http://www.executivegov.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:27:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.executivegov.com/2013/05/gsa-sells-army-munitions-plant-for-28m/ http://www.executivegov.com/2013/05/gsa-sells-army-munitions-plant-for-28m/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 14:00:03 +0000 David J. Barton http://www.executivegov.com/?p=47895 The General Services Administration has sold an Army arsenal in Arden Hills, Minn. for $28 million to Ramsey County as part of the federal government’s effort to reduce its footprint and spending, GovExec.com reported Thursday. Charles Clark writes Ramsey County now owns the 397-acre portion of the Twin Cities Army ammunition plant while waiting to [...]]]> http://www.executivegov.com/2013/05/gsa-sells-army-munitions-plant-for-28m/feed/ 0 http://www.executivegov.com/2013/05/nasa-ranks-1st-on-innovative-large-agencies-list/ http://www.executivegov.com/2013/05/nasa-ranks-1st-on-innovative-large-agencies-list/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 15:45:25 +0000 Ross Wilkers http://www.executivegov.com/?p=47663 NASA has topped the Partnership for Public Service’s list of the most innovative federal agencies based on impressions of federal employees in a survey, Federal Times reported Monday. Nicole Blake Johnson writes the agency scored 76.5 points for innovation, 15 points higher than the government-wide mark. The PPS based its findings on a survey given by [...]]]> http://www.executivegov.com/2013/05/nasa-ranks-1st-on-innovative-large-agencies-list/feed/ 0 http://www.executivegov.com/2013/04/germany-taiwan-research-seek-new-energy-source-wayne-wang-comments/ http://www.executivegov.com/2013/04/germany-taiwan-research-seek-new-energy-source-wayne-wang-comments/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:24:11 +0000 David J. Barton http://www.executivegov.com/?p=46828 German and Taiwanese scientists are conducting a research to learn more about a “potentially vast new energy source” in the southwestern coast of Taiwan, Channel News Asia reports. The research teams have set out in a vessel to look for a fossil fuel called methane hydrate or “fire ice” that is believed to be on [...]]]> http://www.executivegov.com/2013/04/germany-taiwan-research-seek-new-energy-source-wayne-wang-comments/feed/ 0 http://www.executivegov.com/2013/03/chinese-president-xi-jinping-visits-africa-to-bolster-trade-links/ http://www.executivegov.com/2013/03/chinese-president-xi-jinping-visits-africa-to-bolster-trade-links/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:32:43 +0000 David J. Barton http://www.executivegov.com/?p=46724 China’s President Xi Jinping has arrived in Tanzania for his African tour that seeks to strengthen business partnerships with the continent, according to a Reuters article. From Tanzania’s business capital Dar es Salaam, Xi will continue on to South Africa to discuss the establishment of a joint foreign exchange reserves pool and an infrastructure bank [...]]]> http://www.executivegov.com/2013/03/chinese-president-xi-jinping-visits-africa-to-bolster-trade-links/feed/ 0 http://www.executivegov.com/2013/03/accenture-digital-mail-not-driving-postal-agency-profit/ http://www.executivegov.com/2013/03/accenture-digital-mail-not-driving-postal-agency-profit/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:10:14 +0000 Ross Wilkers http://www.executivegov.com/?p=46518 Private postal operators have become more aggressive in competing against postal agencies for mail and parcel businesses, according to an Accenture study. No postal operator has seen a positive financial impact from expansion of digital mail, nor have digital platforms in the market helped organizations achieve profit, the study says. Accenture studied postal agencies in [...]]]> http://www.executivegov.com/2013/03/accenture-digital-mail-not-driving-postal-agency-profit/feed/ 0 http://www.executivegov.com/2013/02/mcdonnell-va-could-lose-164k-jobs-under-sequestration/ http://www.executivegov.com/2013/02/mcdonnell-va-could-lose-164k-jobs-under-sequestration/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:11:42 +0000 Ross Wilkers http://www.executivegov.com/?p=46076 Virginia stands to lose more than164,000 jobs if automatic across-the-board budget cuts under sequestration go into effect, Gov. Bob McDonnell wrote in a letter to President Barack Obama. According to the Daily Press, that McDonnell also said that Northern Virginia would absorb more than 60 percent of these losses, Hampton Roads would absorb approximately 20 [...]]]> http://www.executivegov.com/2013/02/mcdonnell-va-could-lose-164k-jobs-under-sequestration/feed/ 0 http://www.executivegov.com/2013/02/dc-cfo-natwar-gandhi-retiring-jack-evans-comments/ http://www.executivegov.com/2013/02/dc-cfo-natwar-gandhi-retiring-jack-evans-comments/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:31:45 +0000 Ross Wilkers http://www.executivegov.com/?p=45787 District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi is retiring from the city government as of June 1, the Washington Business Journal reports. Michael Neibauer reports Gandhi is stepping down for personal reasons, citing a statement from Gandhi’s spokesperson David Umansky. Gandhi, the city’s CFO since 2000, and Mayor Vincent Gray recently announced the city [...]]]> http://www.executivegov.com/2013/02/dc-cfo-natwar-gandhi-retiring-jack-evans-comments/feed/ 0 http://www.executivegov.com/2013/01/timothy-geithner-treasury-hit-debt-ceiling-before-new-years/ http://www.executivegov.com/2013/01/timothy-geithner-treasury-hit-debt-ceiling-before-new-years/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:49:36 +0000 Ross Wilkers http://www.executivegov.com/?p=45425 The U.S. Treasury hit the debt ceiling Dec. 31, 2012 and is running out of avenues to avoid a default, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has told Congress in a letter. According to The Hill newspaper, Geithner told Capitol Hill leaders the country could default by mid-February unless Congress raises the $16.4 trillion borrowing limit. Geithner [...]]]> http://www.executivegov.com/2013/01/timothy-geithner-treasury-hit-debt-ceiling-before-new-years/feed/ 0 http://www.executivegov.com/2013/01/5-new-members-join-senate-finance-panel/ http://www.executivegov.com/2013/01/5-new-members-join-senate-finance-panel/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:45:08 +0000 Ross Wilkers http://www.executivegov.com/?p=45129 http://www.executivegov.com/2013/01/5-new-members-join-senate-finance-panel/feed/ 0 http://www.executivegov.com/2012/12/us-canada-making-progress-in-trade-regulation-alignment-report-says/ http://www.executivegov.com/2012/12/us-canada-making-progress-in-trade-regulation-alignment-report-says/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:25:15 +0000 Ross Wilkers http://www.executivegov.com/?p=44970 http://www.executivegov.com/2012/12/us-canada-making-progress-in-trade-regulation-alignment-report-says/feed/ 0