Articles tagged “government”

This government report found undertrained inspectors and a high ratio of work order errors, giving credence to fears surrounding FAA’s cost-cutting strategy of outsourcing plane repairs. Conversely, airline safety has never been better.

It remains to be seen whether Schumer and Rockefeller are serious about ramming through any reforms on behalf of passengers and taxpayers.

Most companies don’t boast an annual loss, but Amtrak’s only known losses since its inception. That creates controversy every year for the taxpayer-supported national rail system.

The House might have kept its tours, but did it loose its cameraman to budget cuts? The last-ditch dig at President Obama would do little to convince tourists they need to visit the Capitol at all.

Travel could very likely become the face of the sequestration opposition movement with FAA and TSA job cuts and depressed hotel sales becoming the poster children for fatter federal budgets.

Fewer TSA and customs agents means longer lines and wait times, but tourism is too lucrative during the summer season for the worst case scenario outlined here to become a reality.

Word on the street is that Concur won a low-ball contract for federal government travel. Still a 15-year exclusive contract to handle all travel for 70 federal government civilian agencies, from the State Department to the Commerce Department, amounts to big bucks for Concur, and Carlson Wagonlit has a lot to lose by being shut out.

The thought that a "Steven Tyler Act" describes anything other than dressing like a 60-year-old woman with multiple facelifts is hilarious enough on its own, but letting the thought of this law proceed this far speaks to how far some lawmakers will go to make a famous person happy.

The State Department is implicit in its intent to keep warnings politically neutral, but their alerts, often picked up by other governments, carry heavy implications for the targeted country.

One wouldn’t think of Italy as a country that struggling to attract tourists, but outdated regulations are keeping it from fully benefitting from its rich history and scenic coast.