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The General Services Administration’s lavish spending at the Western Regions Conference in 2010 has generated its share of congressional and public outrage. The $822,000 spent on planning, catered private parties and entertainment took center stage…
From May 2003 to June 2004, the Federal Reserve shipped $12 billion in cash — 281 million individual bills strapped to wooden pallets — to Iraq, to be disbursed by the interim Coalition Provisional Authority,…
A 2008 Government Accountability Office report found “fraudulent, improper and abusive” credit card purchases across a number of federal agencies. In one instance, an Agriculture Department employee used convenience checks tied to a government account…
This week the Senate is expected to take up legislation to reform the Postal Service. The bill could close post offices, end Saturday deliveries and return funds the Postal Service as pre-paid for retiree health benefits. USPS already has started considering how it would operate with a slimmed-down workforce.
After a decade in which relatively few questions were asked about resource allocations, Navy and Marine Corps acquisition leaders are moving to adjust to a new reality.
With 24/7 coverage of alleged scandals at GSA, DoD and the Secret Service, many feds are wondering: "What next?" So what do you do if your agency suddenly finds itself in the spotlight?
Anne Perry and Jonathan Aronie, partners at Sheppard Mullin, will answer questions about the bid protest process. April 17, 2012(Encore presentation May 22, 2012)
Niall Brennan, director for Policy and the Data Analytics Group at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will talk about how to process large volumes of data. April 17, 2012
An April 2012 inspector general’s report detailed lavish and excessive spending at the General Services Administration’s 2010 Western Regions Conference. The report found $822,000 was spent on the event, including for a mind reader, a…
In October 2011, two contracting officers with the Army Corps of Engineers were arrested and charged with conspiracy and bribery in connection with a $28 million kickback scheme. The U.S. attorney prosecuting the case, which…
The bipartisan Commission on Wartime Contracting identified between $31 billion and $60 billion lost to waste and fraud in U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The commission’s final report, issued in September 2011, provided the…
The Social Security Administration came under fire for a three-day, $700,000 conference in Phoenix for about 700 SSA managers. Agency officials said the conference would help employees learn how to reduce stress caused by an…
A 2008 inspector general’s report uncovered widespread graft and ethical violations at the Minerals Management Service, the Interior Department agency responsible for collecting oil and gas royalties. According to the report, which excoriated the agency’s…
The General Services Administration is no stranger to controversy. Lurita Doan, who served as the head of GSA between 2006-2008, resigned amid allegations she tried to steer a $30,000 no-bid contract to a friend and…