Government Accountability Office
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Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) authored a provision instructing OMB to ensure budget plans are linked more directly to performance measures as required under the GPRA Modernization Act.
February 01, 2016 -
As the saying goes, good procurements start with good requirements. If that's the case, then the acquisition you're about to hear about was doomed from the start. Not surprisingly, the Government Accountability Office upheld the protests against it. Attorney Joseph Petrillo of the law firm Petrillo and Powell joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with details and lessons learned.
January 28, 2016 -
The Homeland Security Department can't get this one over the line. How to collect biometric IDs from foreigners leaving the United States. DHS captures it when they arrive, but that's it. The result? It's impossible to tell who is overstaying their visit. This situation has concerned Congress for years. Rebecca Gambler, director of homeland security and justice issues at the Government Accountability Office, shares the details of a new GAO report on Federal Drive with Tom Temin
January 27, 2016 -
After thoroughly reviewing the bill, Jeff Neal says it is a good piece of legislation that he hopes to see passed and signed by the President.
January 26, 2016 -
The Internal Revenue Service has to collect most of the revenue coming into the government. But it's got to do it legally and fairly. Congress has been keeping an eye on the IRS ever since the tax exempt scancal broke in 2013. In its latest study, the Government Accountability Office looked into how the IRS Wage and Investment division handles tax returns flagged for audit. It found some good things, and some matters that need tightening up. Jessica Lucas-Judy, acting director for tax issues at GAO, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with some insight.
January 25, 2016 -
Cost effective management of human capital is what Congress wants from the Defense Department. It used section 955 of the 2013 Defense Authorization Bill to get it. But DoD still has a ways to go in complying. Brenda Farrell, the director of Defense Capabilities and Management issues at Government Accountability Office, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
January 21, 2016 -
Although the Defense Department is meeting its goals to cut spending by reducing its civilian workforce, the Pentagon is expected to increase its spending on contracting.
January 19, 2016 -
Bill Woods, director with the Acquisition and Sourcing Management team at the US Government Accountability Office, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss GAO's mission, structure and operations. January 26, 2016
January 18, 2016 -
Talk about a procurement gone wrong from the beginning. In contracting for training services for its fliers, the Navy made several mistakes. Big ones. Not surprisingly, the Government Accountability Office sustained the protest brought by Cortek. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of the Washington firm Petrillo and Powell shares some lessons on what not to do on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 14, 2016 -
It was only back in September that the Government Accountability Office issued a set of eight recommendations for the Small Business Administration. That agency has weak internal controls, workforce planning and strategy development. It's suffered from a lack of management attention to them. SBA has made progress, but GAO is still concerned. Bill Shear, GAO's director of financial markets and community investment issues, filled in Federal Drive with Tom Temin on the latest.
January 13, 2016 -
SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet said she's also reviewing candidates for the agency's chief information officer position but gave no indication that she had selected a person or when that position might get filled. The agency's former CIO, Renee Macklin, left SBA over the summer.
January 08, 2016 -
In Tuesday's federal headlines, a new report from the Government Accountability Office says the Department of Defense is falling behind on the plan to shrink its civilian workforce
December 29, 2015 -
The LCS variants all float upright and go from Point A to Point B. But how dangerous are they to the enemy? And protective of their crews?
December 28, 2015 -
The Defense Department is looking into ways to incorporate commercial practices in its satellite communications.
December 24, 2015 -
OFPP Administrator Anne Rung and federal CIO Tony Scott issue a draft policy for public comment on making enterperisewide software licenses mandatory across the government.
December 22, 2015