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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.
Making Last-Minute History at GPO
December 20, 2011 Public printer William Boarman, whose long-term appointment by President Obama continues to be blocked in the Senate, made history on Tuesday by naming the first female to the second-highest slot at the Government Printing Office. Davita Vance-Cooks will serve as deputy public printer, GPO announced, having completed nearly a year ...
Interior highlights moves on renewable energy
December 20, 2011 The Interior Department on Tuesday announced progress on a trio of wind and solar power projects they say demonstrate the Obama administration's commitment to tapping the potential of renewable energy using public lands. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar at a press conference announced approval of two onshore utility-scale renewable energy projects, ...
GOP senator’s latest report on government waste pokes Congress
December 20, 2011 The latest annual slam on wasteful spending from Sen. Tom Coburn mocks federal grants and line items ranging from magic museums to the Appalachian Regional Commission, and the Oklahoma Republican does not spare Congress or his home state from his public scolding. "Wastebook 2011," released Tuesday, ranks and describes 100 ...
More BRAC Road Rage
December 19, 2011 Northern Virginia lawmakers were nearly shouting from the rooftops on Friday when it became clear that the 2012 Defense appropriations would become law with a cap on parking at the controversial Mark Center office complex in Alexandria, Va. The Pentagon is in the middle of transferring some 6,400 national security ...
HUD responds to attacks on block grant program
December 19, 2011 The Housing and Urban Development Department on Friday moved to improve monitoring of a key block grant program for affordable home construction, following charges of fraud, delays and mismanagement aired by the media, Congress and the HUD inspector general. A proposed rule published in Friday's Federal Register would tighten state ...
HHS names 32 health care providers as ‘pioneers’
December 19, 2011 The Health and Human Services Department on Monday announced the names of 32 health care physicians groups and systems that it anticipates will lead the country to the formation of accountable care organizations as called for in the 2010 health care reform law. "This is a historic step," HHS Secretary ...
HHS proposes rule to help define essential health benefits
December 16, 2011 The Health and Human Services Department on Friday detailed its proposed options for states to use in selecting the "essential health benefits'' they are required to offer individuals and small groups by 2014 under the 2010 Affordable Care Act. As described in a bulletin released for public comment, states preparing ...
SEC husbands resources in appealing judge’s ruling on Citigroup
December 16, 2011 The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday announced that it would appeal a U. S. district judge's ruling rejecting a proposed settlement of a fraud case with Citigroup, a move that could affect both the agency's legal strategies and its deployment of resources. The independent regulator had charged Citigroup with ...
NRC chairman appears to weather attacks on his personality
December 15, 2011 Embattled Nuclear Regulatory Commission Gregory Jaczko emerged from House and Senate hearings on Thursday unmoved by calls by some Republican for his resignation, but expressing -- reluctantly, it appeared -- a desire to work out management-style differences with disgruntled fellow commissioners. The personality issues are entangled in debate over how ...
Medicare Data Fight Continues
December 14, 2011 The Health and Human Services Department on Dec. 5 issued a final rule that for the first time opens up its massive, decades-old database of Medicare claims to the public, under certain conditions. But to some audiences the rule was notable for what it did not address. As called for ...
