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Fears that the leak of thousands of State Department memos to the website WikiLeaks would reverse progress on interagency sharing of national security information have not materialized, officials testified Thursday. Agencies have responded by recognizing the need to protect data rather than by hoarding it, they said.
Nearly every President since Richard Nixon tried to revamp how the government works in one way or another, and few have found any real success. Experts say the focus should be getting Congressional buy-in first, and not promising cost savings. Four senior lawmakers ask OMB for more information on the status of the current restructuring effort.
Sen. Collins asked GAO to study the current roles and responsibilities of these senior technology managers. This would be the third such study from GAO since 1996, but first since 2005. VA\'s CIO Roger Baker reiterates his call to give CIOs oversight and authority of their IT budget.
Postmaster General Pat Donahoe said he\'s ready to announce more RIFs and without legislative help USPS will face insolvency this year. Sen. Susan Collins introduced a bill to help solve some of the challenges the Postal Services faces.
Improving the performance of federal contract audits is one way a Senate Committee us trying to root out waste, fraud and abuse.
From “Contracting officers get too friendly with contractors, senator says” by Matthew Weigelt at Washington Technology: Contracting officers should stick to auditors’ conclusions on contract pricing to keep the officers’ perhaps impaired judgment out of…
Two years ago a group of Senators asked how effective the Department of Homeland Security was in protecting the border between the U.S. and Canada. The report is in, and the Senators are not happy.
Congress, unions, new Postmaster General all agree current payment structure for retirees is killing chances of USPS survival.
Arnold Fields, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, failed to convince his congressional critics that he\'s qualified to handle his watchdog job.
Chairman and Ranking Member of committee overseeing GAO both recommended him to President Obama as best candidate.
The Republican said lawmakers too often don\'t understand management, and that impacts agencies\' resources, especially around training. Voinovich said feds should be more vocal in explaining their need for support in reforming agency management. Voinovich is retiring after 12 years in the Senate, including the last six as ranking member of the subcommittee that oversees federal workforce issues.
Sen. George Voinovich (R-Oh.) speaks to Jason Miller about ways agencies can improve federal management.
Government making progress on cutting clearance times, but member of Congress fear backsliding.
The senate is considering a bill that would require all private sector companies to report cyber attacks.