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David Mader spent the last two years as the controller at the Office of Management and Budget working with the Treasury Department and other agencies to try to get a better handle on why the government spends money that is deemed improper.
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says feds should brace for a reorganization, and offers some tips to survive it.
Defense Deputy Secretary Bob Work, Chuck Rosenberg, the administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency and Nick Rasmussen, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, are among the current appointees who are staying in place to help ensure continuity of government.
Mint people tend to have a strong sense of their agency. It's old, and it does work we couldn't live without.
Civilian agencies are having to balance progress and setbacks as they work to implement the DATA Act by its May rollout. But financial officials admit the deadline is really a starting point for standardized financial reporting.
Despite the Justice Department showing some leadership in DATA Act implementation, the department's inspector general says there are some areas of full roll out that have the watchdog concerned about meeting a May 2017 deadline.
Federal CIOs say if you want to get on board with agile services, be adaptable, communicate and don't be afraid to fail.
There are still struggles with parts of the DATA Act implementation, but Treasury and Office of Management and Budget officials say they are working with large agencies and federal auditors to problem solve ahead of the May 2017 deadline.
The Office of Management and Budget published more guidance for agencies on what and how to report spending information to comply with the upcoming implementation of the DATA Act.
The Treasury Department's Bureau of Fiscal Service merged five legacy IT systems together to develop a new, modern post-payment application. With data consolidated in one place, the Fiscal Service helped the department's inspector general uncover $20-30 million in improper payments.
Sometimes federal regulators get pulled into pointless investigations.
Harry Singh, the deputy associate director and deputy CIO of Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing, said his agency is building on the success of putting its enterprise resource planning system in the cloud.
A new report from HUD's Inspector General says the agency's inconsistent management and indecision is causing it to fall behind on DATA Act implementation.
Dave Nelson is leaving the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to be the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s CIO while Karen DeSalvo left her role as coordinator for health IT to focus full time on being acting assistant secretary for health.