Oversight
Thousands of Organizations Mobilize Against Sequestration
Contractors, academics and union members warn of harm from automatic cuts.
Management
Study: Contractors Exaggerate Job Loss From Defense Budget Cuts
Think tank says sequestration would only have about half the impact industry claims.
News
How Your Government Advertises
'We’ve got the stuff you’ve been searching for all your life,' USA.gov ad says.
Oversight
Recovery Board Gets New Lease on Life
Hurricane Sandy relief bill gives the oversight board two years to track spending.
Management
Issa bill would require more barring of bad-actor contractors
Oversight chairman says $1 trillion a year awarded to “cheats and fraudsters.”
Management
Agencies Justify Conference Tabs Above $100,000
Spending reports submitted to OMB to comply with Obama anti-waste campaign.
Oversight
House Republicans Make Duplicative Efforts to Curb Redundant Programs
Two plans would consolidate overlapping initiatives identified by GAO.
Management
Senators Blame Congress More Than Agencies for Duplication, Waste
Coburn and Pryor call for new authority, flexibility for federal managers.
Management
Controller outlines strategy to simplify government
‘Parochial’ interests, lack of urgency hold back modernization, controller says.
Management
Government is wasteful enough that sequestration is acceptable, witnesses say
Specialists tell oversight panel all organizations can be cut 10 percent or 15 percent.
News
Four Ways to Cut the Pentagon's Budget
Former exec suggests targeting military health care, overhead, excess infrastructure and acquisition.
Management
Va. senator to House: Don't be resigned to the sequester
Defense contractors tell freshman the potential cuts are already 'paralyzing' them.
Management
IRS stands by ID’s for tax preparers amid challenge to its authority
Agency plans to appeal recent ruling over its regulation of preparers.
Management
Simplified rules proposed for agencies doling out $600 billion in federal grants
OMB aims to reduce improper payments.
Oversight
Overlap found in most radio programs from Broadcasting Board of Governors
GAO recommends more thorough reviews of language services.
Management
Procurement chief: Government shops as if it were ‘130 mid-sized businesses’
Jordan and GSA officials tout strategic sourcing to wary contractors.
Briefing
Storm Surge
FEMA’s fledgling business liaison office sets corporate resources in motion during emergencies.
Features
Preventing the Next Disaster
From street crime to terrorism to violent weather, the Homeland Security Department’s fusion centers piece together critical intelligence that can save lives.
Defense