Financial management, stakeholder engagement major challenges in infrastructure plan implementation Robert Shea, national managing principal for public policy at Grant Thornton, discusses difficulties agencies will likely face in implementing the new infrastructure plan and recommendations for agency heads Government has made ‘incredible progress’ in transparency of spending data, GAO determines Michelle Sager, managing director […]
Congress is about to task agencies with implementing the new infrastructure legislation, which will increase the amount of money agencies are managing for infrastructure spending. Robert Shea, national managing principal for public policy at Grant Thornton and former associate director at the Office of Management and Budget, said the legislation will leave agencies “taxed, to […]
USAspending.gov is a public website promoting federal spending transparency, but the data behind that transparency is limited. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has made recommendations to enhance data quality and processes on the site. Michelle Sager, managing director of strategic issues at GAO, said agencies have made “incredible progress” in the past few years but […]
The United States has nearly 500,000 open jobs for cybersecurity across the country, according to CyberSeek, a job tracking database from the Commerce Department. Within the federal government, the Department of Homeland Security has hundreds of open positions just on its own and has created a new Cybersecurity Talent Management System. Ari Schwartz, managing director […]
