House Votes to Bar Tax-Delinquent Contractors But Not Individuals →
The House unanimously passed a bill to bar contractors who are behind on their taxes from receiving federal funds, according to an article in The Washington Post.
“Pentagon math like this, where reductions in increases are counted as savings while actual budget levels rise, doesn’t actually save taxpayers a dime. This gimmick isn’t too dissimilar from claiming a raise you didn’t receive as lost income on your tax returns (do not attempt).”
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Budget Breakdown: Rolling Analysis of Obama's FY 2014 Budget →
We’ve started our analysis of President Obama’s budget request. We will be continuing to roll out information for the next couple days on key programs. Check back to see what wasteful programs are still receiving money and what is happening to the budgets of federal watchdogs.
Powerful Firm Becomes Second Home for Financial Regulators →
Promontory Financial Group, a consulting firm, has become so powerful in the financial regulatory world that is advises both the government on how to write regulations and banks on how to comply with them. Part of their dominance is because nearly two-thirds of the company’s senior executives came from financial regulatory agencies.
Hagel: A Secretary of Defense Reforms? →
The new Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, seems to be ditching the hyperbolic rhetoric of his predecessor for real consideration of reforms and cuts to the Pentagon. Find out what he said in his first major speech.
What is political intelligence? Listen to this Marketplace piece with POGO’s Adam Zagorin to find out.
“The decisions made in Washington about the timing and amounts of money that are going to be spent are of interest to many people.”
Adam Zagorin, senior fellow at the Project on Government Oversight.
That information is called “political intelligence” and its perfectly legal to sell it and make money off that information.
Former SEC Chief Finds Consulting Firm Through Revolving Door →
Mary Schapiro, the former head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is joining Promontory Financial Group LLC, a major private consulting firm stocked with former regulators, but she thinks she isn’t part of the revolving door.
Senators urge Army to halt contracts to companies with ties to terrorists →
That seems like a no-brainer.
(Source: thehill.com)
