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BRAC-like commission proposed to hunt down government cost savings
A new commission, proposed by David Walker, former U.S. comptroller general, would recommend ways to streamline government by removing duplication and extraneous spending from government agencies. Federal-employee unions criticized the proposal and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee lawmakers expressed skepticism that such a proposal could gain congressional approval.
Tags: management , budget , oversight , Congress , best practices , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , John Mica , Carolyn Maloney , David Walker , Stephen Goldsmith , Elaine Kamarck , J. David Cox , Government Transformation Initiative , AFGE , Reinventing Government
IRS official contradicts claims about reviews
Tags: IRS , IRS scandal , oversight , Holly Paz , Darrell Issa
GSA to review all internal contracting practices after latest IG report
The review comes in the wake of the agency's recent inspector general report that revealed management interference on schedule contract negotiations. Acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini said the review will ensure the agency's contracting work is "performed with transparency and honesty."
Tags: acquisition , GSA , Anne Rung , Dan Tangherlini , oversight , Jason Miller
State Dept. eyes probe process after complaints
Tags: State Department , oversight , Bureau of Diplomatic Security
Inside the Reporter's Notebook: Some question who's in charge at GSA with six feds on admin leave
Industry experts say GSA is looking for scapegoats for the problems outlined in two recent inspector general reports, instead of stepping back and understanding the real issues auditors raised.
Tags: Inside the Reporters Notebook , management , GSA , OMB , Jack Kelly , Steve Kempf , Warren Blankenship , Amanda Frederiksen , oversight , industry , Jason Miller
Energy officials land summer jobs for their kids
Tags: Energy , oversight , Ernest Moniz , Greg Friedman , Bill Gibbons , nepotism
IRS manager: White House not involved in reviews
Tags: IRS , oversight , IRS scandal
IRS official apologizes for lavish $4M conference
An Internal Revenue Service official whose division staged a $4.1 million training conference and who starred as Mr. Spock in a "Star Trek" parody shown at the 2010 gathering conceded to Congress on Thursday that taxpayer dollars were wasted in the episode.
Tags: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , IRS , oversight , conference spending , IRS scandal
Lawmakers, IG expose further vulnerabilities in VA's cybersecurity
The Veterans Affairs Department has been compromised by at least eight different nation state organizations that stole data from its systems, House lawmakers and other experts say. VA officials say there always are risks, but their computer security is better than ever before.
Tags: technology , VA , Stephen Warren , Mike Coffman , Tim Huelskamp , Jerry Davis , Linda Halliday , Mike Bowman , oversight , House Veterans Affairs Committee , cybersecurity , Jason Miller
IG: IRS violated few policies in spending millions on conferences
The Internal Revenue Service held 225 employee conferences between 2010 and 2012, at a total cost of $49 million, according to a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). The report also revealed the embattled agency used funding originally slated to hire front-line employees to foot most of the bill for a $4.1 million conference held in Anaheim, Calif., in 2010.
Tags: IRS , management , oversight , TIGTA , conference spending , Jack Moore
