Treasury Department

  • Controller Danny Werfel says agencies have been developing inventories and now it\'s time to get rid of unneeded real estate. OMB also preparing to kick off cloud computing certification program. And administration\'s performance management portal under development.

    April 13, 2010
  • The director of the new Office of Financial Innovation and Transformation at Treasury, Adam Goldberg, busts a myth for Federal News Radio. He says his office won\'t be taking on the work of the old Federal Systems Integration Office.

    April 12, 2010
  • In the federal government, they wield spreadsheets, strive for \"clean audit opinions\", and are the first line of defense in accounting for the spending of taxpayer dollars. \"They\" are the top federal CFOs and financial managers, and yesterday, they met here in Washington to discuss their profession.

    March 24, 2010
  • Federal CIO Vivek Kundra will sign a memo requiring agencies to do another, more detailed survey of their data centers. Agencies also are working on a department-wide plan to consolidate these buildings.

    February 26, 2010
  • A new agency may be coming, to oversee consumer finance. With that comes new jobs and new powers. What will this agency do? Who will they report to? These were some of the questions the…

    July 15, 2009
  • As budget season continues, more cabinet secretaries and other agency heads are talking about their FY2010 budget requests. The Senate Appropriations Committee had three agency leaders before their subcommittees yesterday: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was…

    June 10, 2009
  • Although the President’s cabinet team is in place, a number of important positions are still waiting to be filled. The Treasury Department is one agency with high-level positions still vacant. This week the Senate Finance…

    June 09, 2009
  • FedExperience launched last fall. It is a pilot project with the Department of Treasury, which is designed to help the federal government develop models to bring experienced talent into public service. Tim McManus is the…

    June 05, 2009
  • Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner defended the Troubled Asset Relief Program during a visit to Capitol Hill yesterday. Geithner testified before a Congressional oversight panel about how Treasury is using the $700 billion dollars from the…

    April 22, 2009
  • How secure are the 98,000 desktop and laptop computers at the Internal Revenue Service? Peggy Begg is the Assistant Inspector General for Security and Information Technology Audits with the Treasury Department. She joins us to…

    April 08, 2009
  • President Obama has publicly stated that his administration will be known for openness and transparency. One of the cornerstones of that policy will be websites such as recovery.gov and USASpending.gov, which will use new technologies…

    March 24, 2009
  • President Barack Obama sent Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and OMB Director Peter Orzag to Capitol Hill yesterday to defend the 2010 budget proposal. Jodi Schneider is Senior Editor at Congressional Quarterly and brings us up…

    March 04, 2009
  • Lawmakers and the markets gave a lukewarm response to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s public address on how Obama administration’s financial rescue plan. Neil Irwin, Washington Post Financial Reporter, joins us to discuss the remaining challenges…

    February 13, 2009
  • CHEERS To Bob Martinez, Patrick Jones, Paul Davis, and Tim Cashman, GSA Pacific Rim, Public Building Service employees, who increased the use of renewable energy at the California Land Port of Entry in Otay Mesa,…

    February 10, 2009