Judi Hasson

 

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The Internal Revenue Service would face a “devastating” loss of $4 billion in revenue collected each year if proposed cuts of up to $600 million are made from the agency’s budget, Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union warned Wednesday.

While the cuts might mean savings on the front end, they would result in far less money available for every federal agency the public depends on for services, she said, including responsible for the health and safety of the public. Keep reading →

The U.S. Postal Service is facing a dire financial crisis, but it is not alone. The postal services of other nations also have felt the impact of electronic communications and private sector competition, and have been undergoing significant transformations.

Germany and the Netherlands have embraced privatization. Great Britain is moving slowly in that direction with its Royal Mail. The postal services in Australia and Canada have no Saturday delivery, and other countries are reaching the inevitable conclusion that mail service has to change. Keep reading →

When the last space shuttle landed back on Earth in July, it appeared as though NASA’s manned space exploration may be grounded for good. Actually, 60 American astronauts are deep in training for future missions.

“We’re very much alive,” said Dr. Michael Barratt, 52, a physician and space medicine specialist who’s flown two missions and hopes to go up in space again. Keep reading →

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has found an innovative way to address a shortage of trained acquisition professionals, growing contracting complexities and a need to curb waste, fraud and abuse for itself and other federal agencies.

Since September 2008, the VA has operated its own Acquisition Academy – a school built from the ground up to train a new generation of procurement officers to handle the agency’s $16 billion annual procurement budget. Keep reading →

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, R-CA. spoke about his vision Wednesday for improving open government and federal spending transparency at the O’Reilly Media 2011 Strata Summit, a day after President Obama renewed a call for transparency globally. Keep reading →

The General Services Administration launched its own town hall meeting online Monday to gather ideas from the public on how to improve federal websites.

On Day 1 of the daily dialog-a-thon at Usa.gov/webreform/dialogue, 50 people logged on to offer their ideas and suggestions for making government websites better to read and easier to understand. Keep reading →

In an effort to better serve the public through technology, the government is seeking ideas from the public on how to improve federal websites.

Beginning 9 a.m. Monday, USA.gov will list times and subjects for two weeks of daily dialog-a-thons to gather the public’s ideas. There will be one-hour sessions of specific topics such as Social Security. Keep reading →

Seven months after a hijacked passenger jet slammed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, a Defense Department accountant who lost both of her hands in the attack visited the Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) looking for help.

“I don’t think there’s anything you can do for me,” said the woman, who had recovered from burns over 70 percent of her body. Keep reading →

President Barack Obama urged Congress Thursday night to pass a proposed $447 billion plan “right away” that would extend and expand the payroll tax cut to workers for another year and, for the first time, giving employers a break in their payroll taxes.

The American Jobs Act proposal includes more than $250 billion in tax incentives for small businesses and employers, according to administration estimates, in an effort to bring down the 9.1 percent unemployment rate, and “give a jolt” to a stalled economy. Keep reading →

President Obama raises the curtain Thursday night on a $400 billion plan to jump start the nation’s economy. It’s called the American Job Act. But will it work?

It would pour thousands of jobs into the marketplace and bring down the 9.1 percent unemployment rate, for sure. But there is one big bump in the road: It has to be approved by Congress. Keep reading →

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