John Mica

Jonathan B. JarvisNPS

‘Progressive discipline’ needed to address management issues at NPS

The Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General says the National Park Service is not properly handling employee mismanagement related to dozens…

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Whistleblowers confirm lawmakers’ concerns about abuses of power at TSA

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DoD, IRS, HHS target of federal audit on inefficient and wasteful agencies

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Data at the heart of OMB’s latest office space reduction goals

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Despite Obama directive, agencies maintain ad-hoc approach to unclassified information

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Reduced conference spending could save government $500M each year

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Mica says agencies ‘thwarting’ proposed FTC relocation

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OMB says PortfolioStat’s impact measured by billions of dollars in savings

Federal CIO Steve VanRoekel is testifying this morning before the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on the progress of several IT reform…

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NIST to set standards for biometric recognition technology

In an effort to incorporate iris, facial and fingerprint recognition technologies across the government, the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee…

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BRAC-like commission proposed to hunt down government cost savings

A new commission, proposed by David Walker, former U.S. comptroller general, would recommend ways to streamline government by removing duplication and extraneous spending from government agencies. Federal-employee unions criticized the proposal and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee lawmakers expressed skepticism that such a proposal could gain congressional approval.

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