Oversight
Recording raises questions about tax collection calls
Companies calling on behalf of IRS are limited by privacy restrictions, industry official tells lawmakers.
Defense
SBA study shows perils of analyzing small business contracts
Reviewers ran into conflicting and unreliable data in preparing report on small firms' performance in outsourcing contests.
Defense
Oversight of Iraq reconstruction winding down
IG office will publish investigations of key companies and government contracting operations before closing shop at the end of 2008.
Oversight
McCain pledges to reorganize federal workforce
GOP presidential hopeful says he'll devote "necessary resources" to making sure "government pay scales allow us to attract the finest public servants."
Oversight
Lawyers prepare for October hearing on Indian trust fund accounts
Inquiry will judge adequacy of Interior-proposed accounting plan.
Oversight
House passes 3.5 percent military pay raise
Bill also would restore collective bargaining and appeal rights to new Defense personnel system, impose new outsourcing restrictions.
Oversight
Study complicates debate on women’s procurement set-aside
Analysis finds that depending on how you measure, women-owned businesses are underrepresented in 87 percent of industries, or none.
Oversight
IRS debt collection initiative set to break even next spring
Oversight board expresses cautious confidence in program to let private firms help recover unpaid taxes.
Oversight
House panel puts new limits on job competitions
Provision would put a hold on Pentagon public-private competitions until guidance is developed for bringing work back in-house.
Oversight
Report: Navy outsourcing decision leads to higher costs
Performance-based contracting, used poorly, is costing government more than keeping the work in-house, inspector general says.
Oversight
Administration opposes hike in small business contracting goals
Official says tougher target would have “chilling effect” on agencies’ efforts to buy from small firms.
Oversight
Iraq reconstruction IG subject of long-running investigation
Six former employees filed complaint more than a year ago with charges including wasteful spending.
Management
Commerce IG investigated on claims of improper travel
Unnamed accusers say head auditor needlessly extended trips and authorized excessive domestic and foreign travel for himself and staff members.
Management
Job competitions fall short of target
Agencies ended up opening less than half the work planned to private sector bids in fiscal 2006, OMB reports.
Management
Three agencies recognized for financial management gains
As most agencies receive either high or low ratings, with few in the middle, OMB re-evaluates grading standards.
Tech
Agencies' responses to data breaches vary
Government should develop guidelines to help agencies decide when to offer services such as credit monitoring after an incident, GAO says.
Management
OPM pledges to help speed hiring of Social Security judges
New list of eligible hires would help SSA address record disability appeals backlog.
Defense
Iraq reconstruction projects fall back into disrepair
Funding, project management agencies say they have no authority to help Iraqis operate new equipment and maintain refurbished buildings.
Defense
Watchdog: Projects in Iraq at risk for fraud, waste and abuse
Ongoing contract management problems and lack of contractor head count contribute to problems.
Management
IG says GSA chief may have broken ethics, contracting rules
Investigators find Lurita Doan committed the agency to an inappropriate no-bid contract that had to be ended “for convenience.”
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