ExecutiveGov Counts Agency Sequestration Furloughs, Personnel Actions
Many federal agencies are faced with the decision over whether to implement furloughs, where agencies would put employees on unpaid leave for a determined amount of time as a means ...
Paul Ryan Asks GAO To Review Agency Sequester Plans
Paul Ryan
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) has asked the Government Accountability Office to issue a report on how agencies are planning and preparing to cut their ...
OPM Choosing Hiring Freeze Over Furloughs
The Office of Personnel Management does not plan to place its employees on furloughs as a means to help manage the automatic cuts under sequestration, GovExec reports.
An agency spokesman ...
Gene Dodaro: Sequestration Furloughs At GAO Not Needed
Gene Dodaro
The Government Accountability Office will not need to furlough its employees to manage automatic cuts under sequestration scheduled to take effect March 1, the agency’s ...
GAO Says Gov’t Must Do More in Cybersecurity; Michael Daniel Comments
The Government Accountability Office issued a study demanding an improved definition and implementation of cyber strategies, according to Amber Corrin of FCW.
The study cited four ...
GAO Adds Financial Risks of Climate Change to High Risk List; Gene Dodaro Comments
In a Thursday announcement, Gene L. Dodaro, comptroller general of the U.S. and head of the Government Accountability Office, said two areas have been added to the agency’s high ...
Gene Dodaro: Public Debt 73% Of GDP
Gene Dodaro
Debt held by the U.S. public represents 73 percent of gross domestic product, a sharp increase from the 40 percent mark in the 1970s through the 1990s, according to the ...
GAO: Pentagon Not Meeting Sole-Source Justification Rules
The Defense Department at times did not justify awards of sole-source contracts under Federal Acquisition Regulations that changed in 2011 to address the matter, the Government Accountability ...
GAO Shows Concern Over Transportation Acquisition Workforce
The Transportation Department does not have the data it needs to track changes in skills of its acquisition workforce, a Government Accountability Office report says.
GAO said not having ...
GAO: Audits By Mail Recover More Uncollected Taxes
The Internal Revenue Service collects on average $1.80 in uncollected taxes for every dollar spent when performing audits in-person, the Government Accountability Office has found.
According ...
