Steven Sossei, a consultant with the Association for Government Accountants, discusses a report on data analytics. Sopen Shah, a defense financial analyst with ...
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Steven Sossei — consultant, Association for Government Accountants
The Association for Government Accountants recently released a report on how well federal agencies are implementing data analytics to do things like stopping criminals from reselling food stamps and stopping stimulus money from being issued to the same company twice. While the concept is proven to be valuable, it’s adoption is not universal. Why not?
Sopen Shah — defense financial analyst, Bloomberg Government
First quarter sales are down for three of the top five defense contractors. Is it a sign of things to come? Sopen Shah, a BGOV defense financial analyst, offers a detailed look at the earnings for Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics and Raytheon.
Agencies can expect a higher level of scrutiny in the wake of several recent scandals. What impact do the misdeeds of federal employees at the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Secret Service and the General Services Administration have on the government as a whole? And will the consequences be more severe in this current atmosphere of budgetary restraint?