In Depth Newscast – July 28

• The Administration’s new government-wide transparency board is officially at work. Recovery and Accountability Board Chairman Earl Devaney will lead the new Government Accountability and Transparency Board. Other government leaders named to the board include Defense acquisition chief Ashton Carter, OMB Controller Danny Werfel and USPS Inspector General David Williams.
• The government’s excess and underused real estate may not be the money pot the Administration thinks. The Congressional Budget Office says the government is unlikely to save the $15 billion over five years the Administration claims. Theresa Gullo of the CBO told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee it might not be worth the time and expense to prepare them for sale.
• Federal Aviation Administration employees will get paid, even during the agency’s shutdown, if Senators Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) get their way. The 4,000 furloughed FAA workers would continue working with pay and benefits until Congress passes a full FAA extension, according to legislation the two Maryland Democrats are sponsoring. The money will come from the Aviation Trust Fund.
• Your agency’s reports to Congress will be easier to find online if a new Senate proposal becomes law. The Government Printing Office will publish agency reports on a web site the agency will build and maintain, according to a bill from Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman. Federal Computer Week reports the documents will be searchable in several different ways.

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