Government Accountability Office
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While the Defense Contract Management Agency has made progress in rebuilding its capacity, it still faces some significant challenges, according to the most recent Government Accountability report examining the agency.
November 04, 2011 -
David Powner, director of information technology management issues at GAO, shares highlights from the recent report.
November 03, 2011 -
Mark Forman is a principal at Government Transaction Services and former e-gov administrator at the Office of Management and Budget.
November 02, 2011 -
Asif Khan, director of Financial Management and Assurance Issues at the Government Accountability Office, outlines some of the challenges the Pentagon faces in order to become auditable by 2017.
November 01, 2011 -
By law, agencies do not have to follow GAO\'s recommendations — but most do, says William Welch, chair of the Government Contracts Practice Group at General Counsel.
October 31, 2011 -
Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said he will hold hearings to see how to make the federal grant process more transparent. The administration merged two existing boards into a new Council on Financial Assistance Reform to improve the grant-making process. HHS awarded a $32.4 million contract for IT services for grants.gov portal.
October 31, 2011 -
A jingling of coins may soon replace the rustling of dollar bills, if a new, money- saving plan by the GAO is enacted. The move could save the U.S. more than $5.5 billion over 30 years, GAO\'s Lorelei St. James told Federal News Radio.
October 31, 2011 -
Susan Irving, director for Federal Budget Analysis at GAO, shared the findings from the GAO report, \"The Federal Government\'s Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: Fall 2011 Update.\"
October 28, 2011 -
Government Accountability Office employees could face six days of furlough this year as the watchdog agency expects a possible cut of $35 to $42 million in its budget compared with last year.
October 20, 2011 -
Frank Rusco, the director of Natural Resources and Environment Issues at GAO, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss a recent GAO report.
October 20, 2011 -
A new report highlights fewer CIOs are reporting to their agency\'s secretary today than in 2004. More of these senior technology managers wear more than one-hat and are responsible for many areas outside the 13 the statute originally called for.
October 18, 2011 -
Two vendors found success in the claim that GSA was unfair in requiring data centers to be housed only in Trade Agreements Act designated countries. GAO also said GSA was ambiguous in its security requirements for cloud data centers. But the vendors lost on their protest of GSA\'s requirement for a \"government-only\" cloud.
October 17, 2011 -
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) wants answers from Attorney General Eric Holder.
October 14, 2011 -
David Trimble, director of Natural Resources and Environment Issues at GAO, discussed some of the recommendations to fix EPA\'s budget management.
October 13, 2011 -
The Postal Service has not paid too much for retirement benefits for employees under the Civil Service Retirement System. A report by the Government Accountability Office throws a wrench in the Postal Service\'s plan to return to profitability by accessing more than $50 billion now held for retirement benefits.
October 13, 2011