The House Appropriations Committee voted last Wednesday (June 20, 2012) to cut about $100 million from the scandal-plagued GSA’s budget for next year. The legislation—as well as an amendment that denies bonuses to GSA officials under…
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A Sneak Peek at the Next Round of Prospectus Resolutions
Earlier this month we reported that a dozen prospectus resolutions had been added to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee mark-up agenda – and then removed the day before the meeting. Their appearance tantalized us with…
The Long Wait Continues
“Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, here I am, Stuck in the middle with you.” Once you get a song in your head it’s hard to get it back out. These Stealers Wheel…
House-Approved Defense Bill Prohibits BRAC
Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted 299-120 to pass the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (H.R. 4310). The Act defies the President by adding $4 billion to the Administration’s requested budget and reversing…
GSA Scandal Hearings: Day Three, Senate Committees Take Their Turn
Two Senate committees got their chance today to question GSA leaders after two days of House hearings into the agency. Both the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee—which met this morning—and the Appropriations Committee’s Financial Services…
GSA Scandal Hearings: Day Two, House Leaders Threaten to Shut Down GSA
On the second day of congressional hearings on the GSA Las Vegas Conference scandal, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, led by Committee Chairman John Mica…
GSA Scandal Hearings: Day One, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform expressed outrage while peppering current and former GSA leaders with hard-hitting questions about their role in the 2010 Western Regions Conference scandal—which was the subject of…
“Business as Usual is Over”
The table above lists the long term savings submitted by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on 3/8/12. Savings are calculated as the difference between the maximum rent originally requested by GSA and the maximum rent…
House Committee (Finally) Approves 11 Prospectuses
The House of Representatives, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, convened this morning in a mark-up hearing to finally approve 11 prospectuses, nearly all of which have been languishing on the Hill for more than a year. In…
CPRA is Unwelcome News for Independent Agencies
This week the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1734, known as the Civilian Property Realignment Act (CPRA), with voting carried by the Republican-led House, largely along party lines. The legislation describes its purpose as “To decrease the…