TSP's G Fund Helps Delay Debt Ceiling
Sequester Hits Disaster Relief
Feds Respond to Oklahoma Tornadoes
Making Government 'Simpler'
OK Senator Wants Aid Offset by Budget Cuts
Boldly Go Where No Fed's Gone Before
AUTHOR ARCHIVES
Eric Katz
Editorial Fellow
Eric Katz joined Government Executive in the summer of 2012 after graduating from The George Washington University, where he studied journalism and political science. He has written for his college newspaper and an online political news website and worked in a public affairs office for the Navy’s Military Sealift Command. Most recently, he worked for Financial Times, where he reported on national politics.
USPS receives more time to respond to Northrop Grumman lawsuit
August 27, 2012 For the second time in as many months, a federal claims court has delayed the deadline for the U.S. Postal Service to respond to allegations in a lawsuit that Northrop Grumman Corp. filed against the agency over a contract dispute, according to Federal Times. U.S. Federal Claims Court Judge George ...
GSA employee works for Kansas City office, lives in Honolulu
August 24, 2012 While sun, palm trees and the clear waters of Waikiki are only the stuff of daydreams for most Kansas City, Mo.-based federal employees, they are extremely close to home for at least one General Services Administration teleworker. The GSA employee works for a regional office in Kansas City but lives ...
Hundreds of DHS employees arrested for laptop thefts, drug smuggling, other crimes
August 23, 2012 Some Homeland Security Department employees have found creative ways to supplement their government salary. A Citizen and Immigration Services worker charged $1,500 to approve citizenship applications. A Customs and Border Patrol agent collected $5,000 to smuggle 30 undocumented aliens across the border. Another officer received $10,000 to let a car ...
GSA seeks more savings in travel spending
August 22, 2012 When the General Services Administration announced a freeze on travel reimbursement rates last week, it was just the first step in reducing travel spending by federal employees. The agency is now developing a long-term strategy to calculate per diem rates for federal travelers, and will be consulting with experts through ...
Want the federal budget on your iPad? There’s an app for that.
August 22, 2012
FROM NEXTGOV
The Government Printing Office has announced federally published eBooks will now be available for purchase through Apple. Customers can buy and read titles from Ponzimonium: How Scam Artists are Ripping Off America to the 2013 federal budget on their iPad, iPhone or computer through the iTunes Store application. “GPO is ...
White House to agencies: Cut wasteful IT spending, then reinvest in smarter tech
August 21, 2012
FROM NEXTGOV
The Obama administration is requiring all agencies to propose budget cuts to reduce information technology spending by 10 percent, according to a guidance released by the Office of Management and Budget. The cuts would come in fiscal 2014, and be calculated based on the average IT spending in fiscals 2010 ...
Obama tells Defense communities sequestration should be avoided
August 21, 2012 President Obama continued his call for a bipartisan solution to avoid sequestration that couples spending cuts with tax hikes on the nation’s wealthiest in a series of interviews on Monday with local Virginia media outlets. Obama told The Virginia-Pilot, a newspaper based in the Navy-hub town of Norfolk, Va., that ...
Ex-Border Patrol union chief denies using funds for mistress, personal expenses
August 20, 2012 A former leader of a union representing Border Patrol workers has called accusations that he illegally used union funds for personal expenses a targeted retaliation against his criticism of the government’s border security, according to the Associated Press. Terrence J. Bonner, who headed the National Border Patrol Council from 1989 ...
BYOD on the government’s dime?
August 20, 2012
FROM NEXTGOV
When the Obama administration releases its guidance instructing federal agencies on how to implement and promote “bring your own device” programs, there might be some money in it for federal employees. The White House will include a model policy for reimbursing BYOD participants for a portion of their monthly service ...
Some managers track ‘every detail’ on feds’ computer use
August 17, 2012
FROM NEXTGOV
Ever get the feeling that someone is looking over your shoulder at work? Well, you may be right. “Virtually every arm” of the government is using sophisticated software that can intercept tweets and Facebook posts, take screen shots of monitors, and record keystrokes, experts told The Washington Post. The primary ...
