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Panel to Look into Bipartisan Debt-reduction Commissions | GovExec.com

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:24:00 -0500

Other witnesses will include Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Budget; David Walker, president of the Peter G. Peterson ...

Now We Must Think | GovExec.com

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:07:00 -0400

... honestly say that things have never looked as bad as they do now," said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. ...

Obama Team Looks to Federal Employee Health Program as a Model | Government Executive

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:21:00 -0400

Jacob Hacker, a health care scholar who advised several Democratic presidential candidates during the 2008 primaries, argued in a December 2008 report that FEHBP was less efficient than Medicare, and Medicare would provide a better model for health ...

Michael A. Cohen in Government Executive | 'Report Urges Military to Move Away from Private Security Personnel'

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:48:00 -0500

"The Pentagon today is completely reliant on contractors to complete their core mission," said Michael Cohen, a senior research fellow at New America Foundation and co-author of the report. "There has been no long-term planning and thinking." LINK

Jeffrey Lewis in Government Executive | 'Marine General Lays Groundwork for Unprecedented Change'

Communications — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:45:00 -0400

Even some of the general's greatest admirers said that his justification for the intercept strained credulity. "I am willing to believe General Cartwright, even though his statement makes no sense to me," said Jeffrey Lewis, who directs the Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative for the New America Foundation. "His personal credibility is so high." LINK

Maya MacGuineas in Government Executive | "Final Budget Battle"

Communications — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:55:00 -0500

Congress, administration gear up for final budget battle (Government Executive)

"The president won," said Maya MacGuineas, director of the fiscal policy program at the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank.

Michael Dannenberg on Student Aid Chief on GovExec.com

Communications — Mon, 14 May 2007 09:32:00 -0400

An executive running the Education Department's Federal Student Aid office took home more than $250,000 in performance bonuses over the last four years, a period in which the office's oversight capabilities have been called into question.Theresa Shaw, who is stepping down in June as chief operating officer of the office, received the bonuses under a 1998 law aimed at modernizing the organization's management. For fiscal 2003, Shaw took home a $71,250 bonus. She received a $60,000 bonus for fiscal 2004, $65,000 for fiscal 2005 and $65,000 for fiscal 2006, according to the department...Shaw's office has been under increased scrutiny relating to its oversight of the student loan industry since revelations of improper financial ties among universities, companies and government officials came to light. In one instance, Matteo Fontana, who worked with Shaw at Sallie Mae before both came to Education, was put on administrative leave because he acquired at least $100,000 in stock in a student loan company, a perceived conflict of interest.

"The office of federal student aid under Ms. Shaw's tenure has been characterized by a lack of oversight and negligent administration of the student loan program," said Michael Dannenberg, education policy director at the… more