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GAO Scrutinizing Clearance Reform Plan
- 2008-08-01
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...
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...
No US plan to fight terror in Pakistan tribal belt: watchdog
- 2008-04-17
WASHINGTON AFP — More than six years after the September 11 attacks, the United States still does not have a coherent plan to destroy a key staging area for terrorist attacks into the country, according to an independent government watchdog. There is "no comprehensive plan" to destroy the terrorist...
More than one-fourth of applications for security clearances ask for "Top Secret," up from just about one out of six in 1995, according to the Government Accountability Office.(Washington Insider)(Report)(Brief article)
- 2007-12-21
More than one-fourth of applications for security clearances ask for "Top Secret," up from just about one out of six in 1995, according to the Government Accountability Office. More than one-fourth of applications for security clearances ask for "Top Secret," up from just about...
Thinking out what's inside the box.(CARGOSECURITY)
- 2007-11-01
"The single biggest threat we worry about, in terms of protecting this country and securing the homeland, is the threat of a weapon of mass destruction. And at the very top of the scale is a nuclear device or a radiological device." Michael Chertoff, Secretary of...
Terrorist watch list keeps ballooning
- 2007-10-24
WASHINGTON -- The federal government's terrorist watch list has swelled to more than 755,000 names, according to a government report that has raised worries about the list's effectiveness. The size of the list, used to check people entering the country through land border crossings, airports and...
US probe finds security holes at Canada, Mexico borders
- 2007-09-27
WASHINGTON AFP — Congressional investigators looking at unmonitored US borders said Thursday they were able to freely cross into the United States from Canada carrying simulated radioactive material. Canada's government and US lawmakers expressed concern after the independent Government Accountability Office GAO, the US Congress's investigative branch, released a...
GAO: data breaches frequent; identity theft, not so much
- 2007-09-01
Although data breaches of sensitive personal information appear to occur frequently and under widely varying circumstances, it is not clear the extent to which data breaches have resulted in outright identity theft, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office GAO. The GAO report, released in June--Data Breaches...
DynCorp International Provides Update on Army Linguist Contract
- 2007-08-14
FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command has issued an amendment to the solicitation for translation and interpretation services in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Global Linguist Services LLC GLS, a joint venture of DynCorp International and McNeil Technologies, was originally awarded the contract by...
Phony firm got radioactive materials, easily
- 2007-07-12
WASHINGTON -- Undercover investigators posing as corporate bosses got a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license to buy radiological material that could be used in a so-called dirty bomb, according to a government report released Wednesday. Senators and Government Accountability Office GAO investigators say their nine-month probe of...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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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Health Care: How Expensive Is the Obama Plan?
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John Fund Warns About America's Perilous Future
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Most red ink ever: $9 trillion over next decade
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