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To Use or Not to Use PSMC: That is the Question

David Isenberg | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Gao Report, Private Military Security Contractors, Afghanistan, Government Personnel, Department of Defense, Business News

So just because you can't do it yourself you assume the contractor you hire does a great job? Now, that is not a criticism of DynCorp. For all anyone knows it might have done a terrific job.

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Double Trouble

Stephen W.T. O'Keeffe | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Data Center Exchange, Information Technology, Gao Report, Government, Meritalk, Technology News

Sometimes, the challenges facing Federal IT -- and Washington writ large -- seem so complex as to be intractable. Other times the answers are so simple it makes my blood boil.

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Arms and Bahrain

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Gao Report, US Arms Sales, Neil Armstrong, Bahrain Saudi Arabia, Bahrain Human Rights, Bahrain Protesters, Bahrain Anti-Government Protests, Bahrain, World News

The question is why the United States was even thinking of selling arms to Bahrain. The answer can be found in the fact that the United States is the number one arms supplier in the world and to maintain its status it cannot be judgmental about the conduct of its customers.

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Postal Service Finances As Bad As They Sound: Auditors

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: United States Postal Service Cuts, Labor, Video, U.S. Postal Service, National Association of Letter Carriers, Postal Service, Darrell Issa, Usps, Gao Report, Gao, Unions, Postal Service Default, Tom Carper, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Federal auditors released a report Thursday that found, contrary to other findings, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has not been overpayi...

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Where Will You Be When the Lights Go Out?

Josh Sawislak | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Gao Report, Telework, Telework Exchange, Continuity of Operations, Business News

There's an old joke about a lost tourist asking for directions in Boston and being told, "You can't get there from here." Like any good saying, this o...

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Most Federal Agencies Have No Security Policy for Social Media

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Department of Health and Human Services, Twitter, Gao Report, Facebook Privacy, Twitter Government, Facebook, Social Media Networks, Twitter Federal Agency, State Department, Social Media Federal Agency, Social Media, Facebook Federal Agency, Facebook Federal Government, Social Media Government, Health and Human Services, Twitter Security, Gao, Government Accountability Office, Technology News

Less than one third of federal agencies using social media have created safeguards against hackers looking to exploit their accounts to launch cyber a...

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Tax Cheats Received Billions In Stimulus Cash, Report Finds

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Taxes, Economic Stimulus Package, Obama Economic Stimulus Plan, Economy, Gao Report, Economic Stimulus, Gao, Tax Cheats, Gao Report Economic Stimulus, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Thousands of companies that cashed in on President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package owed the government millions in unpaid ...

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The Newest High Risk Area Of Government

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Oil Leases, Politics, Gas Leases, Interior Department Leases, Government Oil, Government Leases, Gao Report, GAO Gas Leases, GAO Oil Leases, Government Accountability Office, Green News

WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators have concluded U.S. management of oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters is the newest high ris...

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New Report Shows Health Care Reform Would Provide 'Notable Improvement' To Debt Outlook

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gao Report, Health Care Reform Gao, Health Care Reform, Debt Reduced, Debt Health Care Reform Law, Health Care Debt, Video, Politics News

A new non-partisan report finds that the cumulative effects of President Obama's health care reform package would be beneficial for the government's e...

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This Waste Really Hurts

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gao Report, Private Military Contractor, Iraq, Afghanistan, Burn Pits, Business News

As this is something I have written on previously it seems appropriate to note that today the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report ...

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The Uncounted Contractors

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gao Report, Iraq, Afghanistan, Private-Military-Security-Contractors, Business News

When is the U.S. government going to get an accurate count of the private military and security contractors it employs in Iraq and Afghanistan? Apparently, not any time soon, according to a GAO report released last Friday.

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The Madness of U.S. Arms Sales: Good Business, Bad For Planet

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Persian Gulf, Saddam Hussein, Military Industrial Complex, George W. Bush, Gao Report, Donald Rumsfeld, Weapons, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

The madness in the world can best be boiled down to this: at the same time that we are told there is not enough money to create jobs or pay for real h...

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Must Everybody Have a College Degree to Get a Decent Job?

Joel Shatzky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gao Report, For-Profit Education, WNYC Public Radio, For-Profit Colleges, College News

The explosion in student college attendance, increasing by almost 50% from 13 to 19 million in the last twenty years is due in part to the "for-profit" institutions that have been springing up around the country.

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We Don't Need No (For-Profit) Education

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: For-Profit College Regulations, Kaplan University, University of Phoenix, Senate Republicans, For-Profit College Rules, George W. Bush, Tom Harkin, Gao Report, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, University, U.S. Senate, Strayer University, Bush Administration, College, Senate Democrats, DeVry Universty, Higher Education, Gao, Senate H.E.L.P. Committee, Government Accountability Office, For-Profit Colleges, Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee, Politics News

The for-profit college industry is offering prospective students certificates and degrees that are often useless after badgering them into signing up for federal student loans that they may never be able to repay.

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GAO PSC Interview Transcripts Online

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gao Report, Iraq, Private Security Contractors, Business News

Thanks to the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy the transcripts of twenty three interviews done by the Government Accoun...

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For-Profit College Recruiters Use Deceptive Practices To Lure Potential Students

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: For-Profit College Report, For-Profit College Recruiting Practices, GAO Report for-Profit Colleges, For-Profit College Government Accountability Report, For-Profit College Deceptive Recruiting Practices, For-Profit Colleges, For-Profit Education, Gao Report for Profit, Gao Report, Gao Report for-Profit Education, College News

A new Government Accountability Office report confirms that for-profit college recruiters not only mislead potential students about their post-graduat...

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The GAO Transcripts, Part 23: PSC, What's That? A U.S. Military Perspective

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gao Report, U.S. Military, Iraq, Private Security Contractors, Business News

This is the twenty third installment of the Government Accountability Office interview transcripts that were prepared pursuant to the July 2005 GAO re...

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The GAO Transcripts, Part 22: A Convoy Was Attacked? Really, You Don't Say

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gao Report, Iraq, U.S. Army, Private Security Contractors, Business News

This is the twenty second installment of the Government Accountability Office interview transcripts that were prepared pursuant to the July 2005 GAO report.

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The GAO Transcripts, Part 21: We Do Not Work For the U.S. Military

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gao Report, Iraq, Private Security Contractors, Business News

This is the twenty first installment of the Government Accountability Office interview transcripts that were prepared pursuant to the July 2005 GAO re...

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The GAO Transcripts, Part 20: When PSC Cause "Mission Creep"

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gao Report, U.S. Military, Iraq, Private Security Contractors, Business News

This is the twentieth installment of the Government Accountability Office interview transcripts that were prepared pursuant to the July 2005 GAO repor...

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The GAO Transcripts, Part 19: When PSCs Hurt U.S. Troops

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gao Report, U.S. Military, Iraq, Private Security Contractors, Business News

This is the nineteenth installment of the Government Accountability Office interview transcripts that were prepared pursuant to the July 2005 GAO repo...

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The GAO Transcripts, Part 18: IPOA Defends PSC Against Memo 17

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gao Report, International Peace Operations Association, Iraq, Private Security Contractors, Business News

This is the eighteenth installment of the Government Accountability Office interview transcripts that were prepared pursuant to the July 2005 GAO repo...

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The GAO Transcripts, Part 17: Use of PSC is Cost Prohibitive

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gao Report, Iraq, Convoy, Cost-Effectiveness, Private Security Contractors, Business News

This is the 17th installment of the Government Accountability Office interview transcripts. Among the interesting revelations are that background checks are outsourced to a corporate security office.

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The GAO Transcripts, Part 16: What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gao Report, Iraq, Security Clearance, Private Security Contractors, Business News

This is the sixteenth installment of the Government Accountability Office interview transcripts that were prepared pursuant to the July 2005 GAO repor...

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The GAO Transcripts, Part 15: Coordination is Easier Said Than Done

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gao Report, Iraq, Friendly Fire, Private Security Contractors, Business News

This is the fifteenth installment of the Government Accountability Office interview transcripts that were prepared pursuant to the July 2005 GAO repor...

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