Child Support Enforcement: Departures from Long-term Trends in Sources of Collections and Caseloads Reflect Recent Economic Conditions, January 14, 2011
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 01:00 — Government Acco...In fiscal year 2009, the child support enforcement (CSE) program collected about $26 billion in child support payments from noncustodial parents on behalf of more than 17 million children. The CSE program is run by states and overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). States receive federal performance incentive payments and a federal match on both state CSE funds and, except for fiscal year 2008, on the incentive payments, which must be reinvested into the program.
Multiple Employment and Training Programs: Providing Information on Colocating Services and Consolidating Administrative Structures Could Promote Efficiencies, January 13, 2011
Thu, 01/13/2011 - 01:00 — Government Acco...Federally funded employment and training programs play an important role in helping job seekers obtain employment. The Departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services (HHS) largely administer these programs.
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Programs and Implementation of GAO Recommendations, January 12, 2011
Wed, 01/12/2011 - 01:00 — Government Acco...Since the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) was implemented, GAO has issued more than 40 reports containing more than 60 recommendations to the Department of the Treasury (Treasury). This report assesses the status of Treasury's implementation of GAO's recommendations and current condition of TARP.
If I Hire You, That's Not Creating a Job
Mon, 01/03/2011 - 15:38 — Sam Rosen-AmyOMB Watch is back from the holiday break! I'm personally happy about that, because I have the sense that the new Congress, like the old Congress, is going to provide us lots and lots of good blogging material. Today, I get to put up tortured claims from incoming House Oversight Committee Chair Darrell Issa (R-CA) that teachers and police officers don't have real jobs and that if your private-sector job was ever cut, it never actually really existed as a real job.
If I Hire You, That's Not Creating a Job
Mon, 01/03/2011 - 15:38 — Sam Rosen-AmyOMB Watch is back from the holiday break! I'm personally happy about that, because I have the sense that the new Congress, like the old Congress, is going to provide us lots and lots of good blogging material. Today, I get to put up tortured claims from incoming House Oversight Committee Chair Darrell Issa (R-CA) that teachers and police officers don't have real jobs and that if your private-sector job was ever cut, it never actually really existed as a real job.
If I Hire You, That's Not Creating a Job
Mon, 01/03/2011 - 15:38 — Sam Rosen-AmyOMB Watch is back from the holiday break! I'm personally happy about that, because I have the sense that the new Congress, like the old Congress, is going to provide us lots and lots of good blogging material. Today, I get to put up tortured claims from incoming House Oversight Committee Chair Darrell Issa (R-CA) that teachers and police officers don't have real jobs and that if your private-sector job was ever cut, it never actually really existed as a real job.
If I Hire You, That's Not Creating a Job
Mon, 01/03/2011 - 15:38 — Sam Rosen-AmyOMB Watch is back from the holiday break! I'm personally happy about that, because I have the sense that the new Congress, like the old Congress, is going to provide us lots and lots of good blogging material. Today, I get to put up tortured claims from incoming House Oversight Committee Chair Darrell Issa (R-CA) that teachers and police officers don't have real jobs and that if your private-sector job was ever cut, it never actually really existed as a real job.
Recovery Act: Head Start Grantees Expand Services, but More Consistent Communication Could Improve Accountability and Decisions about Spending, December 15, 2010
Wed, 12/15/2010 - 01:00 — Government Acco...This report responds to two mandates for GAO under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). First, it is the latest report on the uses of and accountability for Recovery Act funds in selected states and localities. Second, it comments on recipients' reports of the jobs created and retained. The Recovery Act provided $2.1 billion for Head Start and Early Head Start, primarily to expand services. GAO addressed four questions: (1) How have Head Start and Early Head Start grantees used Recovery Act funds, including for expanding enrollment?
U.S. Government Accountability Office: Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2010, November 15, 2010
Mon, 11/15/2010 - 01:00 — Government Acco...Presented is GAO's performance and accountability report for fiscal year 2010. In the spirit of the Government Performance and Results Act, this annual report informs the Congress and the American people about what we have achieved on their behalf. The financial information and the data measuring GAO's performance contained in this report are complete and reliable.
ProPublica and PolitiFact Test Obama Claims on Stimulus
Wed, 11/10/2010 - 16:01 — adminby Rob Farley, Politifact, and Michael Grabell, ProPublica
This story was co-published with PolitiFact.
"One of the interesting things about the Recovery Act was most of the projects came in under budget, faster than expected, because there's just not a lot of work there."
-- Barack Obama on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010 in a "60 Minutes" interview
