Henry Cuellar

Spending bill draft makes another round of cuts to IRS

An early draft of a fiscal 2017 spending bill aims to deliver more severe cuts to the Internal Revenue Service, and would prevent the agency from enforcing…

Budget

DHS funding for new headquarters slashed in FY 2017 bill

Budget

FILE - In this May 27, 2016 file photo, passengers line up to check in before their flight at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. Significant progress has been made on shortening screening lines since earlier this spring when airlines reported thousands of frustrated passengers were missing flights, the head of the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday, June 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

99 percent satisfaction at TSA? Congressman questions agencies’ customer service data

Management

Customer service improvements moving too slowly, so now there’s a law

Congress

Performance-based budgeting gets a kick in the pants for 2017 budget

Budget

Wednesday federal headlines – January 20, 2016

Federal Newscast

Rep. Cuellar pushing for agencies to link performance, budget

Budget

Rep. Latham wants to beef up agency performance requirements

Congress

House wants to beef up agency customer service

Congress

Bill makes customer service part of feds’ evaluations

Federal Drive

Experts optimistic about updated performance bill

Budget

Cuellar: Performance bill to drive results-oriented work

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)explains the need for the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010, which has passed both houses of Congress.

Budget

Law requires FEMA to streamline preparedness

Congressman Henry Cuellar\’s homeland security bill to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assess the efficiency of homeland security grants…

Federal Drive

Critical tests to decide future of DHS’s virtual fence

Congress

CBP to implement and evaluate technologies at two sites in Arizona this year to see how well SBINet works and whether to continue deploying the technology. These tests are part of Secretary Napolitano\’s assessment of SBINet\’s value. Lawmakers remain pessimistic that the program can get back on track.