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GAO’s report on the Technology Modernization Fund puts OMB on the offensive
When it comes to reports from the Government Accountability Office, a strong majority of the time agencies go along to get along. Disagreeing with auditors just isn’t worth the effort, most federal managers would agree. But when there are cases where aggressively pushing back is almost mandatory, well, watching from the sidelines—like most of us …
Trump impeachment inquiry live updates: House panels subpoena Defense, OMB documents on suspension of Ukraine military aid
A State Department official declined to appear Monday morning at a planned deposition by House committees seeking to learn more about Trump’s efforts to press the leader of Ukraine to investigate former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden at a time when U.S. military assistance had been suspended. On Sunday, the attorney …
The Health 202: Trump craves big action on drug prices to take to the campaign trail
THE PROGNOSIS Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar listens as President Trump delivers a speech about lowering prescription drug prices from the White House Rose Garden in May 2018. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) There may be a modest slowdown this year in the growth of drug prices, but it’s nowhere near the seismic shift President Trump has called for. …
