federal spending

Even the government’s main school marm gets a report card

GAO has a continuing list of recommendations for the Office of Management and Budget which it recently reiterated.

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Congress has the power of the purse, some say it should use it

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Federal buying officers to start mapping their spending

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Contractors look for clues to new security proposal in appropriations bills

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New OPM guidance for employee investigations requires a note about departures

In today’s Federal Newscast, agencies must give employees a chance to respond to the adverse action findings before including the incident in a permanent…

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No surprise: Agencies taking small, slow steps to improve reporting of spending data

The Government Accountability Office released its first mandated report on data quality and use under the DATA Act.

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Matt Hummer: What’s in the 2017 federal spending scorecard

It may look complicated to outsiders, but federal spending patterns aren’t that much different from other industries. Who are the big customers, what are they buying and who are they buying it from? Analyst Matt Hummer joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to highlight the latest version of Govini’s comprehensive federal market scorecard.

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