House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) will introduce new information technology reform legislation within the next three weeks, Information Week reports. J. Nicholas Hoover writes Issa and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.)
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The government’s latest effort at performance management known as GEAR, Goals-Engagement-Accountability-Results, will be the subject of a Congressional audit. According to a Federal Times article, the Office of Personnel Management is leading
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Current federal law gives agency chief information officers the flexibility they need to successfully manage projects, the U.S. chief information officer told a House committee Tuesday. According to Fierce Government IT, Steven
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Rep. Darrell Issa is remaining confident the lame duck Congress will approve proposed reform legislation of the U.S. Postal Service, a spokesman told GovExec. Some of Issa’s plans for the USPS include
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House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) wants CEOs at 10 major government contractors to inform the committee if they sought external legal advice on whether they should send layoff notices to
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Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is proposing legislation that would grant agency chief information officers authority over their respective agencies’ information technology budgets, Nextgov reports. According to Joseph Marks’ report, Issa’s bill would
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The Government Accountability Office has found various studies comparing federal pay and private sector pay are non-compatible because of conflicting research approaches. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and
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The U.S. Senate approved a bill Wednesday that would give the U.S. Postal Service $11 billion to offer buyouts and early retirements, the Washington Post reports. The bill passed 62-to-37 and would
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Neither the House nor Senate bills to rescue the financially-strapped Postal Service go far enough to fix the agency, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said Monday. During remarks at a National Press Club
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The Congressional Budget Office has found that it would cost the federal government $575 million over five years to implement spending oversight measures included in the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of
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