Defense
Watchdog finds gaps in program for vetting flight school students
Foreign nationals who pose security risks could be slipping through the cracks, GAO finds.
Oversight
Congress to White House: What’s the sequestration plan?
House overwhelmingly passes bill requiring Obama to detail across-the-board budget cuts.
Defense
TSA sends small contingent to London for the Olympics
Agents will act as on-site liaisons with headquarters.
Oversight
Problems still abound in student visa program
Fraud risks in schools registered to help process visa applications.
Defense
Sequestration will cost 2.14 million jobs, study says
Automatic cuts would slash hundreds of thousands of federal positions, report finds.
Management
Bernanke warns of dire risk from fiscal cliff inaction
Fed chief cites need to rein in deficit but also consider fragile recovery.
Oversight
Senator blasts GOP resistance to a budget deal that includes taxes
Patty Murray voices hope for grand bargain to avoid ‘fiscal cliff.'
Defense
Pentagon releases funding for Fort Belvoir road project
Money will be used to widen major commuting corridor.
Oversight
House to debate Defense bills with pay, job implications for feds
Lawmakers and administration differ on civilian salaries.
Management
TRICARE contractor drops challenge to award
TriWest cites uncertainty, cost as reasons behind decision.
Defense
Enough! Study finds voters overwhelmingly want big Defense cuts
Both Republicans and Democrats support substantial decreases.
Oversight
Foreign Service officers join STOCK Act resistance
Public financial disclosure database could endanger employees, group says.
Oversight
Top Secret or Secret? Agencies could save big by choosing wisely
Watchdog finds inconsistent security clearance designations governmentwide.
Pay & Benefits
Service members weigh in on pay versus benefits
Survey finds compensation preferences vary among the ranks.
Pay & Benefits
Navy rejects benefits for laid-off sailors
Congressman’s plea to delay layoffs for 172 sailors nearing retirement benefit-eligibility is turned down.
Management
Some Defense civilians likely to lose jobs, with or without sequestration
Proposals to avoid automatic cuts involve downsizing.
Management
OMB plans for automatic cuts, urges Congress to find sequestration alternative
The cuts ‘would be terrible for our country,’ Jeff Zients says.
Pay & Benefits
White House takes appropriators to task on pay, TRICARE
Obama threatens to veto yet another spending bill that omits a civilian pay raise.
Defense
Six U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan attack
Attacks also kill 16 civilians, five policemen and two coalition members on Sunday.
Defense