Tag: government accountability office
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Report finds Air Force Academy should improve due process for those facing discipline
The Air Force Academy does not provide consistent access to open hearings or clear guidance on the right to remain silent to cadets facing accusations of misconduct, a Government Accountability Office report found. The report released shortly before Christmas reviewed the honor and conduct discipline processes at the service academies and recommended changes to improve…
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What federal Medicaid cuts could mean for rural Colorado’s mental health care
Mental health care in rural Colorado is already under strain. Clinics often serve clients facing complex challenges like depression, addiction, and trauma, all while operating with limited staff and tight budgets. For many, Medicaid is the only way to access care. In some counties, Medicaid supports up to 60 percent of patients and is critical…
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GAO: Space Command staying in Colorado Springs avoids risk, but major investment needed
Keeping Space Command in Colorado Springs avoids any risk to its operations, but major investments in its infrastructure are needed. Those are the findings of a Government Accountability Office report released on Thursday that reviewed the process leading up to President Joe Biden announcing the command would stay in Colorado in July 2023 and detailed…
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Battle over Bureau of Land Management’s Grand Junction headquarters on tap for visit by Secretary of Interior
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland will be in Colorado later this week, and part of that visit could include a look at the Bureau of Land Management headquarters in Grand Junction. The agency relocated to the city two years ago at the behest of…
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Battle over Bureau of Land Management’s Grand Junction headquarters on tap for visit by Secretary of Interior
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland will be in Colorado later this week, and part of that visit could include a look at the Bureau of Land Management headquarters in Grand Junction. The agency relocated to the city two years ago at the behest of then-Secretary David Bernhardt, as part of a move to put…
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Space Command general tells lawmakers Alabama lacks communications capabilities he needs
U.S. Space Command’s top general admitted to a congressional committee that an expensive secure communications network to connect the headquarters to the Pentagon and other installations would have to be built if it moves from Colorado to Huntsville, Ala. While backing the planned move, Space Command’s Gen. James Dickinson, under furious questioning from Colorado Springs…
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Space Command general gets questions on Alabama move, but has few answers for senators
The general atop U.S. Space Command told federal lawmakers Tuesday that he doesn’t know how much it would cost to uproot his headquarters to Alabama or how many of the command’s civilian workers — two-thirds of his staff — would follow it south. During a Senate hearing, Gen. James Dickinson said the command now plans…
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Space Command’s home will be decided by Congress, Lamborn says
When former President Donald Trump awarded the permanent basing of U.S. Space Command headquarters to Alabama, where he had some of his highest approval ratings, in his final week in office, he yanked the command from front-runner Colorado Springs. In so doing, he triggered a pair of government investigations that lawmakers say could ultimately doom…
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Analysis: Readiness report offers troubling assessment as military spending shrinks | Tom Roeder
America is ready to fight on the ground, but a report from the Government Accountability Office this month offers a worrying assessment of the military’s preparedness everywhere else. The report found that “mission readiness” dropped from 2017 to 2019 for air, sea, cyber and space forces. Why that readiness went down isn’t clear in the…
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Colorado Springs mayor, others urge Pentagon to reverse Space Command decision
Local leaders including Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers inked a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, urging him to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs, overturning a January Trump administration decision to uproot it and send its 1,400 troops to Alabama. Decrying the Alabama move as too costly and motivated by politics, Suthers was…