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| GSA Struggles to Right the Ship
By Matthew Weigelt |
March 6, 2006
To woo agencies back, GSA must show value in using its contract vehicles, said Carl DeMaio , president of the Performance Institute. |
Feds Train to Achieve Six Sigma Results
By Sara Michael | October 3, 2005
Carl DeMaio, president of The Performance Institute, said Six Sigma's success in the private sector is a good indicator that the federal government will. |
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TOUGH COMPETITION; Thousands of civilian federal employees are fighting against contractors to keep their jobs
By Jason Peckenpaugh | March 2003
Competitive sourcing is still in its infancy at civilian agencies. As of early February, none had completed a full job competition, leading some observers to call the program a failure. "Progress has been dismal," says Carl DeMaio, president of the Performance Institute, an Arlington-Va.-based think tank. But the program already is having a major effect on certain types of employees.
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OMB to Push Performance Pay Government Wide in '05
By Tim Kauffman | January 3, 2005
Civil service reform took a big step forward with the personnel management reforms Congress approved for senior executives, said Carl DeMaio, president of the Arlington, Va.-based Performance Institute, a nonpartisan think tank dedicated to improving government results. |
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San Diego Playing a Blame Game;
As multiple probes of the pension crisis go forward, finger-pointing is rampant. Some observers fear that bankruptcy is possible
By E. Scott Reckard | May 1, 2005
The city has been in an utter state of paralysis for more than a year," said Carl DeMaio, president of the Performance Institute in San Diego, a nonpartisan think tank. He said his group began advising the city on how to deal with state budget cuts last year, and gradually realized the problems were far worse than described at that time.
If we don't take immediate action, the city of San Diego will be forced into bankruptcy," he said.
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Fall From Frugality Puts San Diego on Fiscal Brink
By Tony Perry | August 1, 2004
We found that the emperor has no clothes," said Carl DeMaio, executive director of the San Diego-based Performance Institute, a Libertarian think tank, studying the city's budget and budgeting process. |
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Fiscal Chicanery City 's Budget Practices Alarm Wall Street
Editoral Page | April 10, 2004
In a report last month, Carl DeMaio, president of The Performance Institute, a San Diego-based think tank, aptly described the sales tax accrual as "phantom" revenue.Now that Moody's Investors Service has raised the same alarm, perhaps City Hall will begin to listen. |
Six-figure Salaries Soar in City Work Force
Carl DeMaio |
March 12, 2006
"Have you heard about the fire captain in the city of San Diego who made $242,138 in one year? How about the city lifeguard who made $138,787? It's all true - and if you thought the city of San Diego's pensions were generous, wait until you see how much some city workers are being paid." |
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WASHINGTON, DC – The Performance Institute today applauded the passage of legislation sponsored by Senator Tom Coburn (R-Ok) that would create a searchable online database that would track all categories of federal spending. The 2006 Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (S.2590) passed the Senate September 6, 2006.
The legislation would enable the public to search for how much money private companies receive from the federal government, what services these companies are performing, and under what terms. The database would contain information on government contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements with commercial, non-profit, and other governmental agencies.
“There is currently no single source of information detailing where the federal government spends taxpayer dollars. A database such as this would be a tremendous step in making government more transparent and accountable,” said Performance Institute President Carl DeMaio. “It would show the public where their tax dollars are going and who they are going to.”
The Institute has long supported the creation of such a database. In August the Service Acquisition Reform Advisory Act (SARA) Panel, of which DeMaio is a member, directed the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to study the feasibility and funding for creating a searchable online database that would track all categories of federal spending.
Passage of S.2590 comes on the heels of a similar measure co-sponsored by House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis (R-Va), and Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo) that passed the House in June. However, the system that would be created by this measure would only include information on grants and not contracts.
“Information on contracts must be included in the final database,” added DeMaio. “Failure to so would allow a system to be created that is not fully transparent. The Institute calls on conferees to ensure that contracts are included in the final database.”
The Performance Institute is a private, nonpartisan think tank improving government results through the principles of performance, competition, transparency, and accountability. More information on the Institute can be found at www.performanceweb.org. |
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