Pay & Benefits
New USAJobs site to get more servers, OPM chief tells labor-management meeting
The personnel office also responds to performance management recommendations from September.
Defense
Cost of new battlefield radio program pegged at $1.5 billion
Army wants to field at least 10,000 radios by 2014.
Oversight
After criticism, super committee to meet publicly again
Hearing will feature more testimony from Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf.
Oversight
Individual contractors sue over right to make campaign gifts
Complaint criticizes 1972 election law for giving federal employees and corporations a privilege denied to individual awardees.
Pay & Benefits
Federal retirees will see COLA boost in 2012
CSRS retirees receive a 3.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment increase as food and gas prices rise, while FERS retirees get a 2.6 percent bump.
Defense
Obama and first lady announce new jobs for veterans
Association representing 270 companies will hire 25,000 vets and their spouses by the end of 2013, first couple says.
News
Super committee meets Gang of Six
It was unclear if the earlier group's budget ideas would influence the new panel's 12 Republicans and Democrats.
Defense
Military health and retirement benefits take a hit in lawmakers’ proposals
Recommendations to the super committee include TRICARE fees and changes in compensation systems.
Oversight
HHS announces contribution to Obama regulatory reform
Three Medicare and Medicaid hospital management rules are aimed at both improving health care and saving money.
Defense
White House immigration message: We’re tough
Homeland Security cites growing deportation numbers as progress.
News
Cybersecurity could be a bright spot in otherwise flat IT budgets
Forecast predicts amount of spending to protect computer networks will mirror intensity of breaches, especially if the country sustains a cyberattack on the scale of Pearl Harbor.
Oversight
Justice plans to cut four antitrust division field offices, employee relocation time
Measures are part of plan to reduce spending by $130 million.
Pay & Benefits
Agriculture offers another round of buyouts
Nearly 2,000 Rural Development employees will have the option of leaving, for payments of $25,000.
News
Obama's speech equipment stolen in Virginia
President is scheduled to visit the state on Wednesday to campaign for his American Jobs Act.
Oversight