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- IRS to pay $70M in bonuses, Grassley says
- Small companies won't feel effect of lowered contractor pay cap
- Senators push Tangherlini for assurances GSA is improving
- As VA works to eliminate one backlog, one more might emerge
- BRAC-like commission proposed to hunt down government cost savings
- Sequestration claims another conference: DHS's GFirst cyber event
- Postal Service closing Capitol Hill post offices in 'symbolic' move
- Senators seek cost cuts for F-35 fighter jet
- Fed pens new furlough song
- Web guru Dorris brings new life to government websites
- EPA CIO Jackson returning to private sector
- Navy strikes enterprise licensing deal with Oracle
- Contractors with security clearances lack path to report problems
- NSA leak case gives vendors reason to reevaluate personnel
- 8 contract executives guilty of 8(a) contracting fraud
- Whistleblower suit leads to $12M false claims settlement by SAIC
'More intense' high-risk oversight planned
GAO's biannual list includes 30 programs that are in trouble. House and Senate members promise to focus more of their attention on the initiatives most at risk. Members plan to use the model that worked for DoD and personnel security clearances in other problematic areas.
DoD's footprint reduced on GAO High Risk List
The government watchdog agency highlights 30 areas that are at-risk of major problems or failure. Auditors added Interior's handling of gas and oil resources, but several on-going challenges saw the scope of oversight shrink because of progress agencies have made.
Platts zeroes in on agency financials
House oversight subcommittee will kick off the financial management agenda next week.
GAO: Feds have role in culture of transit safety, including D.C.'s Metro
Coburn: DoD must follow the money
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) asked DoD officials to be audit ready in anticipation of budget cuts. GAO has not been able to form an auditable opinion of them in over a decade.
GAO: DHS neglecting northern border
Two years ago a group of Senators asked how effective the Department of Homeland Security was in protecting the border between the U.S. and Canada. The report is in, and the Senators are not happy.
GAO: No way to tell how many contractors in DoD
Defense said it would issue new contractor reporting guidance by last August. The GAO says agencies are still waiting.
GAO: Payday loans probably won't hurt security clearance
GAO's Alicia Cackley discusses the effects on feds' financial profiles and security clearances from taking out high-interest Payday loans.
GAO: DoD needs greater financial accountability
A GAO report reviews DoD's financial management.
GAO: E-Verify better, but...
The system used to check the legality of new employees has the potential to wrongly flag 180,000 people a year as ineligible to work in America, according to the GAO.
DoD hoping for shorter GAO High Risk List
The Defense Department's leader of business process reform said Friday that she's hopeful the Government Accountability Office will remove one of DoD's high risk areas from its biennial list of government trouble spots. GAO is expected to issue the list within the next several weeks.
Agency Tip 1: Get out the message
Part of "The Need for the Next Generation" special report, GAO explains how the watchdog agency re-imagined its brand and recruiting methods to become a highly competitive agency for young people to work for.
GAO tabulates costs of Don't Ask Don't Tell
A government analysis says that discharging gay service members cost the Pentagon nearly $200 million from 2004 to 2009. The money went mainly to recruit and train replacements.
GAO: More efficiency possible in IRS tax return process
GAO's James White describes the report findings on the 2010 tax filing season.
GAO: Defense manpower data is inconsistent
The GAO says DoD service contracting reports are inconsistent.
GAO: workforce planning an issue at TARP
The Government Accountability Office continues to follow the progress of TARP. GAO's Tom McCool gives us an update.
GAO evaluates DoD inventory management
GAO's Jack Edwards gives highlights of the report on defense
GAO: Cyber challenges exist for Smart Grid
Increased use of a smart grid has benefits. The GAO finds being more cyber secure isn't one of them.
New governmentwide financial systems on tap
OMB controller Danny Werfel said the Treasury Department should be finished testing and analyzing systems in the next six months. The CFO Council highlights priorities for 2011, and among them is the further reduction of improper payments. Werfel said agencies will begin using the software tool first utilized by the Recovery Board to identify potential problems.
