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Report: Mine safety lacking
- 2008-04-09
WASHINGTON -- Almost two years after Congress mandated more safety equipment, the nation's coal mines still don't have enough emergency air supplies or better communications equipment to help keep miners alive after an accident, according to a federal report released Tuesday. The Government Accountability Office GAO...
Cautioning Congress II
- 2008-01-01
This reminds me of an important warning I have for Congress. Do not--I repeat, do not--confirm a Bush appointee to replace David Walker, the head of the Government Accountability Office who recently resigned. The GAO plays a crucial role as a watchdog for government agencies. The job has an unusual...
Unionization Threatens Government Watchdog's Credibility
- 2007-10-22
Government Accountability Office GAO employees recently voted two to one to join the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers IFTE union. This was despite the fact that the GAO recently ranked second in a "Best Place to Work in the Federal Government" survey by the Partnership for Public Service...
Final stretch: as Congress nears the end of its session, some work is finished but much remains to be done
- 2007-10-01
SOME LEGISLATION IMPORTANT to higher education has been completed, but much remains to be done as Congress enters the home stretch of its work for the year. Among issues still pending is the long-delayed reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, which finally seems to be moving toward completion as House...
Top US general hints at Iraq troop cuts
- 2007-09-04
WASHINGTON AFP — Iraq war commander General David Petraeus hinted at US troop cuts there by March, setting the stage for his pivotal testimony next week before Congress on President George W. Bush's surge strategy. "There are limits to what our military can provide, so, my recommendations have to...
Bush aides hit back at bleak Iraq report
- 2007-08-30
WASHINGTON AFP — The Bush administration Thursday rejected a government's auditor's bleak draft survey on political and military advances in Iraq, saying its criteria for judging progress were too harsh. The White House and State Department hit back after leaked details emerged of a report by the Government Accountability...
Bill Would Renew Clean Water Funding.(Brief article)
- 2007-04-02
Compiled by Carl Molesworth On Jan. 30, a bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to renew funding for the Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund. The Water Quality Financing Act of 2007 (H.R. 720) also includes a provision to...
GAO Suggests Congress Review Effectiveness of Workplace Safety Strategies
- 2007-01-01
In a recent letter to Congress, Government Accountability Office GAO recommeded that Congress review the effectiveness of strategies to ensure workplace safety.Regulations and activities designed to provide protections for workers, GAO believes, may need to be revised to reflect dramatic changes in the demographics of the national workforce and changes...
INGAA shut out of pipeline bill
- 2007-01-01
The pipeline reauthorization bill Congress passed at the end of the lame duck session in December contained a holiday gift for INGAA which would have to be characterized as in the "under $1" category. The bill, which contains a number of other more substantive provisions for other pipeline players, requires...
THE LIMITS OF CONTROL: THE MARKET STATE, DIVIDED POWER, AND THE RESPONSE TO 9/11
- 2006-09-01
ABSTRACT:The 9/11 attacks demanded a response from the U.S. government, but designing and executing that response was not easily done. The United States is an advanced market society in which power is highly dispersed. Federal policymakers were confronted with challenges that we now regardas typical of the network form 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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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