Archive: September 09, 2007 - September 15, 2007
Working At Home II
Readers of Government Inc. yesterday may have noticed the name Stephen O'Keeffe, a public relations executive who also testifies before Congress as a specialist about issues that his clients want the world to notice. O'Keeffe had organized a "town hall" meeting about telecommuting, this time as organizer of a...
By Robert O'Harrow | September 14, 2007; 7:27 AM ET | Comments (4)
Working At Home
My colleague Steve Barr has column in today's paper that federal workers -- and hopefully a lot of other people -- will find interesting. First and foremost, it's interesting because Barr reports that General Services Administrator Lurita Doan threw her support unequivocally behind teleworking. That's a different way of...
By Robert O'Harrow | September 13, 2007; 5:34 AM ET | Comments (3)
Spending Spree
The government is in the middle of a spending spree. So what's the news? Everybody knows that agencies rush to use the money they have been appropriated before the end of the fiscal year. Officials have a "use it or lose it" mindset. As INPUT, the market research firm...
By Robert O'Harrow | September 12, 2007; 5:24 AM ET | Comments (6)
Entrepreneurial Bureaucracy
The General Services Administration's announcement of an overhaul of Assisted Acquisition Services raises some far-reaching questions about the procurement reforms of a decade ago. The acquisition services operation helps officials in other agencies buy things, for a special fee. It grew out of reforms in the 1990's that allowed...
By Robert O'Harrow | September 11, 2007; 7:06 AM ET | Comments (3)
