Agency Oversight
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The Office of Management and Budget has gotten preliminary plans for regulatory reform from 30 executive branch agencies after President Obama\'s January executive order calling for a review of unneeded or unjustified regulations. The White House also is encouraging independent federal agencies to submit their own plans, but OMB has gotten just a single page back so far.
June 06, 2011 -
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Learn how to better manage your agency\'s records management. Advice from Daniel Rainey, chief of staff at the National Mediation Board.
June 03, 2011 -
The outgoing secretary said he has focused on achieving stretch goals and impressing upon employees to look at their jobs differently. Gary Locke initiated changes to how Commerce does budget planning, buys goods and services and serve their customers.
June 03, 2011 -
The commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service offered a public apology Thursday to taxpayers who have had their names and social security numbers used to claim fraudulent refunds. The IRS is working to strengthen its internal controls to prevent it from issuing such refunds in the future.
June 03, 2011 -
Contractors may cost more than you think. The Energy Department is finding that out the hard way. Mark Gaffigan is the Managing Director for Natural Resources and Environment Issues at GAO.
June 02, 2011 -
Mark Olechowski is from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer at the Patent and Trademark Office. He shares how his agency improved its accountability reporting
June 02, 2011 -
Carey Miller is the director of technology risk at Deloitte. She joins In Depth with updates your agency should know about in ID management
June 02, 2011 -
Diane Cochran is Chief Operating Officer, government services division for Kelly, Anderson & Associates. She joins Francis Rose on In Depth for this week\'s Industry Chatter segment
June 02, 2011 -
The Government Accountability Office examined the key systems DoD is using to provide space situational awareness. Federal News Radio spoke with Christina Chaplain, GAO\'s director of acquisition and sourcing management issues.
June 02, 2011 -
PEPCO\'s underground power network has failed again. Power was restored briefly last night. Then failed. Affected agencies will each make their own call on whether to open to this morning.
June 02, 2011 -
Homeland Security officials told Congress Wednesday they have made major strides in sharing intelligence information as a matter of policy and practice. DHS also is exploring the possibility of a departmentwide intelligence doctrine. Non-interoperable IT systems, however, remain a major obstacle.
June 02, 2011 -
May 30th and June 1st A Conversation on \"An Open Government Implementation Model: Moving to Increased Public Engagement\"
June 01, 2011 -
Schlosser comes to OMB from EPA where she will take over for Mike Howell, who left in November. Schlosser also served as CIO of HUD and worked on cybersecurity at Transportation.
June 01, 2011 -
About 3,400 customers in the Washington region are without power amid a heat wave. Among them, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and ATF, prompting them to close for the day. Employees are encouraged to telework as possible.
June 01, 2011