Acting GSA Commissioner Dan Tangherlini has picked Dorothy Robyn, deputy undersecretary of defense for installations and environment at the Department of Defense (DoD), to be the new Public Buildings Service (PBS) commissioner. Tangherlini also abolished the…
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Spotlight: Bureau of the Public Debt
Which small agency within the U.S. Department of the Treasury auctions and issues more than $9 trillion in securities every year? The Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD)—under authority derived from Article I, Section 8 of…
A Look at Two Workforce Reduction Bills
With the November election approaching, the topic of federal workforce reduction looms ever larger. The Republicans unveiled their Platform last Tuesday night (August 28th) and in it asserted their desire to reduce the federal payroll by…
Labor Day and the Federal Worker
Today marks the nation’s 118th official celebration of Labor Day, established by law in 1894 when Sen. James Henderson Kyle of South Dakota introduced S. 730 to make Labor Day a federal holiday on the first…
Spotlight: NARA
Which federal agency is in charge of preserving approximately 10 billion pages of textual records; 12 million maps, charts and drawings; 25 million still photographs and graphics; 24 million aerial photographs; 300,000 reels of motion picture…
Looking Back on BRAC: Fort Meade, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
With more than 56,000 employees—including about 5,700 new jobs that have resulted from BRAC-related movements—Fort George G. Meade is the largest employer in Maryland, the fifth-largest employment center in the state, and has the third-largest workforce…
The Road to 11/6: Mica Wins Heated Primary Race
Rep. John Mica will surely be back to serve in the 113th Congress. Today he soundly defeated Republican challenger Sandy Adams to win the primary election in Florida’s 7th District. This victory was hard-fought because Mica…
Spotlight: Financial Management Service
Which federal agency oversees a daily cash flow of $89 billion, disbursing more than $1.6 trillion in non-defense payments each year and collecting more than $3 trillion annually—which makes it responsible for administering the world’s largest…
Looking Back on BRAC: Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama
As we’ve reported in numerous postings throughout the past year (click on “BRAC” in the “Categories” to the right), the Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) process has led to the closure of more than 350 military…
The Last Island Prison: McNeil Island, Washington
“Paradise is an island. So is hell,” said German author Judith Schalansky in the introduction to Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot on and Never Will. Today we begin a new…