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Another U.S. Cybersecurity Official Resigns
Mischel Kwon, director of the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, submitted her resignation last week. Kwon will stay on with US-CERT until September, when she joins EMC's RSA cybersecurity division as VP of public sector security solutions. Though she has a new job, the Washington Post reported that Kwon's...
GAO Releases Report On DOD Contract Protests
In a true case of lies, damn lies and statistics the Government Accountability Office GAO released their regular report to Congress on protests of DOD contracts. The report concludes that protests were up twenty-three percent in 2008, but historically is lower then average. As such the results of...
Even The GAO Needs Contractors
The Government Accountability Office GAO seems to spend its time issuing reports on why contractors are failing the U.S. government. They also seem to spend a great deal of effort reviewing contract awards and whether they were done correctly. Now WashingtonTechnology.com writes that the GAO itself has awarded...
GAO Report: Drones in the NAS
The Government Accountability Office GAO, the investigative arm of the U.S. Congress, recently issued a report regarding the safe operation of unmanned aerial systems UASs in the National Airspace System NAS. The GAO recommends that the Congress create an overarching body with the FAA to coordinate...
GAO: terrorism-insurance coverage still a challenge in high-risk areas
While commercial property terrorism-insurance coverage appears to be available nationwide at rates policyholders view as reasonable, certain policyholders may face challenges in obtaining desired amounts of coverage at reasonable prices, concluded a report by the Government Accountability Office GAO in July. The report--Initial Results on Availability of Terrorism Insurance...
GAO Scrutinizing Clearance Reform Plan
The U.S. government's watchdog agency will be keeping a close eye on activity surrounding the security and Suitability Process Reform plan. After all, the Government Accountability Office GAO has been examining the personnel security clearance processes for more than three decades, so it has seen a lot of plans come...
House committee seeks GAO fair-lending enforcement review
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, along with 15 members of the committee, have called upon the Government Accountability Office GAO to conduct a "comprehensive review" of the current state of federal fair-lending enforcement. In a letter to GAO Acting Comptroller Gene Dodaro, dated and released to the...
Despite tighter controls on the use of government credit cards, the horror stories continue to pile up.(Washington Insider)
The Government Accountability Office discovered thousands of examples of misuse of purchase cards, including spending on dating services and electronic devices like iPods that are missing from government inventories. Although new controls were put in place after earlier reports of misuse, GAO said...
GAO Roasts FCC's Enforcement Record, Suggests Remedies
Last month, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, held a legislative hearing to discuss his draft legislation addressing wireless consumer issues and community broadband services (TelecomWeb wireless, March 7). After being presented with the results of a...
House leaders call for GAO report on water infrastructure financing.(Government Accountability Office)(Water Quality Financing Act of 2007)(Report)
Three congressional leaders have asked the Government Accountability Office GAO to create a report studying ways to fund U.S. water infrastructure needs. Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson...
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 |
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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 |
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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.
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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 |
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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.
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| Government Accountability Office | Editor | Current |
| Plum Ruby Review | Current |
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