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• TSA nominee is endorsed by committee 11/20/09 Erroll Southers is a former FBI agent.
• Lawmakers demand answers on FAA outage 11/20/09 Glitch on Thursday caused hundreds of delayed and canceled flights.
• Navy: Newest carrier will be ready in 2015 11/20/09 Construction of the carrier and the ship's systems will cost $8.7 billion.
• Grassley: Nominees are lax on compliance 11/20/09 Many of the president's nominees have had tax troubles.

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  Competing Objectives
  The White House's ambitious agenda is running head on into its desire to cut contracting. Something has to give.
  Government Executive 11/1/09

• From Nextgov.com: Watchdog notes scheduling issues with visitor-tracking project 11/20/09 Homeland Security is operating the exit portion of the project off multiple, uncoordinated timelines, GAO says.
• GAO: Defense lost track of 72,000 combat medical records 11/20/09
• House panel pushes for answers on Social Security backlog 11/20/09
• Rule could slow Pentagon's revolving door 11/20/09
• Impending federal retirements could spur agencies to reassess needs 11/19/09
• From Nextgov.com: Medicare agency to post payment data on public Web site 11/19/09
• GAO finds extensive fraud in disabled veteran-owned small biz program 11/19/09
• NRC weighs sanctions against VA in prostate cancer treatment errors 11/19/09
• Bill would allow foreign contractors to be sued in U.S. courts 11/19/09
• Auditor and lawmakers are skeptical of stimulus data 11/19/09
• Army suicides to top 2008, but progress reported 11/18/09

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