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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Lawmakers raid DOT CIO’s budget to fund Amtrak
Transportation Department CIO Dan Matthews may not have a job if lawmakers sustain cuts that the House approved yesterday. The House gutted the entire funding — $11.9 million — for salaries and expenses for the Transportation CIO’s office in order … Continue reading
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Tagged amtrak, Government, House, New York, Rail transport, Train, United States, United States Department of Transportation
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OMB Memo: Fiscal Year 2009 Audited Financial Statement Reporting Deadline
M-10-04 The Federal financial management community plays a central role in providing transparency into the Government’s finances and initiating sound processes and controls that limit spending improprieties and other forms of error and waste. With the enactment of both the … Continue reading
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Tagged audit, Business, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, Finance, Financial statement, fiscal year, Government, office of inspector general
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Education Secretary Spellings Appoints Lawrence Warder as Acting Chief Operating Officer of Federal Student Aid
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has designated the Department’s Chief Financial Officer Lawrence Warder as Acting Chief Operating Officer of Federal Student Aid (FSA) effective today. FSA was created by Congress in 1998 as a performance-based organization and delivers … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, education, FSA, margaret spellings, Student financial aid in the United States, Student loan, United States, United States Secretary of Education
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Moving beyond the numbers, Today’s CFO must inform, advise and strategize
Accountants see life from a year behind. Budgeteers see life from a year ahead. Program managers live life day to day. My job as a chief financial officer is to deliver meaningful financial management information for decision-making that makes this … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, chief financial officer, Consumer Federation of America, Expedia, Financial Services, susan grant, TripAdvisor, United States
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DHS to Manage and Improve IT Operations
Paul A. Schneider, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary For Management, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight. The following is the portion of his testimony regarding aspects of … Continue reading
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Tagged Federal Information Security Management Act, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, Paul A. Schneider, security, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security, United States House Committee on Homeland Security, United States House of Representatives
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