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Defense
Federal travel spending drops
Big drop at Defense department leads to overall drop in travel expenditures from fiscal 2005 to 2006.
Oversight
Lawmaker presses OSC chief to hand over e-mails
Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., wants more information on any work-related messages Special Counsel Scott Bloch sent via a personal account.
Oversight
IRS to spend $13.2 million on headquarters flood recovery
Agency avoided using any new appropriations and followed contracting rules, auditors find.
Oversight
CIA alters ‘news media’ definition for FOIA requests
Criticism of a draft proposal prevented a more expansive overhaul of fee structure.
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Oversight
Veterans Affairs chief resigns
James Nicholson, 69, says he wants to return to the private sector.
Oversight
Administration’s financial management chief to retire
Linda Combs helped update inventory of excess property, guided agencies in reducing payment errors.
Oversight
Senator criticizes GSA plans to cut office supply program
A group of lawmakers, led by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., says the move would hurt small companies and hamper disaster recovery efforts.
Oversight
Employee tried to mask extent of latest VA data breach
“Panicked” IT specialist lied to investigators looking into the loss of a hard drive with personal data on about 1.5 million people, IG says.
Oversight
Audit finds FEMA laptops lack proper security settings
Sensitive data could be at risk, inspector general finds in review of 298 laptops.
Oversight
Windows security standardization cited as top tech challenge
Half of IT security officers and managers in survey say they have adequate budgets and staff to implement OMB mandate.
Oversight
Open government group says FOIA backlogs worse than reported
Five agencies have Freedom of Information Act requests that go back 15 years or more, according to a new report.
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Oversight
Use of free tax filing software drops significantly
Decrease followed agreement limiting the service to 70 percent of tax filers, auditors find.
Defense
Locals pan DHS decision to ditch communications project
County officials upset by phase-out of tool to distribute disaster management software and establish interoperability standards.
Oversight
House appropriators limit e-gov funding
Office of Management and Budget urges Congress to meet full funding request, but veto threat stems from unrelated provisions.
News
GSA awards air travel contracts to 14 carriers
Agency predicts that new City Pair contracts will save the government more than $4.5 billion next year.
Oversight
Open government advocates slam report on FOIA reform
Former Justice FOIA chief says report is an "unfortunately transparent" attempt to make the situation look better than it is.
Oversight