmed reports that President Obama does not intend to issue an executive order cracking down on federal contractors that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. Some lawmakers and advocates in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community have been seeking such an order. “The president ...
Agencies handed Do Not Pay deadlines
April 12, 2012 The Obama administration on Thursday took another step in its campaign to curb improper payments by assigning agencies a schedule for adopting its Do Not Pay List of entities whose claims on federal monies may lack merit. Acting budget director Jeffrey Zients, in a memorandum to all federal agency and ...
IRS likely to get temporary commissioner when Shulman leaves
April 11, 2012 By accident of the calendar, the five-year term of Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Doug Shulman ends the same month as the 2012 elections. Hence, specialists say, odds are the Obama administration will name an acting commissioner to tide the IRS over what promises to be a year-end congressional imbroglio over ...
GSA staff told to do better at reporting abuses
April 11, 2012 General Services Administration employees, still reeling from the 10-day-old scandal over lavish spending at a 2010 Las Vegas training conference, received a letter from their acting boss and the agency inspector general directing them to do better at reporting abusive spending in the future. “One of the more troubling aspects ...
How the public printer is doing more with less
April 10, 2012 Acting Public Printer Davita Vance-Cooks described as “transformational” the changes she has helped orchestrate at the Government Printing Office, offering the results as “one of many case studies in government operations in an environment of fiscal constraints, intense congressional oversight and justified public scrutiny.” She detailed the downsizing and reprioritizing ...
GAO nudges Pentagon to improve its contractor records
April 10, 2012 The Defense Department continues to use faulty data in determining the number of contractors each military service relies on, complicating efforts to enforce rules that require agencies to tap federal employees to perform functions considered inherently governmental, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office. With the exception of ...
GSA scandal engulfs another top official
April 9, 2012 A week after revelations of extravagant spending at a General Services Administration training conference broke, another top official at the agency has been placed on administrative leave. David Foley, deputy commissioner of the Public Buildings Service, is now under review for his conduct at the October 2010 Western Regions conference ...
Homesick Panetta?
April 9, 2012 Since 2001, security concerns have required the Defense secretary to use military aircraft for all business and personal long-distance travel. But incumbent Leon Panetta’s regular visits to his home in Monterey, Calif., have cost the Pentagon as much as $860,000, according to a recent Associated Press story. The issue is ...
