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Recovery.gov Shows The Power Of Transparency In Tracking Federal Spending
Whether the government’s $787 billion economic stimulus plan has actually worked may be the stuff of contentious political debate, but even partisans seem to agree that the processes and systems...
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Government Transparency: We’re Not There Yet
Despite a broad push for transparency, our government has a long way to go to get there, according to Rep. Darrell Issa, R-CA, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Issa,...
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GAO Finds DHS Data Mining Systems Need Better Privacy Protections, Oversight
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) data mining systems need additional oversight, review and evaluation to protect privacy rights, ensure transparency to the public and enable effective...
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Discrepancies Cause For Uniform Award ID System
This is the final installment in a series of columns by Recovery Board Chairman Earl Devaney on the lessons he has learned from his work on the Recovery Board, which oversees the $787 billion Recovery...
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Feds@Work: An Advocate For Whistleblowers
Becoming a whistleblower is often a risky and difficult path for federal employees, and so is finding the truth and protecting those who have exposed wrongdoing from being fired, punished or harassed....
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Feds@Work: Kathleen Tighe Takes Over As Transparency Chief
The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board’s new leader took the reins just a few weeks ago, but has already moved full speed ahead using cutting edge strategies for tracking federal spending,...
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Transparency And The Rise Of The Twitterati: ‘Federal Spending’ Episode 10
The combination of social media and transparency in federal spending adds up to boatloads of data. But what impact do these forces have on federal policy? Perhaps more to the point: Is policy driving...
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Recovery Board Shames Companies Into Compliance
The federal government’s Recovery Board has a lesson for every federal agency that distributes taxpayer money – stay transparent and make sure that recipients do, too. The Recovery Board, which...
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How IRS Helps Agents Deter Tax Cheats Using Analytics
The IRS, FEMA and a growing number of other federal agencies are turning the art of analytics into an increasingly powerful workplace discipline that is helping agencies and their employees improve...
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