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Another U.S. Cybersecurity Official Resigns
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- 2009-08-10
Mischel Kwon, director of the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, submitted her resignation last week. Kwon will stay on with US-CERT until September, when she joins EMC's RSA cybersecurity division as VP of public sector security solutions. Though she has a new job, the Washington Post reported that Kwon's...
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...
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...
Management of US-VISIT evaluated.(Homeland Security)
- 2006-07-01
Key actions have not yet been taken to improve the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program, says a recently released report by the Government Accountability Office GAO. Although the GAO says the programs are improving, progress has been slow, and many measures have...
Studies reveal system flaws.(Intelligence)(Report)
- 2006-06-01
THE DEPARTMENT OF Homeland Security's (DHS's) American Shield Initiative ASI--a program of sensors, cameras, and databases that monitor U.S. land borders--lacks "key management capabilities" and has failed to define "key acquisition management processes," such as those for tracking and overseeing contractors, says a report from...
Hearing Exposes Gaps in Port and Container Security
- 2006-05-01
Last month, Sens. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.) held a Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations PSI hearing to examine the threat of nuclear terrorism and assess programs to secure, detect and interdict nuclear and radiological materials domestically and abroad. The hearing, titled "Neutralizing the Nuclear and Radiological Threat: Securing...
Finding out what's in that box.(CARGO SECURITY)
- 2006-05-01
When private port security personnel reported a group of Chinese spotted wandering into a cargo area at the Seattle seaport at 1:00 AM, April 5, it led to the detention of 18 men and four women. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] They had been smuggled...
DHS struggling with risk management.(Intelligence)
- 2006-04-01
INSURERS AND FINANCIERS have mastered the skill of risk management, which entails anticipating future events, deciding which of those expected risks the organization will bear, and allocating resources to mitigate the rest. But their goal is profit. Applying risk management to homeland security...
DHS spending criticized.(Department of Homeland Security)(Brief article)
- 2006-03-01
The ethics involved in science and technology spending at the Department of Homeland Security must improve, says a new report by the Government Accountability Office GAO. According to the report, a potential conflict of interest may arise, given that many of the various portfolio managers charged...
ID fraud slides past work eligibility check
- 2005-11-01
An epidemic of identity fraud is going undetected by work eligibility verification systems, including an electronic pilot program tested as an enhancement to the I-9 form system, reported the Government Accountability Office GAO Sept. 21. One of the primary goals of the Department of Homeland Security's DHS test program--the...
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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