accountability

President-elect picks agent of change for govermnent performance.

President-elect picks agent of change for govermnent performance.

There is trouble brewing over the appointment of an accountability board to oversee fraud and abuse in federal stimulus funds. We find out why with Carrie Dann, a reporter with Congress Daily.

Clay Johnson, former deputy director for management at OMB, talked about the role of the chief performance officer on In-Depth with Francis Rose.

The new budget proposal from the Obama administration contains about $17 billion worth of reductions and cuts of programs the Office of Management and Budget says don’t work, or don’t work well. Former associate director…

Transparency gives additional clout to make technology projects perform. Tool replaces OMB watch lists and makes information more interactive.

More than a dozen of the government’s top oversight jobs unfilled. John Solomon, journalist-in-residence at the Center for Public Integrity, explains.

Earl Devaney, chairman of Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, told the DorobekINSIDER about an RATB report that states the current lack of uniformity creates a big roadblock to transparency.

The Recovery Board’s Earl Devaney outlines the development of the oversight program for the Recovery Act funds.

A bill passed by the Senate aims to increase government accountability by creating a performance officer at each agency.