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GAO says EPA needs more control.(Government Accountability Office, Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief article)
- 2006-09-01
In August 2005, the Government Accountability Office GAO released a report, Environmental liabilities: EPA should do more to ensure that liable parties meet their cleanup obligations. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency USEPA faces challenges when holding businesses responsible for environmental cleanup. Many times a business no...
Editorial | Curbing Global Warming
- 2006-06-02
Here's an inconvenient truth for President Bush: His voluntary attack on global warming isn't working. The Government Accountability Office reported last week that projects begun in 2002 and 2003 to encourage private businesses to reduce greenhouse gases "appear not to be progressing at the rate expected by the sponsoring...
EPA rule-making gives environmental justice short shrift, GAO says.(Government Accountability Office)
- 2005-10-01
"In four phases of drafting three significant clean air rules between fiscal years 2000 and 2004, EPA generally devoted little attention to environmental justice," concluded a recent Government Accountability Office GAO report. Although the EPA has an office to oversee this issue and has drafted internal...
Bankruptcy of Polluting Companies Shifts Cleanups to Taxpayers
- 2005-08-19
WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> The burden of cleaning up Superfund and other hazardous waste sites is increasingly shifting to taxpayers, since businesses handling hazardous substances are no longer taxed under the Superfund law and the backlog of sites needing cleanup is growing, according to a new report by Congressional...
EPA Fails Environmental Justice Test
- 2005-08-05
WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA should devote more attention to environmental justice when developing clean air rules, according to a report issued Thursday by Congressional investigators. When drafting the three clean air rules, the EPA generally devoted little attention to environmental justice, according...
GAO's report on chemicals points out a lack of data.(Government Accountability Office)
- 2005-08-01
Byline: Bruce Geiselman A new report recommends that Congress consider granting federal regulators greater authority to improve their ability to assess environmental and health risks posed by chemicals. The Government Accountability Offi Byline:...
GAO report criticizes chemical safety laws.(Government Accountability Office)
- 2005-07-25
Byline: Steve Toloken A new U.S. government study contends that the country's chemical toxicity laws provide only "limited assurance'' that health and environmental risks are identified before compounds, including many plastic compounds, are Byline: Steve Toloken A new U.S....
Journalism in the age of pseudoreporting: as fake news surfaces on TV and government public relations staff sizes increase, there are questions worth asking about the impact on journalism.(Words & Reflections)
- 2005-06-22
Richard Nixon got it right when he said in his memoirs that modern presidents "must try to master the art of manipulating the media ... at the same time they must avoid at all costs the charge of trying to manipulate the media." Following ...
Hazwaste Left at Superfund Sites Bothers Senators
- 2005-03-30
WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> One in four Americans lives within four miles of a hazardous waste site, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA, and at many of these sites, the waste is left in place because the agency believes it is impossible, impractical, or too costly to...
Bush Mercury Plan Rests on Flawed Analysis
- 2005-03-09
WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s economic analysis of its proposal to regulate mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants is seriously flawed and should be revised, the Government Accountability Office said Tuesday. Shortcomings in the analysis make it useless for comparing policy options for regulating mercury...
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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 |
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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.
| 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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