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Ensuring Infrastructure Spending Accountability Government Executive The White House released new guidance on Friday on how agencies can ensure “accountability, effectiveness and transparency” in implementation of the $1 trillion infrastructure law enacted in November. The guidance provides direction on using data and evidence in designing programs; … Continue reading →

Rethinking Budgeting: Defining the Problem Government Finance Officers Association Six design principles for defining problems more clearly. “A problem not fully understood is not solvable, and a problem that is fully understood is half solved,” – Charles Kettering, Inventor WEBINAR: Implementing … Continue reading →

Two Years of Covid Oversight: A Look Back Government Executive The CARES Act of 2020 created three pandemic-related oversight entities, and our series will examine their successes and failures as well as their challenges and goals moving forward. How Small … Continue reading →

Pandemic Waste Is Enough to Make a Person Cry Federal News Network (Interview with Comptroller General Gene Dodaro) “[A]gencies were supposed to implement 2016 legislation to implement GAO best practices for preventing fraud before it occurred. But they were slow to … Continue reading →

Federal Agencies’ Strategic Plans Now Available U.S. General Services Administration Agency Strategic Plans for 2022-2026 are available now and can be viewed from the Performance.gov homepage by clicking “Agencies” at the top of the page and selecting a specific agency from the … Continue reading →