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Oversight of airport screening 'a waste'
WASHINGTON -- A government program to find gaps in airport screening is "a waste of money" because it doesn't follow up on why screeners failed to spot guns, knives and bombs on undercover agents, the head of the House Homeland Security Committee says. A Government Accountability...
Lawmakers assail TSA failures in covert tests
WASHINGTON -- Transportation Security Administration chief Kip Hawley called airport screeners "the best in the world" as he clashed with skeptical lawmakers Wednesday over a report that shows government investigators getting bomb parts past airport security checkpoints. Hawley downplayed a report by Congress' investigative arm, the...
U.S. Gao.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
U.S. GAO--the Government Accountability Office calls on TSA to boost its oversight of explosive detection programs in a report, GAO-06-869, and recommends it establish a timeline to close out the contract with Boeing Service Company and report to Congress on actions to recover any excessive fees...
TSA criticized for delay in new passenger-screening program
The government's long-delayed kickoff of a program to improve background checks of airline passengers is "at risk of failure" and faces an uncertain future, congressional investigators said Thursday. A report by the Government Accountability Office GAO, Congress' investigative arm, criticized post-9/11 efforts to implement the computerized program, which aims...
Step up to security.
The Government Accountability Office is calling on TSA to complete its passenger rail risk assessment so that the private sector can develop a consistent approach for analyzing risk and allocating resources accordingly. Contact: Cathleen Berrick, GAO, (202) 512-3404, barrickc@gao.gov, www.gao.gov/cgibin/ getrpt?GAO-06-181T.
GAO to TSA: do explosives homework.(Government Accountability Office)(Transportation Security Administration)(Brief Article)
TSA still has not done the necessary homework to determine which explosives detection mechanisms installed at the nation's airports are the cheapest and most effective, according to the Government Accountability Office. TSA was supposed to have systems installed to screen all checked airport baggage by Dec....
Ten percent solution: TSA reforms stall at the gate
The Transportation Security Administration TSA plans to launch its Secure Flight passenger profiling system this summer. The agency's latest attempt to identify potentially dangerous travelers before they board planes, Secure Flight is a descendant of the Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening System CAPPS and its stillborn successor, CAPPS II, which was abandoned...
Audit: Airport screeners lack training
WASHINGTON -- Shortages of staff and high-speed Internet connections prevent thousands of security screeners at the nation's airports from getting the training they need to more effectively detect guns and explosives, according to a government audit released Monday. From July to October, screeners at 75% of the 450 airports...
US report questions privacy protections for airline passengers
WASHINGTON AFP — A new identity sorting system for airline passengers that the US government wants to introduce this summer is fraught with many uncertainties concerning traveler privacy, according to an official report made public. The Transportation Security Administration "has not yet clearly defined how it plans to implement...
Maritime security ID.(identification)(Brief Article)
TSA lacks a comprehensive plan for managing its maritime worker identification card program, a gap that threatens its success, according to the Government Accountability Office GAO. GAO recommended that TSA employ industry best practices for project management and draw up detailed plans for risk mitigation and...
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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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