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Security On the Rails
More agents needed, according to new report.
Tags: mngt , DHS , rail security , budget , TSA
A disagreement over Veterans Affairs budget
WFED's Jason Miller reports.
Tags: management , VA , Jason Miller , FY 2010 budget , budget
National Archives IG investigates possible data breach affecting millions of vets
The inspector general of the National Archives and Records Administration is looking into the possible breach. A hard drive was sent back to its vendor for repair and recycling, but wasn't wiped first. The hard drive helped power eVetRecs.
Tags: technology , NARA , Wired , data , hard drive , security , cybersecurity
Crackdown on crooked contractors nets millions for Justice
It's bad enough when state and local governments bilk the federal government for improper grants or other payments. It's even worse when they hire contractors to manage their reimbursement requests and the result is millions in improper payments.
Tags: contracting , DoJ , SWBPI , Cynthia Schnedar , best practices
Who can, and can't, speak freely about the budget?
Office of Management and Budget director Peter Orszag says he has expedited the review over allegations that a career budget examiner threatened a budget employee in the Office of Personnel Management inspector general's office.
Tags: OMB , OPM , Fred Hitz , CIA , Congress , ethics , budget
Stimulus strains contracting workforce
You knew the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act would be more work. But no one knew just how much work the stimulus bill would create for federal agencies and whether they would have the capacity to carry it out. That task fell to the Inspector General at the Commerce Department.
Tags: mngt , acquisition , contracting , ARRA , best practices , oversight , Commerce , stimulus funding , grants , Todd Zinser
Justice's network consolidation rests with its budget request
Networx solicitation expected this year as well for WAN
Tags: technology , contracting , Van Hitch , DoJ , GAO , DHS , Networx , telecommunications , Network communications , IWN , wireless communications
How independent are agency IGs?
The GAO's reports evaluates the independence of inspector generals in government.
Tags: susan ragland , GAO , oversight , financial management , In Depth
OPM commits to stopping payments to dead people
The Office of Personnel Management has created a task force to lead efforts to stop payments to retirees who have died. An inspector general report released Thursday revealed that OPM had paid $601 million in benefits to dead people since 2006.
Tags: John Berry , pay and benefits , OPM , retirement , wasteful spending , OMB , Emily Kopp , pay , benefits , Patrick McFarland
