Financial

Cross-agency group explores where government should go next with identity verification

A new report and simulation tool to help officials identify trade-off considerations for different methods.

  • By Natalie Alms

DOD officials cautiously tout progress in financial management reform

Meeting Leon Panetta's aggressive timeline is a daunting challenge, but DOD officials say the effort is advancing.

  • By Amber Corrin

DOD, other agencies now under the microscope on conference costs

A congressional committee makes GSA conference cost the benchmark for potential excessive spending.

  • By Amber Corrin

Army general accused of wasteful spending in IG probe

First GSA, then the VA, now an Army officer allegedly involved in frivolous spending. Who's next?

  • By Amber Corrin

Proposed law to shed sunlight on DOD budget

The DOD hasn't been able to conduct a successful audit, but a new bill would turn up the heat.

  • By Camille Tuutti

Can DOD handle its business?

DOD has long been troubled by poor financial management, but 2012 could be the year it turns itself around.

  • By Amber Corrin

OMB outlines progress on eliminating government waste

Effort to purge waste has a long way yet to go, officials report.

  • By Camille Tuutti

DISA passes government audit test ahead of most of DOD

DISA's fiscal 2011 Defense Working Capital Fund financial statement has earned the agency its first "clean" audit designation.

  • By Amber Corrin

Agencies should plan for 10 percent budget cuts, OMB says

"Difficult year" ahead due to mandatory budget cuts, administration warns.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

DOD focuses on IT for financial reform

The Defense Department is employing IT systems as a major strategy for financial management reform.

  • By Amber Corrin

Possible default scares contractors

The ongoing debt-ceiling debate that threatens to put the government into default is as unnerving for contractors as it is for feds.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Budget crunch makes GSA popular

GSA Administrator Martha Johnson is getting an unprecedented amount of phone calls from agency leaders who want money-saving options.

  • By Alyah Khan

Computer game offers a chance to solve fiscal crisis

As the debt ceiling debate rages on, a newly released computer game gives everyday people a go at solving the nation’s fiscal crisis, the Associated Press reports.

  • By Alyah Khan

Senate bill would up ante for tax e-filing, target delinquent contractors

The measure, introduced by Sen. Tom Carper, builds on similar legislation introduced last year.

  • By Alyah Khan
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HHS to deploy new anti-fraud software for Medicare

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that new predictive fraud-catching tools for Medicare will go into effect on July 1.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

DOD needs 'cost warriors,' report says

To make the most of tight budgets, the Defense Department needs skilled acquisition experts to spend what they have as effectively as possible.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

SSA falls short on death e-record collection, official says

The Social Security Administration is collecting electronic data from only 30 states in its death record database.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

House bill would stop most federal hiring

The Federal Hiring Freeze Act is introduced by Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.).

  • By FCW Staff

VA starts telework tax credit

Virginia companies are being offered cash in exchange for starting telework progams.

  • By FCW Staff

How to make reverse auctions even better

Steve Kelman advises FedBid on how to enhance the value of its reverse auction service.

  • By Steve Kelman

Republican to propose spending cuts in CR legislation

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) has released a partial list of 70 drastic spending cuts that will be included in an upcoming continuing resolution bill.

  • By Alyah Khan