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BUSINESS & TRANSACTIONS - SEC Revisits Stalled Rules for Clawing Back Executive Bonuses - Bloomberg Tax reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on July 20, 2021, reversed two decades of pipeline cybersecurity policies.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on July 20, 2021, reversed two decades of pipeline cybersecurity policies. Having previously advocated for voluntary pipeline...

The Government Accountability Office’s report also found only 12% of female surface warfare officers stay in the job, compared with 39% of male SWOs. Overall, 33% of SWOs remain in the position compared with 45% of officers who are in similar Navy jobs.

I. AUTHORITY The Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management focuses on the effectiveness and efficiency of Federal financial management; agency policies to promote program integrity and the prevention of waste, fraud, and abuse; policies and procedures related to Federal contracting and procurement, including Federal Acquisition Regulation; and the acquisition functions of the General Services Administration ( Office of the Federal Procurement Policy. The Subcommittee ...

Hundreds of Doctors Fired by VA May Still Be Treating Veterans, GAO Finds The Department of Veterans Affairs motto, shown on a plaque outside the Veterans Health Administration building in Washington, D.C. (Hope Hodge Seck/Military.com) 2 Feb 2021 Up to 227 medical providers dismissed from the Department of Veterans Affairs over poor-quality care may be treating veterans through the VAs networks of private physicians, a Government Accountability Office review has found. As a requirement of the ...

Abstract Biosafety Level 4 labs are in the spotlight as speculation swirls that Covid-19 may have emerged from such a facility in either China or the US.  In the US, the mass proliferation of high-containment germ labs since 9/11, and its track record of safety lapses, remains a concern with the renewed interest in the field of biodefense.  In light of past accidents of anthrax leaks in US labs and SARS leak in Chinese labs, there needs to be improved regulation and governance of germ labs in...

By ROSE L. THAYER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 26, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas — The military needs to improve how it determines housing allowances for service members and subsidies for private housing companies after a government report found the Pentagon doled out payments miscalculated by more than $1 million in some cases. The Government Accountability Office report released Monday delved deep into the Defense Department’s process for collecting data to determine the monthly allowanc...

Maintenance Update: The GAO is out today with a new and depressing report on the state of the public shipyards. Last week, we dug into a report by Maiya Clark at Heritage that detailed the Navy’s house-of-cards approach to fixing the shipyards’ woes. GAO drives the point home. Key Points: The Navy’s four shipyards completed 38 of 51 (75 percent) maintenance periods late for aircraft carriers and submarines with planned completion dates in fiscal years 2015 through 2019, for a combined tot...