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DOL faulted on enforcement of wage and hour laws
- 2008-09-01
During a House committee meeting, the Government Accountability Office criticized the U.S. Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division's enforcement of federal wage and hour laws, citing miscommunication and poor coordination of staff and resources. For more news and updates on these and other stories, see the online version of...
Gen. Petraeus Preps Forces for Transition in Iraq
- 2008-02-01
In a Christmas letter to all members of Multi-National Force-Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus summarized progress made during 2007. security has improved in many parts of the nation, with violence down about 60 percent from a peak last June. The progress, however, is reversible, Gen. Petraeus pointed out, and much...
We Are Still Losing the War at the Border
- 2007-11-05
The terrorists swept into Cananea in a convoy of 15 vehicles. They were on a brazen, murderous mission. They kidnapped seven policemen and two civilians. Outside town, they shot and killed four of the policemen and dumped their bodies in a park. Local police who had not been kidnapped deserted...
State and local fiscal challenges need diversified, system-wide approach.(analysis of state budgets)
- 2007-07-30
The Government Accountability Office GAO has recently released a report showing that the state and local government sector faces significant and worsening fiscal challenges in the next decade (see story on page 3). The GAO makes a compelling case. Indeed, the funding structures of the entire...
Government accountability office study warns of state and local fiscal challenges in next decade.
- 2007-07-30
A new study released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office GAO predicts that large and growing fiscal challenges will confront state and local governments in the coming years. Absent policy changes, the study finds that within the next decade expenditures will exceed revenues in the state...
GAO Suggests Congress Review Effectiveness of Workplace Safety Strategies
- 2007-01-01
In a recent letter to Congress, Government Accountability Office GAO recommeded that Congress review the effectiveness of strategies to ensure workplace safety.Regulations and activities designed to provide protections for workers, GAO believes, may need to be revised to reflect dramatic changes in the demographics of the national workforce and changes...
Corps called on cost/benefit.(Army Corps of Engineers calculation method outdated)(Brief article)
- 2006-04-04
CORPS CALLED ON COST/BENEFIT. The calculations used by the Army Corps of Engineers to weigh the costs and benefits of projects for the Civil Works Program "were fraught with errors, mistakes, and miscalculations, and used invalid assumptions and outdated data," the Government Accountability Office has found....
US Government Confirms DALBAR Findings on Social Security Statement
- 2005-04-21
BOSTON -- The United State Government Accountability Office GAO made recommendations to the Congress to change the statement issued by the Social Security Administration SSA to 140 million workers, largely based of DALBAR's evaluation and Trends & Best Practices report. This report, released in April 2005, used DALBAR's evaluation to...
Head Start's Administrative Problems Shouldn't Force Program Change, NLC Says
- 2005-04-05
WASHINGTON, April 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Head Start is one of the most successful and important programs available to communities to assist poor children and their families and should not be significantly altered, according to officials of the National League of Cities NLC. Responding to a recent Government Accountability...
Continuing Hardships For Guard And Reserve
- 2005-04-01
Do you ever wonder if anyone is really listening to you? During the month of February, there were two specific opportunities for Congress to hear what you have been saying.ROA Speaks To HASCThe House Armed Services Committee's (HASC's) subcommittee on personnel invited ROA to speak at a symposium on employment,...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
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| Paul Nicholas | Assistant Director |
| Dolores H Crawford | Manager |
| Allison D. Pugsley | |
| David Walker | Head |
| Kate Walker | Senior Analyst |
| Steven J Berke | Senior Analyst |
| Katherine Davis | Editor |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| North American IPV6 Technology Conference | Assistant Director, U.S. Government Accountability Office (Gao) | Current |
| Government Accountability Office | Assistant Director | Current |
| Indiana University | Bachelor's Degree In History | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Government Accountability Office | Manager | Current |
| FDR Conferences, Inc | Current |
Allison Pugsley's practice focuses primarily on advising clients on both regulatory and litigation matters relating to government contracts. In this regard, her practice concentrates on health care contracting matters, where she advises clients on federal pharmaceutical pricing requirements, government health care contracting programs, Federal Supply Schedule contracts, and socio-economic requirements applicable to government procurements. Her practice also includes litigating bid protests before the Government Accountability Office and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and advising clients on contract disputes. Prior to joining Hogan & Hartson, Allison served as a judicial clerk to The Honorable George W. Miller of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Hogan & Hartson LLP | Associate, Washington, D.C. | Current |
| United States Court of Federal Claims | Current | |
| Government Accountability Office | Current |
United States Comptroller General, David Walker, who is head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), spoke to the 2005 White House Conference on Aging in Washington, D.C. in December. His message about the country's financial condition and our dire long-term picture should be required reading for every American reports The Seattle Times. When introducing him, the conference chair called Walker a "straight shooter" and said his long tenure (a 15-year term that began in 1998) gives him an independence that's rare in government. He's going to need it. The picture he painted is beyond grim.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Government Accountability Office | Head | Current |
| So Baby Boomer | Current |
Kate Walker has been a senior analyst with the strategic issues team at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for more than three years. At GAO, Kate has focused on a number of human capital issues, including strategic workforce planning, performance management, attrition and retention, and leadership development. Ms. Walker is president of Young Government Leaders, an organization of more than 1,300 young federal employees representing thirty agencies. She participated on panels addressing generational differences at the 2006 Office of Personnel Management Workforce Conference and the Federal Executive Board. She coauthored "Talkin' 'bout My Generation" (The Public Manager, Summer 2006, Volume 35, No. 2) and authored "Making the Federal Government Work for Women" (The Public Manager, Spring 2007, Volume 36, No. 1). Ms. Walker has been interviewed by Federal News Radio (1050), Federal Times.com, and Government Executive. She holds a master of public policy degree from American University and a BA in English and psychology from the University of Virginia.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Young Government Leaders | President | Current |
| Government Accountability Office | Senior Analyst | Current |
| The Public Manager | Board of Directors | Current |
| University of Virginia | Master | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Government Accountability Office | Senior Analyst | Current |
| FDR Conferences, Inc | Current | |
| The George Washington University | Masters of Public Administration Degree | Former |
| The George Washington University | Bachelor's Degree In Public Affairs | Former |
Previously, Katherine Davis' poetry has appeared in CutBank and Weber Studies: Voices and Viewpoints of the Contemporary West. A former English teacher in Pocatello, Idaho, she is currently employed as a writer and editor for the Government Accountability Office in Washington, D.C.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Government Accountability Office | Editor | Current |
| Plum Ruby Review | Current |
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