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White House reprioritizes online accountability

The websites for the Fiddlin' Foresters - the official U.S. Forest folk band - and one for desert tortoises are a couple of websites that could be on the chopping block in the White House efforts to cut wasteful spending.

Tags: Collaboration Center , Barack Obama , Jeff Zients , OMB , White House , websites , technology , Fiddlin' Foresters , Government Accountability and Transparency Board , Darrell Issa

Tuesday - 06/14/2011, 12:15pm EDT

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Lessons from NRC's award-winning performance, accountability reporting

Jim Dyer, CFO at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, explains how the commission has taken to hear the President's priority of performance reporting.

Tags: Jim Dyer , Nuclear Regulatory Commission , performance , AGA Certificate of Excellence , In Depth

Thursday - 05/26/2011, 06:52pm EDT

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How GAO identified tax-deliquent stimulus contractors

Greg Kutz, the Managing Director of GAO's Forensic Audits and Special Investigations team, explained how contractors were evaluated for the report.

Tags: taxes , stimulus funding , TARP , GAO , Greg Kutz , tax-delinquent , contracting , grantees , In Depth

Thursday - 05/26/2011, 06:19pm EDT

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Agency performance - Are you overmeasured?

Some people think the agencies are "measured enough"and some think your agency is overmeasured.

Tags: Jon Desenberg , Performance Institute , In Depth

Wednesday - 04/27/2011, 04:38pm EDT

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DoD wrongly reports $1.7B in stimulus spending

The IG says the Defense Department didn't follow specific rules to make sure the information was correct.

Tags: DoD Report , inspector general , stimulus funds , TARP , budget , oversight , Government Computer News , In Depth

Tuesday - 03/29/2011, 03:47pm EDT

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Federal employee accountability: Will the rules change with a new Congress?

Bill Bransford, partner at the law firm Shaw, Bransford & Roth, joins host Bob Leins this week.
March 14, 2011

Tags: performance , Bill Bransford , Shaw Bransford & Roth , pay and benefits , Bob Leins , NITP , For Your Benefit ,

Monday - 03/14/2011, 09:21am EDT

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GAO: Interior's challenges include resource protection, backlog

The Government Accountability Office has released a list of seven major management challenges at Interior. The challenges range from land acquisition to information security.

Tags: Anu Mittal , GAO , Interior , management , High Risk list , Dorobek Insider

Thursday - 03/03/2011, 03:52pm EST

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