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Senators push Tangherlini for assurances GSA is improving

Dan Tangherlini's on track to become the permanent head of the General Services Administration, but lawmakers want more answers about troubled GSA programs.

As VA works to eliminate one backlog, one more might emerge

Under intense congressional and media pressure, VA has moved aggressively to eliminate its backlog of new claims for disability benefits. But veterans who appeal VA's decisions are still waiting years, on average.

BRAC-like commission proposed to hunt down government cost savings

Former Comptroller General David Walker is calling for the creation of a new independent commission to recommend ways the government can remove duplication and extraneous spending. The recommendations made by the commission would require a full up-or-down vote, similar to the Base Realignment and Closure process.

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IRS to pay $70M in bonuses, Grassley says

The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa says his office has learned that the IRS is executing an agreement with the employees' union on Wednesday to pay the bonuses. Grassley says the bonuses should be canceled under an April directive from the White House budget office.

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left quotation marksOne of the things that we feel has not happened is that while great work is done by GAO, the inspectors general, OMB and many others, many times they don't make specific actionable recommendations that Congress then has to say yay or nay on. right quotation marks

-- David Walker
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