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Robert Dacey, the Government Accountability Office\'s chief accountant, breaks down the reasons why GAO was unable to render an opinion on the federal government\'s consolidated financial report.
For most of this year federal workers, postal employees and retirees have been running scared. The issue has been trying to figure out what Congress and the White House could and would do to them, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. The bottom line, after all that fear and pain, is nothing. At least so far...
If you ask about federal employees what the biggest story of 2011, the words that cropped up the most were: freeze, shutdown and Congress, according to a Federal News Radio open-ended response survey.
Meredith Shiner, Senate reporter at CQ Roll Call, tells In Depth with Francis Rose about what this extension means for you.
With no end to lawmakers\' fedbashing in sight, the American Federation of Government Employees is looking forward to 2012\'s presidential and Congressional elections. \"Federal workers are a sane, responsible group of citizens. They vote in big numbers,\" AFGE President John Gage told Federal News Radio.
The Government Accountability Office said it cannot render an opinion on the federal government\'s 2011 consolidated financial statements due to \"widespread material internal control weaknesses, significant uncertainties, and other limitations,\" according to a GAO release.
House of Representatives intelligence committee chairman Mike Rogers says the troop pullout will reduce U.S. influence.
Asif Khan joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss a recent GAO report examining those services\' financial-management issues.
Federal News Radio\'s Emily Kopp counts down the top federal workforce stories of 2011 and makes some predictions fo 2012.
Alan Bersin is resigning as the commissioner of Customs and Border Patrol at the end of the year.
As part of the Defense Authorization bill, lawmakers approve the FAI Improvement Act. The provision reaffirms the organization\'s role to oversee and train the civilian acquisition workforce. It also gives OFPP more oversight over the funding and development of procurement education.
David Berteau, senior vice president and director of the International Security Program and Ryan Crotty, a research associate with the CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, joined Francis Rose for Pentagon Solutions. According to their research, the effect of sequestration on the defense budget may not be as catastrophic as Pentagon leaders have conjectured.
Former Virginia Congressman Tom Davis discusses congressional gridlock over the budget and the payroll tax cut extension, and the potential fallout that federal employees may face.
Erik Wasson is a staff writer with The Hill.