Tom Coburn
-
Two senators propose a bill that would cut $5 billion in duplicative and overlapping government programs.
May 11, 2011 -
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee agreed to legislation Wednesday that would take roughly 200 presidential appointees out of the Senate confirmation process. The vast number of Senate-confirmable positions has become unwieldy for the upper chamber, and has deterred too many qualified candidates from accepting executive branch appointments, committee leaders said.
April 14, 2011 -
Two Senators have proposed a bill reducing the number of printed copies of the Congressional Record in order to reduce the overall deficit.
March 30, 2011 -
The Public-Private Employee Retirement Act of 2011, introduced in the Senate, would end the defined benefit portion of feds\' retirement starting with new hires in 2013.
March 21, 2011 -
The Government Accountability Office released its first annual report required by Congress to examine overlap among federal programs. Auditors found agencies have redundant programs in everything from contracting to food safety to literacy education.
March 01, 2011 -
Congress must pass another funding measure to keep the government operating past March 4. House Republicans are calling for big cuts to current spending levels. This as President Obama gets set to release his 2012 budget request February 14.
February 04, 2011 -
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) asked DoD officials to be audit ready in anticipation of budget cuts. GAO has not been able to form an auditable opinion of them in over a decade.
February 02, 2011 -
Congress, unions, new Postmaster General all agree current payment structure for retirees is killing chances of USPS survival.
December 06, 2010 -
Sometime in the next few weeks, the Senate is expected to take up a bill designed to strengthen the nation\'s cybersecurity infrastructure. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved the legislation Thursday by voice vote.
June 25, 2010 -
His goal: to settle once and for all the question of whether federal employees are overpaid compared to the private sector.
June 22, 2010 -
Director John Berry has asked federal and private sector experts to come up with a formula to compare public and private sector salaries. He says the government has a perception problem that needs to be fixed. Two senators introduce provisions to freeze federal pay and the number of employees.
June 17, 2010 -
One amendment, two committees equals a whole lot of nothing moving in the Telework Enhancement Act.
May 21, 2010 -
Transparency gives additional clout to make technology projects perform. Tool replaces OMB watch lists and makes information more interactive.
July 01, 2009