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House-backed DATA Act, increases transparency, caps agency spending
On a voice vote, the House backed the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, known as the DATA Act. The legislation would establish uniform standards for all recipients to report federal money and set up a single website where average Americans could search for information on how government agencies, departments and other recipients spend federal funds.
Tags: transparency , DATA Act , House , Congress
F-35 cost estimates increase in defense acquistion cost report
The Defense Department estimates its major acquisition programs are costing $1.6 trillion, slightly less than previously estimates.
Tags: DoD , acquisition , contracting , SAR , F-35 , DoD Report
Legislative changes needed to make bigger dent in improper payments
OMB controller Danny Werfel said the computer matching provisions in the Privacy Act make it harder for agencies to share information that would make stopping or finding waste, fraud and abuse easier. Senate lawmakers agreed they need to update the law to protect information but reduce the complexities.
Tags: management , Danny Werfel , Tom Coburn , Tom Carper , OMB , Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Co , GAO , HHS , CMS , Recovery audits , improper payments , waste, fraud and abuse , IRS , SSA , Tax delinquent contractors , industry , Jason Miller
NDU financial management course aims to build leaders
Ricardo Aguilera, the Defense Department Comptroller Chair at the Chief Financial Officer's Academy at the National Defense University's iCollege joined Pentagon Solutions with Francis Rose to discuss the course and the leadership skills it aims to enforce.
Tags: Pentagon Solutions , In Depth , Francis Rose , NDU , NDU iCollege , Ricardo Aguilera , CFO Academy
IG: DHS must improve recovering improper payments
The Homeland Security Department is complying with federal improper payments legislation, but the department can do more to recover improper payments, according to the DHS IG.
Tags: DHS , improper payments , Bennie Thompson
Army systems leave soldiers vulnerable to late, inaccurate pay
The Government Accountability Office says that even while the Army has made some strides toward improving its pay practices, the service is a long way off from the kind of data integrity independent experts would need to see in order to green light the systems as audit-ready.
Tags: DoD , Congress , Army , management , audit readiness , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government , pay and benefits , workforce , GAO , Asif Khan , Kirk Zechinni , IPPS-A , Jeanne Brooks , James Watkins , DFAS , DMDC , Jared Serbu
OMB's pause of financial systems had little effect on cost, schedule
GAO reviewed the administration's implementation of the July 2010 memo calling for a government-wide review of financial management projects. Auditors found about half of the projects said there was no change in cost and three-quarters said their schedule remained the same.
Tags: GAO , OMB , Tom Carper , Scott Brown , Senate Homeland and Governmental Affairs Committee , financial management systems , CFO Council , A-127 , Jason Miller , In Depth , Francis Rose , Naba Barkakati
Navy puts laser focus on audit readiness
Gladys Commons, assistant secretary of the Navy for financial management and comptroller, said the Navy hopes to have its Statement of Budgetary Resources audit-ready by the end of 2013, ahead of the Defense Department's deadline.
Tags: Navy , Gladys Commons , audit , Agency of the Month , Francis Rose
Transportation IG: FAA has made improvements in reporting jobs data under Recovery Act
Lou Dixon, the principal assistant inspector general for auditing and evaluation at the Office of the Inspector General for the Transportation Department, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss a recent IG report on how FAA reported jobs data under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Tags: Transportation , Lou Dixon , In Depth , Francis Rose , FAA , ARRA , management
GAO duplication report a 'scorecard' of agency progress
The Government Accountability Office recently reported on 51 areas in which the federal government could cut, streamline, or otherwise reduce duplication. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the report.
Tags: GAO , management , Gene Dodaro , In Depth , Francis Rose , duplication , overlapping programs
