Management
Seven Ex-Census Chiefs Warn Against Budget Cuts
Bureau is running out of time for designing, planning and selecting technology for the 2020 count.
Briefing
Around Government
Disease detectives, designing dog noses, aligning employees’ mood with the mission.
Management
Pentagon Told to Improve Management of Cost-Plus Contracts
FAR rules not followed on 411 projects valued at $31.7 billion.
Oversight
Sen. Johnson Speaks on Aligning Public-Private Sector Pay, Keeping Hearings Polite
Likely Homeland Security panel priorities also include securing border, cyber safety, regulatory rollback.
Management
Homeland Security Fusion Center Grant Money Not Always Tracked, GAO Finds
Multi-agency participation in spending complicates results reporting.
Management
Contractors Should Expect Good Things from a GOP Congress
A new leader could repair ‘damage’ done by current House oversight chairman Darrell Issa, analyst says.
Management
Justice Dept. Immigration Officials Faulted for Nepotism
Watchdog says practice of hiring relatives was “widespread.”
Oversight
Air Force Ethics Officials Abused Frequent Flyer Upgrades
Watchdog substantiates charge that two former senior lawyers violated gift regulations.
Management
GSA Credits Recovery Act for Energy-Efficient Buildings
Fifty-nine federal facilities averaged a 5.5 percent drop in energy use last winter, one of the harshest in years.
Management
Is a More Powerful Consumer Bureau Watchdog Worth the Price?
CBO estimates bill for independent IG would add to deficits.
Management
Pentagon’s Buying Managers Resist IG’s Call for Central Oversight Office
Watchdog recommends the new office as a way to reduce delays and cost overruns.
Management
Procurement Chief Vows to Simplify Federal Contracting
Rung says key to curbing complexity is collaboration between agencies, industry.
Oversight
GOP Victory Would Place Conservative Businessman in Charge of Senate Oversight Panel
Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has advocated pay freeze, a smaller federal workforce.
Management
Effort to Root Out Duplicative Federal Programs Hits a Roadblock
Because agencies use different terminology, their inventories have limited value, GAO finds.
Management
Watchdog: Congress Should Help HUD Improve List of Buildings for Homeless
Inventory of agency properties that could become shelters called too broad.
Management
Prescription Drug Payments Still Going to Dead People, Watchdog Finds
CMS struggles to enforce pharmacy reporting deadlines on HIV treatments.
Defense
One Agency's Short-Lived Idea to Have Its Employees Test a New Ebola Vaccine
News editors at VOA found volunteers, but BBG general counsel balked.
Tech
Puzzling Fact: Trade Envoys May Not Text Foreign Counterparts
Federal Records Act requires archiving except for transitory messages.
Management