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Agencies have awarded more than $12 billion dollars in energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs) since 1995. Many contractors on ESPCs have reported overall savings. But a new report from the Government Accountability Office says those numbers may be a tad overstated. Frank Rusco is the director of Natural Resources and Environment Issues at the GAO. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to discuss what auditors found.
June 24, 2015 -
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The Office of Personnel Management is considering sending an additional request to Congress asking for additional funding in 2016 to help pay for cybersecurity fixes, but members of Congress and the agency's inspector general say that money may not be what is needed in this situation. The request may come as senators hear why OPM needs $32 million more next year for its IT modernization program.
June 24, 2015 -
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army reprimanded a two-star general for poor judgment in “creating the perception” of undue favoritism in the awarding of a no-bid government contract, and the military will soon decide whether he…
June 23, 2015 -
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Second-term Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina lost his chairmanship of the Government Operations subcommittee, shortly after Speaker John Boehner expressed anger over rank-and-file Republicans voting against party-backed \"rules\" that govern individual bills. Such votes traditionally divide along partisan lines and are seen as matters of party loyalty.
June 23, 2015 -
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Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) joins in the questioning of how OPM made the decision to award a contract to Winvale for credit monitoring services. The senator and AFGE are hearing from current and former federal employees complaining about the services provided under the $20.7 million deal.
June 19, 2015 -
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The Environmental Protection Agency needs to look at how much work its program and regional offices have so it can figure out more accurately where its budget resources should go. Better workload analysis is one of six management challenges the EPA\'s Office of Inspector General identifies for 2015. All six challenges are repeats from last year. Erin Barnes-Weaver is a project manager at the EPA\'s Office of Inspector General. She tells In Depth with Francis Rose the agency has made some progress but not enough.
June 18, 2015 -
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While the number of people in Congress calling for the OPM director to resign grows, the White House is voicing support for Katherine Archuleta. NTEU and NARFE have sent letters to OPM asking for more details on the second breach.
June 18, 2015 -
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Legitimate whistleblower or a blowhard masking poor performance? It\'s a judgment call federal managers have to make every day. No one wants to inadvertently punish someone who legitimately finds something wrong, or let a crumb-bum get away with murder. John Palguta, vice president for policy at the Partnership for Public Service, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer some advice on navigating this thin line.
June 15, 2015 -
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The curtain of secrecy is pulled back slightly on employee misconduct at the Justice Department. DOJ\'s Office of Inspector General is now posting summaries of its employee investigations on its website. Michael Horowitz is the inspector general at the Justice Department and chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose he hopes the new policy will make his office and others more transparent.
June 15, 2015 -
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DATA Act compliance is under way -- or should be under way -- all across government. Now the collection of best practices and execution of the DATA Act is under way at least at the Treasury Department. Marla Freedman is the assistant inspector general for audit at the Treasury Department\'s Office of Inspector General. She tells In Depth with Francis Rose what her team looked at to see how Treasury\'s doing with the DATA Act.
June 15, 2015 -
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Sen. James Lankford, chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, sent a letter to OPM Director Kathleen Archuleta asking for more details on what OPM knew, when it knew it and what it plans to do about the cyber attack. At the same time, Sens. Mark Warner and Angus King asked Appropriations Committee members to meet the agency\'s $32 million funding request for cybersecurity tools and staff.
June 10, 2015 -
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Agencies make more mistakes with improper payements in fiscal 2014 than the year before. They misspend $10 billion more this year. Wendy Morton-Huddleston, principal at Grant Thornton, is looking at inspector general reports from 24 agencies. She tells Federal News Radio\'s Emily Kopp where agencies are going wrong.
June 09, 2015 -
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Less than half of the paperwork the Small Business Administration finishes when an employee or contractor leaves the agency is complete and filled out correctly. SBA\'s inspector general said the agency isn\'t following its own separation procedures when an employee leaves. Seventy-three network accounts are still active for employees who are already gone. SBA is supposed to deactivate those accounts within 24 hours after an employee leaves. Troy Meyer, assistant inspector general for audit at the Small Business Administration\'s Office of Inspector General, tells In Depth with Francis Rose where his office started with this report.
June 08, 2015
