Agency Oversight
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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee agreed to legislation Wednesday that would take roughly 200 presidential appointees out of the Senate confirmation process. The vast number of Senate-confirmable positions has become unwieldy for the upper chamber, and has deterred too many qualified candidates from accepting executive branch appointments, committee leaders said.
April 14, 2011 -
The Treasury Department\'s contracting process for legal services under the Troubled Asset Relief Program lacks controls to prevent overpayment.
April 14, 2011 -
The federal government will spend $79 billion on information technology this year. How can agencies prevent projects from cost overruns and poor management?
April 13, 2011 -
PIOs have been interviewed to find out what issues and challenges they are facing. Its report provides some solutions for improving performance management across government. Robert Shea, a principal at Grant Thornton, has details.
April 13, 2011 -
Now in its 150th year, the Government Printing Office has been on a digital tear for the last several years. We get an update from Mary Alice Baish, Superintendent of Documents at GPO.
April 13, 2011 -
The Partnership for Public Service interviewed PIOs to find out what issues and challenges they are facing. Its report provides some solutions for improving performance management across government.
April 12, 2011 -
A bill introduced Tuesday in the Senate would require training for federal managers.
April 12, 2011 -
April 11th and 13th, 2011 Deputy Mayor Goldsmith is focused on creating a City government for the 21st Century that is smaller, more efficient, and more cost effective; uses fewer vehicles; consolidates back office functions and reduces redundancies across agencies; shares data, and uses technology to better serve the public.
April 12, 2011 -
After a decade at war, the Army must transform itself to better face the challenges of the future, the general taking the helm of America\'s ground force said Monday, telling soldiers he will lay out a plan for the future in two months.
April 12, 2011 -
A new southwestern border security technology strategy is in the works. We get details from CBS\'s Mark Borkowski.
April 12, 2011 -
Census is already working on the 2020 Census, even though the 2010 count just wrapped up. Census Director Robert Groves describes the agency\'s plans.
April 11, 2011 -
Events are a huge business for the government. And in the past couple of weeks the threat of a government shutdown had many insiders worried.
April 11, 2011 -
A bill introduced last week in the Senate would hire more Federal Protective Service guards and increase resources for training.
April 11, 2011 -
Haley Van Dyck, director of citizen engagement at the Federal Communication Commission, says the agency wants to hear from users about its new website before launching completely next month.
April 11, 2011 -
Peter Alterman, the senior advisor to the chief information officer at NIH, tells Federal News Radio his agency is \"working to understand how new technology options can be used to advance the scientific research agenda\" at the agency.
April 11, 2011