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Impact of Integrated Force Management On Reserve Component Personnel, Compensation Policies Is Focus of Commission's June Hearings
- 2007-06-15
To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Mike Brown, +1-703-699-2854, +1-703-901-7835 cell, or Michael.Brown@wso.whs.mil, or Laura Waxman, +1-703-699-2875, +1-202- 489-7534 cell, or Laura.Waxman@wso.whs.mil, both of the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves ARLINGTON, Va., June 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Comptroller General of the United States David M. Walker will deliver the findings of a...
Contract types
- 2007-01-01
Final Rule on Contract Period for Task and Delivery Orders The Department of Defense DoD issued a final rule which allows the ordering period of a task or delivery order contract to be up to five years, and up to ten years with options or modifications. (1) The ten...
We support simplicity
- 2006-10-31
With credit cards practically a necessity in today's marketplace, it's critical that consumers know how to use them. That's why the credit card industry is engaged in an effort, spearheaded by the Federal Reserve, to simplify and humanize the language we use. More important, this effort won't consist of lawyers...
Banks use gobbledygook to mask sleazy practices
- 2006-10-31
Remember the last time you slogged through impenetrable prose or hunted for elusive asterisks in a credit card solicitation or agreement? And, after finding them, you still couldn't figure out what the issuer was saying? Well, the problem isn't you. It's the disclosures. Banks could hardly make them more confusing....
U.S. Loses Money on Oregon Salvage Logging
- 2006-10-05
WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> Selling timber salvaged after a massive 2002 Oregon wildfire cost the federal government nearly $2 million, according a report released Wednesday by the Government Accountability Office GAO. The report largely rejected claims by the Bush administration that lawsuits filed by environmental groups increased the cost...
GAO will audit U.S.-China Commission
- 2006-08-17
The Government Accountability Office GAO is embarking on a study of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission USCC at the request of Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.). GAO's work may have implications for the panel's 2007 activities: Under Senate Appropriations Committee report language, a portion of USCC's proposed funding would...
PCMA: Mail-Service Pharmacies Save More than Retail Drugstores
- 2006-06-14
WASHINGTON, June 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association PCMA released the following statement. PCMA is the national association representing America's pharmacy benefit managers PBMs, which drive down the cost of prescription drugs for 200 million Americans with drug coverage provided through Fortune 500 employers, health insurers, labor...
FHA-insured loans with down-payment assistance riskier
- 2006-02-01
FHA-insured loans with down-payment assistance have higher delinquency and claim rates than do similar loans without such assistance, according to an analysis by the Government Accountability Office GAO. The GAO study, Mortgage Financing: Additional Action Needed to Manage Risks of FHA-Insured Loans With Down Payment Assistance, also found that...
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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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