Agency Oversight

  • Everything from helicopters to printer cartridges is being wrapped and stamped and shipped out of Iraq. U.S. military bases that once resembled small towns have transformed into a cross between giant post offices and Office Depots. Major General Stephen Lanza is the spokesman for all U.S. forces in Iraq explains the process.

    August 04, 2010
  • OMB is using the same data analysis tools to monitor stimulus spending at CMS to reduce their improper payments. Other agencies also are taking advantage of the lessons learned from the creation and operation of the board. Recovery.gov also will receive new features this fall to let citizens track individual projects on their own websites.

    August 04, 2010
  • Agencies are meeting the White House\'s mandate to be more open and transparent when it comes to releasing documents and meeting Freedom of Information Act requests.

    August 03, 2010
  • WFED\'s Jason Miller has details.

    August 03, 2010
  • In 2005, the BRAC recommended the Missile Defense Agency move most of its operations out to Redstone Arsenal in northern Alabama.

    August 03, 2010
  • Homeland Security continues to align its information technology capabilities with the needs of non-federal partners with whom it shares terrorism-related information. Under Secretary Caryn Wagner gives us an update.

    August 03, 2010
  • The Justice Department\'s new report finds that the number of partial documents released last year increased by 50,000. Many agencies also reduced their backlog of FOIA requests. Agencies say some of improvements can be attributed to increased attention across the government and better technology.

    August 03, 2010
  • Terri Takai, the nominee to be the next Defense Department chief information officer, will not have her nomination hearing as scheduled.

    August 02, 2010
  • In our DoD Report, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says information sharing at DoD is too important to set aside even in the wake of the WikiLeaks scandal. We also take a look at the profits of various defense contractors.

    August 02, 2010
  • Learn more about the economy\'s effects on summertime early releases

    August 02, 2010
  • Through nearly four decades of public service, Ron Sanders led major organizational and personnel reforms in critical areas of the federal government. We learn more from the Sammies award finalist.

    August 02, 2010
  • As part of its latest undercover operation, the Government Accountability Office obtained certification in the Historically Underutilized Business Zone program for three phony firms. SBA\'s Joe Jordan tells us about changes being made to HUBZone as a result.

    August 02, 2010
  • A new poll shows interesting results.

    July 30, 2010
  • federal hiring reform and a shortage of qualified applicants, agencies need better tools. Aon\'s Telephone Assessment Programs, TAPs, can help. TAPS is a proven method to assess a candidate\'s skills through realistic job simulations. And, Aon provides same-day results that meet the highest professional standards and are legally defensible. After Aon worked with an agency on a 13,000 employee TAPs program the new hires were more successful during training and better matched to the job.

    July 30, 2010