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DOD to scrutinize contractors' support services
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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...
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...
House committee seeks GAO fair-lending enforcement review
- 2008-06-01
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, along with 15 members of the committee, have called upon the Government Accountability Office GAO to conduct a "comprehensive review" of the current state of federal fair-lending enforcement. In a letter to GAO Acting Comptroller Gene Dodaro, dated and released to the...
CCAGW to House Committee: Reject Tanker Amendments
- 2008-05-14
WASHINGTON -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste CCAGW today released the following excerpts from a statement submitted for the House Armed Services Committee mark-up of H.R. 5658, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009: "According to the May 2 Congressional Quarterly, some members of the...
Despite tighter controls on the use of government credit cards, the horror stories continue to pile up.(Washington Insider)
- 2008-04-18
The Government Accountability Office discovered thousands of examples of misuse of purchase cards, including spending on dating services and electronic devices like iPods that are missing from government inventories. Although new controls were put in place after earlier reports of misuse, GAO said...
Cigar Bar: safe from Cuban terrorism
- 2008-04-01
IN 2003 President George W. Bush ordered the Department of Homeland Security to tighten enforcement of the U.S. embargo against Cuba. Now the Government Accountability Office GAO says the effort going into policing Cuban cigars might be reducing the security of the homeland. A November GAO report finds that...
GAO Roasts FCC's Enforcement Record, Suggests Remedies
- 2008-03-25
Last month, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, held a legislative hearing to discuss his draft legislation addressing wireless consumer issues and community broadband services (TelecomWeb wireless, March 7). After being presented with the results of a...
Boeing to protest defeat in tanker contract battle
- 2008-03-10
WASHINGTON AFP — Boeing late Monday said it will file a formal protest requesting government review of the US Air Force's decision to award an aerial refueling tanker contract to Northrop Grumman and its European partner EADS. The aerospace giant said it planned to file the protest with the...
As I See It
- 2008-03-01
While alarms were being sounded on Capitol Hill about the dire state of the FDA after a recent Science Board report said American Uves are at risk, and a Government Accountability Office GAO investigation confirmed the agency's incapacity to intercept contaminated medical imports, the Bush administration in February proposed a...
How Many [Fill in the Blank] Does It Take to Change ... ?
- 2008-02-01
Variations of this joke have been around for years. One version is: How many psychiatrists does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer: Only one, but the lightbulb has to really want to change. This month's cover article on government procurement fraud tackles an ongoing and frustrating problem for taxpayers....
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 |
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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 |
| 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.
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| Government Accountability Office | Editor | Current |
| Plum Ruby Review | Current |
Executive News
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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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Tyco International Ltd. F4Q09 (Qtr End 09/25/09) Earnings Call Transcript
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Northrop Grumman Corp. Advisory Services Conference Call Transcript
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Northrop Grumman Corporation. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
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Lockheed Martin Corporation Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
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New Oriental Education F1Q10 (Qtr End 8/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
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