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On the show today - April 19
On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Government Accountability Office , Congress , Elijah Cummings , Julie Tagen , National Active and Retired Federal Employees , counterterrorism , federal employees
Cummings: Agencies need oversight but not fed bashing
Embattled GSA official Jeff Neely ran his region like a "fiefdom" and was the agencies "weakest link," Congressman Elijah Cummings told In Depth on Thursday. And while he supports investigating conference practices government-wide, that isn't an excuse for fed bashing, he said.
Tags: GSA , Shakeup at GSA , Elijah Cummings , Jeff Neely , conference spending , Susan Brita
On the show today - April 13
On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Tom Davis , Ron Buckhalt , John Alic , Agriculture Department , DoD , BioPreferred , biofuels , GSA , Shakeup at GSA ,
Issa requests conference list from all agencies
Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has broadened the scope of Congress' probe into the GSA conference scandal, requesting a list of all overnight conferences attended by more than 50 employees at 23 federal agencies and departments.
Tags: Shakeup at GSA , Congress , Darrell Issa , conference spending , Eric Holder , GSA
Oversight committee: Administration earns C- for FOIA management
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has given the Obama administration a C- for management under the Freedom of Information Act. Auditors based their grade on transparency work by 17 cabinet-level departments. Auditors evaluated how agencies track and make decisions about FOIA requests, but they did not examine whether agencies are meeting their legal responsibilities.
Tags: management , DoJ , transparency , open government , Freedom of Information Act , Darrell Issa , Ruben Gomez
Oversight and Government Reform has new subcommittee chairs
Lynch, Watson only changes in leaders
Tags: management , Edolphus Towns , Diane Watson , Stephen Lynch , Lacy Clay , John Tierney , Dennis Kucinich , Brian Bilbray , Jason Cheffetz , Patrick McHenry , Jeff Flake , Jim Jordan
Oversight Chair Edolphus Towns shares committee priorities
Oversight and Government Reform eyes what's on your desktop and in your wallet.
Tags: management , Edolphus Towns , contracting , peer to peer software , SEC
Agencies need rules before bringing jobs in-house
Rep. Issa says acquisition reform must begin with defining inherently governmental. He also proposes to use third parties to help write contract requirements.
Tags: contracting , Rep. Darrell Issa , Jeff Liebman , OMB , Energy , DoD , U.S. Chamber of Commerce , acquisition reform , inherently governmental , workforce , In-sourcing , A-76 , P&B
Intimidation investigation expedited at OMB
Director Peter Orszag pledges an "expedited review" into allegations an OMB employee threatened to "make life miserable" for the OPM IG over possible budget cuts.
Tags: management , Peter Orszag , Peter McFarland , Ed Towns , Stephen Lynch , Joseph Lieberman , Susan Collins , OMB , OPM , Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committ
Oversight Chairman Towns shares committee priorities
Tags: mngt , Edolphus Towns
