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OMB to hold senior officials more accountable for government waste
President Obama will issue an executive order in the next week detailing steps agencies must take to reduce the amount of improper payments. OMB will set up a new online dashboard to track these expenditures, similar to the one for IT projects. Executive order also will implement stricter requirements for contractors to report overpayments.
Tags: management , Peter Orszag , Daniel Werfel , Tom Carper , Patrick Murphy , OMB , HHS , improper payments , Medicare , Recovery audits , CFO , Agriculture , Defense , Education , DHS , DOT , VA
Insourcing debate heats up over agencies stealing employees
Industry experts charge that the Defense Department is targeting specific vendor employees to bring in house. Most of the Pentagon's actions are purely budget driven, industry says. OMB says insourcing is just one element of the broader management initiative of managing the multi-sector workforce.
Tags: mngt , contracting , best practices , Matthew Blum , Jeffrey Zients , OMB , OFPP , DoD , Defense , Interior , Stan Soloway , Terry Raney , Professional Services Council , CACI , insourcing , Multi-sector workforce , acquisition workforce
Shay Assad: how to fix contracting problems in 30 days or less
Commissioner Dov Zakheim told FederalNewsRadio DCAA and DCMA "just didn't seem to be working in harness, and we got assurances, very, very firm assurances, from a very senior Defense official, Mr. Shay Assad, who said he's going to have it sorted out in 30 days. And frankly, we believe him."
Tags: Commission on Wartime Contracting , contracting , KBR , Shay Assad , DCAA , DCMA , DoD , Defense , SPOT
DoD promises to fix Iraq contracting problems in 30 days
There is no precise figure for how many contractors are in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tags: Commission on Wartime Contracting , Dov Zakheim , contracting , KBR , Shay Assad , DCAA , DCMA , DoD , Defense
Where Defense dollars will go in the year ahead
What happened with Aerospace & Defense spending in 2009 and where will it go in 2010? We ask a senior advisor for Aerospace and Defense at Deloitte.
Tags: contracting , budget , Defense , defense spending , Deloitte , Charles Wald
Top Ten for 2010: USAF tanker deal predicted to be split in half
In our next installment of "Top Ten for 2010", Federal News Radio looks at a battle of two bidders.
Tags: series , Bold Predictions , Top Ten for 2010 , Boeing , Northrop Grumman , Barry Watts , Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis , Defense , contracting
Access to Defense health records gets faster
The goal is better battlefield-to-hospital care
Tags: health IT , tech , mngt , Defense , DoD , Vangent , contracting , David Meyer
Defense Appropriations: who gets how much
What's in the bill for feds and contractors?
Tags: mngt , Defense , DoD , Jim McAleese , McAleese & Associates , defense appropriations , FY 2010 , contracting , BAE , General Dynamics , Boeing , SAIC , UAV , Lockheed , VH-71 , Pratt & Whitney , GE , Rolls Royce , GE-Rolls , Northrop , MRAP
IT weaknesses plague DHS
DHS has IT weaknesses that might hurt financial controls
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , KPMG , DHS , Defense , EchoMetrix , My Military Sentry
New charges eyed for Blackwater
Federal prosecutors are considering filing weapons charges against former top officials of the Blackwater Worldwide private security company over allegations they illegally stockpiled automatic rifles at the company's North Carolina headquarters, The Associated Press has learned.
Tags: contracting , Defense , Blackwater , Xe , Matt Apuzzo , Associated Press
