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INTRODUCTION: Financial Report of the United States Government
- 2008-03-01
The following pages are excerpted from the 2007 Financial Report of the United States Government Financial Report. The report and accompanying information, prepared and published annually by the Financial Management Service, are modeled after corporate-type reports and are developed on an accrual basis of accounting. The excerpts represent some of...
Administration steps up executive action: policy tightens immigration rules; report targets proprietorships
- 2007-10-01
The usual process in Washington is for Congress to pass laws and the administration and its regulatory agencies to write rules to implement them. It could well be that process is changing as the Bush administration goes into its final 18 months. Many observers believe that major legislative initiatives...
CUNA: 313 Years Of CU Tax Exemption = 1 S&L Bailout
- 2007-07-16
It would take 313 years at the Treasury's 2007 estimate of $1.4 billion for the annual credit union tax exemption amount to equal the total amount taxpayers forked over to deal with the savings and loan crisis, according to results of a new CUNA analysis of the recent Government Accountability...
US senators demand probe.(CAYMAN ISLANDS)(Government Accountability Office to investigate business reporting of companies)(Brief article)
- 2007-07-01
The leaders of the US Senate Finance Committee have asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate a five-story building in the Cayman Islands listed as the address of nearly 13,000 subsidiaries of companies, many of them US-based, reports Bloomberg (June 6, 2007. Committee chairman Max Baucus,...
Deficit Reduction That Can Hurt
- 2007-04-30
AS THE FEDERAL government tries to close a $239 billion deficit in the 2008 budget, small businesses are looking over their shoulders. The chief concerns include proposals by the Government Accountability Office GAO that would require firms to withhold a portion of payments to contractors and corporations for remittance to...
GAO study finds serious errors by chain tax preparers
- 2006-05-01
Serious errors by paid tax return preparers were the subject of Government Accountability Office GAO testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. Despite the importance of paid tax return preparers in helping taxpayers fulfill their obligations, little data exists on the quality of services such preparers provide. ...
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...
GAO study: loan repayment imperfect science
- 2005-12-15
It's practically impossible to figure out the costs to the taxpayer of student loans. So says the Government Accountability Office, which compared cost estimates and re-estimates of the Federal Family Education Loan Program and the Federal Direct Loan Program for 11 years. In most years, estimates proved lower than actual...
GAO: understanding the tax reform debate
- 2005-12-01
The Government Accountability Office has released a comprehensive study that traces the history and structure of the federal tax system and is designed to aid policymakers and the public in developing tax policy for the 21st century. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Download the report at www.gao.gov/new.items/d051009sp.pdf.
Tax compliance costs more than $100 billion annually
- 2005-11-01
Costs for complying with the current federal tax code top $100 billion each year for American taxpayers, the Government Accountability Office GAO told Congress. In addition, the GAO projects that lost economic efficiency associated with the tax system may top half a trillion dollars. The findings are likely...
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| 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.
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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.
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| Government Accountability Office | Editor | Current |
| Plum Ruby Review | Current |
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