Officials in President Barack Obama’s administration announced yesterday their hopes in reaching a deal in Congress to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for about $1.5 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years. The leaders hope the decision can be made in time for the Aug. 2 deadline. The budget negotiations are part of an [...]
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced today HUD will provide $46.2 million to public housing agencies in all 50 states and D.C. to supply permanent housing and case management for 6,790 homeless veterans in the U.S. The funding comes from the Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program and is part [...]
The Defense Department announced today a review of 249 renewable energy projects proposed in 39 states and Puerto Rico have found that 229 have little or no impact on military missions. This clears the way for further production of more than 10 giga watts of renewable energy generation capacity. The review involved 6,500 wind turbines [...]
LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced today the launch of its Accurint mobile application for the Apple iPhone and iPad. FierceGovernmentIT reports the application connects government and law enforcement agencies to 30 billion public records and investigative tools to verify information in the field. “With government and law officials spending critical time out in the field [...]
The Commerce Department’s Economics and Statistics Administration today released a new report that shows fast-growing STEM industry offer high pay and low unemployment. Over the past 10 years, growth in STEM jobs was three times greater than compared to non-STEM jobs. The report found workers earning 26 percent more in wages than their non-STEM counterparts. [...]
Know about government fraud? The Government Accountability Office wants to talk to you. The agency is encouraging individuals with information on fraud and abuse within the Federal Employees Compensation Act to speak up. The agency is assuring those who come forward with information complete anonymity. In a press release on GAO’s website, the agency said [...]
The Treasury Department announced today it is implementing a mandate on its bureaus to use the Internet Payment Platform. This is all in support of President Barack Obama’s Campaign to Cut Waste. Treasury bureaus would have to begin using the electronic invoice processing solution by the end of fiscal year 2012. The department would also [...]
A Department of Homeland Security official recently told a Senate panel the unchecked records backlog of 1.6 million foreigners has been reduced by more than half. The US-VISIT program has revealed 843,000 of the 1.6 million records belong to individuals who are no longer in the country or who have applied for a different visa [...]
The White House has kicked off its third annual SAVE award competition, which is part of the administrations’ effort to modernize the government. The Savings Americans Value and Efficiency program allows federal workers to submit thousands of cost-cutting ideas to the Office of Management and Budget for review. “We are relying on our military [...]
A handful of senators are trying to prevent the Defense Department from implementing a hiring freeze at the Pentagon. They say DoD could be breaking the law if the freeze does happen. Sens. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) sent a letter to Defense Secretary [...]