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CCAGW to House Committee: Reject Tanker Amendments
- 2008-05-14
WASHINGTON -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste CCAGW today released the following excerpts from a statement submitted for the House Armed Services Committee mark-up of H.R. 5658, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009: "According to the May 2 Congressional Quarterly, some members of the...
How Many [Fill in the Blank] Does It Take to Change ... ?
- 2008-02-01
Variations of this joke have been around for years. One version is: How many psychiatrists does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer: Only one, but the lightbulb has to really want to change. This month's cover article on government procurement fraud tackles an ongoing and frustrating problem for taxpayers....
Cooley Godward Kronish Forms Government Contracts Group
- 2006-11-20
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP announced today that Gregory A. Smith and Kevin P. Mullen have joined the Firm as partners. Smith and Mullen will anchor Cooley's newly formed Government Contracts practice group, which will be based in the Firm's Washington, DC office. Formerly partners in DLA Piper's Government Contracts practice...
GAO: DOD wastes billions
- 2006-08-17
The Department of Defense is wasting billions of dollars due to fraud and abuse, according to an assessment from the Government Accountability Office GAO. "DOD's pervasive financial and business management problems adversely affect the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of its operations, and have resulted in a lack of adequate accountability...
Studies reveal system flaws.(Intelligence)(Report)
- 2006-06-01
THE DEPARTMENT OF Homeland Security's (DHS's) American Shield Initiative ASI--a program of sensors, cameras, and databases that monitor U.S. land borders--lacks "key management capabilities" and has failed to define "key acquisition management processes," such as those for tracking and overseeing contractors, says a report from...
A two-step for America: addressing our immigration problems
- 2006-04-24
'THERE is a paralyzing fear of the illegal-immigrant lobby." That's how one Senate GOP aide explains why some Republicans helped get an amnesty and a guest-worker program through the Judiciary Committee. Militant advocates for illegal immigrants smear those who oppose legalizing 11 million aliens as hostile to Hispanics. Regrettably, Republican...
Companies deduct settlement payments from taxes, GAO finds.(Government Accountability Office)
- 2006-01-01
Corporations that negotiate high-dollar settlements of civil suits with the government often turn around and deduct the settlement payments from their income taxes, according to a recent Government Accountability Office GAO report. "A civil settlement is supposed to sting like a bee, not annoy...
Bankruptcy of Polluting Companies Shifts Cleanups to Taxpayers
- 2005-08-19
WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> The burden of cleaning up Superfund and other hazardous waste sites is increasingly shifting to taxpayers, since businesses handling hazardous substances are no longer taxed under the Superfund law and the backlog of sites needing cleanup is growing, according to a new report by Congressional...
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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 |
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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 |
| 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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Health Care: How Expensive Is the Obama Plan?
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John Fund Warns About America's Perilous Future
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