The Vast Majority of IRS Employees Aren't Corrupt
GSA Mishandled Executive Bonuses
EIG 2013 as Told by Your Tweets
Infographic: Nominee Limbo
Will You Be Furloughed?
Boldly Go Where No Fed's Gone Before
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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.
A Reinvigorated Office of Special Counsel?
November 14, 2011 This month's grim results of investigations into the Air Force's mishandling of deceased soldiers' remains at Dover Air Force Base has brought some fresh visibility to the Office of Special Counsel. The independent agency that was beset by scandal in the final years of the George W. Bush administration won ...
HHS accelerates grants to create health care jobs
November 14, 2011 On the day the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear constitutional challenges to the 2010 health care reform law, Health and Human Services Department leaders rolled out a $1 billion grant program designed to identify innovations that both improve medical care and create jobs. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on ...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official responds to critics
November 14, 2011 The general counsel of the months-old Consumer Financial Protection Bureau defended his colleagues from conservative critics who portray his agency's regulators as champions of "bureaucratic pathologies" whose "unchecked power" will damage the country's lending industry. Leonard Kennedy, who came to the CFPB implementation team from Sprint Nextel Corp., said the ...
Progress for Veterans
November 11, 2011 Two Obama administration officials marked Veterans Day with observations and data on how the Veterans Affairs Department is improving the lives of those who served. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki took to the op-ed page of The Wall Street Journal to explain why veterans make good employees. More than 100,000 ...
Next steps unclear after balky national alert test
November 11, 2011
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After months of anticipation among emergency response officials, the Nov. 9 maiden voyage of a nationwide emergency alert test created uncertainty among federal agencies and private broadcasters, some of whom noted glitches in the experiment. Planned cooperatively by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and ...
Next steps unclear after balky national alert test
November 11, 2011 After months of anticipation among emergency response officials, the Nov. 9 maiden voyage of a nationwide emergency alert test created uncertainty among federal agencies and private broadcasters, some of whom noted glitches in the experiment. Planned cooperatively by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and ...
Anti-tobacco groups praise bill to ban smoking in federal buildings
November 10, 2011 A bill to widen current smoking restrictions to cover all federal buildings was introduced this month by Rep. Susan Davis, D-Calif., after President Obama declined her request in 2009 to enact the policy through executive order, Davis press secretary Aaron Hunter told Government Executive. The legislation is being hailed by ...
The IRS performed well in aftermath of Texas plane attack, auditors say
November 10, 2011 This story has been updated with comment from the National Treasury Employees Union In the weeks following the February 2010 suicide pilot's attack on an Internal Revenue Service office in Austin, Texas, IRS employees were timely in treating the counseling needs of colleagues, setting up temporary office space and resuming ...
A Hoover Two-Fer
November 9, 2011 The week that will bring the release of the Clint Eastwood-directed biopic of legendary FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover also has dealt a blow to the durability of the Pennsylvania Avenue building that bears his name. The Government Accountability Office on Tuesday published a report noting that the 36-year-old structure ...
Agriculture secretary previews new reforms
November 9, 2011 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Thursday will announce a batch of regulatory reforms designed to deliver services to farmers and ranchers "in a streamlined way" without sacrificing quality in his department's work. On the eve of a speech to the National Association of Farm Broadcasters in Kansas City, Mo., Vilsack ...
