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GAO Releases Report On DOD Contract Protests
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- 2009-04-16
In a true case of lies, damn lies and statistics the Government Accountability Office GAO released their regular report to Congress on protests of DOD contracts. The report concludes that protests were up twenty-three percent in 2008, but historically is lower then average. As such the results of...
Even The GAO Needs Contractors
BNET
- 2009-03-18
The Government Accountability Office GAO seems to spend its time issuing reports on why contractors are failing the U.S. government. They also seem to spend a great deal of effort reviewing contract awards and whether they were done correctly. Now WashingtonTechnology.com writes that the GAO itself has awarded...
GAO Report: Drones in the NAS
- 2008-10-20
The Government Accountability Office GAO, the investigative arm of the U.S. Congress, recently issued a report regarding the safe operation of unmanned aerial systems UASs in the National Airspace System NAS. The GAO recommends that the Congress create an overarching body with the FAA to coordinate...
Center for The Business of Government Lays Out Key Imperatives for Managing the Presidential Transition and Governing in a New Administration
- 2008-10-08
The presidential transition team for the next administration should focus on key areas of expertise, and six imperatives to ensure success when governing in a new administration, according to two new books from the IBM Center for The Business of Government. The authors, all veterans of government and public...
DOL faulted on enforcement of wage and hour laws
- 2008-09-01
During a House committee meeting, the Government Accountability Office criticized the U.S. Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division's enforcement of federal wage and hour laws, citing miscommunication and poor coordination of staff and resources. For more news and updates on these and other stories, see the online version of...
GAO: terrorism-insurance coverage still a challenge in high-risk areas
- 2008-09-01
While commercial property terrorism-insurance coverage appears to be available nationwide at rates policyholders view as reasonable, certain policyholders may face challenges in obtaining desired amounts of coverage at reasonable prices, concluded a report by the Government Accountability Office GAO in July. The report--Initial Results on Availability of Terrorism Insurance...
Oversight of airport screening 'a waste'
- 2008-08-14
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...
GAO Scrutinizing Clearance Reform Plan
- 2008-08-01
The U.S. government's watchdog agency will be keeping a close eye on activity surrounding the security and Suitability Process Reform plan. After all, the Government Accountability Office GAO has been examining the personnel security clearance processes for more than three decades, so it has seen a lot of plans come...
Probe of irregularities in defense contract audits: Pentagon
- 2008-07-25
WASHINGTON AFP — A Pentagon agency that oversees billions of dollars in defense contracts said Friday it has asked for a review of allegations that supervisors sought to pressure auditors to favor major contractors. The Defense Contract Audit Agency DCAA took the step following a scathing report by a...
Alabama Aircraft Industries Files Lawsuit Challenging Air Force's KC-135 Contract Award to Boeing
- 2008-06-26
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc. AAII announced today that it will be filing a lawsuit in the United States Court of Federal Claims challenging the United States Air Force's selection of Boeing for a $1.1 billion contract to maintain the fleet of KC-135 refueling tankers. On December 27,...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
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| Paul Nicholas | Assistant Director |
| Dolores H Crawford | Manager |
| 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 |
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 |
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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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