Oversight
Congress to White House: What’s the sequestration plan?
House overwhelmingly passes bill requiring Obama to detail across-the-board budget cuts.
Nextgov
Pentagon’s $18 million tool for assessing traumatic brain injury fails to deliver
Defense officials concede their description of the software was inaccurate.
Defense
TSA sends small contingent to London for the Olympics
Agents will act as on-site liaisons with headquarters.
Nextgov
DATA Act, Scene two: Drop the independent board
Sen. Mark Warner will reintroduce the transparency bill without a neutral oversight body.
Pay & Benefits
Labor-management council reviews employee performance measures
Members also mull agency efforts to deepen consultation before major decisions.
Management
Growth in federal contracts called unsustainable
Budget cuts may stem the proliferation of multiple award vehicles.
Oversight
Problems still abound in student visa program
Fraud risks in schools registered to help process visa applications.
Nextgov
New FCC member proposes innovation office
The new unit would be carved out of the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis.
Oversight
Republicans not spoiling for a shutdown fight
GOP leaders try to avoid a messy debate before the elections.
Oversight
Capitol Police issue new tattoo rules
Limitations are among a new set of 'Grooming Standards.'
Oversight
Republicans seize on new report linking tax cuts, jobs
The White House refutes the methodology of the Ernst and Young study.
Management
Military contractors to take aim at Defense cuts -- and other news
Military contractors; Justice v. Apple; and avoiding a shutdown fight.
Management
Working Together to Fight Cybercrime
Homeland Security cyber chief Mark Weatherford joins the FBI and Defense Department in the fight against hackers.
Nextgov
Defense and VA can’t track PTSD treatments, report finds
Not everyone is getting the help they need, Institute of Medicine report says.
Management
Appeals of post office closings prove costly
Price tag is more than $3,000 per challenge.
Tech
GSA chief speaks on employee morale, agency flaws
Tangherlini asks IT contractors for help with modernizing.
Oversight
Another debt ceiling fight could be brewing
House minority whip urges GOP not to use the nation's borrowing authority as leverage.
Defense