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Sequestration cuts force GSA to cancel two more conferences
The annual SmartPay and FedForum conferences have been canceled this year due to cuts to agency travel and training budgets under sequestration.
Tags: GSA , sequestration , SmartPay , FedForum , industry , management , training , Jason Miller
GSA expects $11M savings from travel, conference cuts
The General Services Administration projects it will save $11 million from April to September from reforms to employee travel and agency conferences. Since April, GSA canceled 47 conferences.
Tags: GSA , Shakeup at GSA , Dan Tangherlini , budget , oversight , House Oversight and Government Reform , management , Jolie Lee
GSA Expo turns into a smaller, toned down affair
The Public Buildings Service Western Regions conference scandal is reverberating across government. A new Federal News Radio online survey found other agencies are feeling the effects of GSA's problems. More than half of all respondents said their agency canceled conferences or meetings.
Tags: management , acquisition , training , GSA , Dan Tangherlini , Shakeup at GSA , Larry Allen , Allen Federal Business Partners , industry , budget , Jason Miller , exclusive
Uncle Sam tackles demon rum ... again!
Is Prohibition, which ended in 1933, coming back to federal offices? Will root-beer-based martinis be the new drink of choice of federal party-goers? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wonders: Has it already started?
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , workforce , Congress , pay and benefits ,
GSA clarifies conference policy but industry concerns persist
A memo from acting administrator Dan Tangherlini details the steps agency employees must go through to receive approval for conferences and other travel. In wake of GSA Western Regions conference, other agencies also are reconsidering hosting conferences.
Tags: management , GSA , Dan Tangherlini , Shakeup at GSA , Jason Miller
SURVEY: Has the GSA scandal affected other agency conferences?
In recent weeks, the General Services Administration has become synonymous with wasteful conference spending when the agency's inspector general revealed GSA had spent more than $800,000 on a Las Vegas conference. Federal News Radio wants to know if the GSA conference spending scandal has impacted your agency's conference plans.
AGA exec: 'We need leadership in financial community'
Relmond Van Daniker, executive director of the Association of Government Accountants, touts the programs offered at the AGA National Leadership Conference that bring leaders together from across the country to solve shared problems.
Tags: AGA , leadership , Relmond Van Daniker , Federal Drive
Agencies scrubbing recovery data in preparation for release Friday
At the Executive Leadership Conference in Williamsburg, Ed DeSeve says agencies are finding and fixing most simple errors in Recovery reporting. The special advisor to the Vice President says extra work by agencies will make Recovery data clearer.
Tags: contracting , ELC , Ed DeSeve , OMB , Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board , IAC , Recovery Act , Executive Leadership Conference
Is there a central travel office in DHS' future?
A recent report from the Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security charges that some funds spent for conferences and travel were either wasted, or cannot be accounted for. A Congressional panel which oversees DHS commissioned that report, and is expressing its concern. But the agency says it has already taken steps to better spend and account for its conference and travel budget.
Tags: management , travel , DHS , Elaine Duke , DHS Inspector General , Carl Mann , Chris Carney , Max Cacas
Collaborate at every level
At this year's Management of Change Conference, organizers tried something different. WFED's Amy Morris gets details from DeKalb County, Georgia's CIO, Darrell Black.
Tags: Management of Change , MOC , Amy Morris , Darrell Black , management , technology , collaboration , CIO
