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
AUTHOR ARCHIVES
Kedar Pavgi
Editorial Fellow
Kedar Pavgi joined Government Executive summer 2012 as an editorial fellow. He previously worked at Foreign Policy magazine, and has written for The Diplomat, The World Politics Review and the Foreign Policy Association. He received his bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary, where he studied economics and international relations.
Interior to start disbursing checks to American Indians
November 27, 2012 The settlement in a major class action lawsuit between the federal government and hundreds of thousands of American Indians has been finalized, allowing for the distribution of $3.4 billion in funds, officials announced Monday. Final approval for the settlement in Cobell v. Salazar came Nov. 24, following the expiration of ...
GAO wants to charge companies disputing federal contract awards
November 21, 2012 Companies looking to contest contract awards with the federal government may have to pay a fee to the Government Accountability Office to have their protest bid arbitrated, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. GAO is asking Congress to approve a $240 “file to bid” fee to help fund a new online docket ...
Tight times require creative approaches to funding new FBI headquarters
November 20, 2012 The General Services Administration is looking for creative ways to finance the construction of a new FBI headquarters amid lean budgets, according to a report from Federal Times. Bob Peck, a former public buildings commissioner at GSA, told Federal Times that GSA was unlikely to sell the building in a ...
Prospective Presidential Management Fellows get an extra week to apply
November 19, 2012 The deadline for applications to the Presidential Management Fellows program has been extended to Nov. 26, according to an announcement on the program’s website. The Office of Personnel Management extended the deadline by about one week to “accommodate applicants who may have been affected by Hurricane Sandy.” The program’s application ...
Government settles ICE discrimination case
November 16, 2012 The government has settled a discrimination lawsuit with a senior agent from the Homeland Security Department’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, the Associated Press has reported. A lawyer for ICE Agent James T. Hayes Jr. said in a court record that the “parties have come to an agreement in principal” ...
State neglected GAO’s diplomatic security advice
November 16, 2012 The State Department did not follow up on recommendations made in 2009 to improve diplomatic security, a failing that may have contributed to critical staffing shortages at dangerous diplomatic posts around the world, a Government Accountability Office official said Thursday. In a written statement presented to the House Committee on ...
HUD secretary to lead long-term Sandy recovery efforts
November 15, 2012 President Obama has directed Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan to lead the federal government’s long-term recovery efforts in the areas hit by Hurricane Sandy. After traveling to New York on Thursday to visit storm-struck areas, President Obama said Donovan will coordinate federal action for states that are looking ...
Former AFRICOM general demoted over excessive spending
November 13, 2012 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday demoted former Gen. William “Kip” Ward, who had served as head of the U.S. Africa Command, following allegations of “unauthorized expenses” and “lavish travel,” the Associated Press reported. Ward, the first head of the Stuttgart, Germany-based U.S AFRICOM, was investigated for excessive spending, including ...
Contract competition increasing at DHS, think tank says
November 13, 2012 Contract competition at the Homeland Security Department has increased significantly, according to a new report that still warns inadequate spending on research and development may hinder DHS down the road. The paper published Tuesday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies found that the majority of contracts that DHS ...
Wearing campaign shirts no longer violates Hatch Act, OSC says
November 9, 2012 Federal employees won’t violate the Hatch Act by wearing clothing or carrying items from presidential campaigns to work, but they still are prohibited by law from donning or displaying paraphernalia that directly support a political party or group, according to an advisory memo from the federal government’s independent investigative body. ...
