TSP's G Fund Helps Delay Debt Ceiling
Sequester Hits Disaster Relief
Feds Respond to Oklahoma Tornadoes
Making Government 'Simpler'
OK Senator Wants Aid Offset by Budget Cuts
Boldly Go Where No Fed's Gone Before
OVERSIGHT - ALL ARTICLES
Game plans for spending bills become clearer
Democrats will use the pre-Thanksgiving period to send Bush domestic appropriations measures, saving emergency war funding for next year.
House backs stronger requirements for contract building guards
Measure would prohibit the Federal Protective Service from hiring companies owned or operated by convicted felons.
Army to consolidate environmental contracts
Critics are concerned that the overhaul will make it more difficult to address local environmental concerns.
Whining Won’t Help
Criticism that National Republican Congressional Committee leaders are too optimistic and not aggressive enough may be misplaced.
Labor-HHS spending bill might be next in clash with White House
Tactic assumes the bill is a political winner, even if Democrats lack the votes to override a veto.
Watchdog criticizes State Department foreign aid staffing
Training is inconsistent, data to track aid workers is inadequate, and some employees are overstretched, GAO says.
Legislators explore gray areas in security contractor oversight
Panel members question Blackwater executive's claim that companies already are covered under a variety of statutes.
NASA’s role revisited at 50-year mark
Former employee says the agency should look at novel ways to fund its activities and involve the public.
Contractor tax provision forces agencies to change financial systems
USDA exec says implementing law passed last year will require “substantial modifications” to the agency’s systems.
Panel criticizes State Department for failure to rein in Blackwater
House committee says Blackwater has reported more shooting incidents than two other protective services contractors combined.
