Pay & Benefits
Pension Tension
This time, a lawmaker targets his colleagues instead of the federal workforce.
Tech
From Nextgov: Leaked FAA report adds fuel to debate over LightSquared broadband network
Document says the project could knock out GPS for aviation use across the continental U.S., but company argues that assessment is based on outdated information.
Oversight
Six similarities between the Boehner and Reid debt plans
Plans have some things in common, including caps and spending targets.
Defense
Senate confirms Mueller to head FBI for two more years
Chamber also approves Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as the next ambassador to China.
Pay & Benefits
TSP contributions will decline if debt deal cuts fed benefits, Congress told
The pay freeze and a proposed hike in pension contributions would likely leave federal employees with less to invest in Thrift Savings Plan.
Oversight
CBO deflates claims on revenues from selling excess properties
Obama administration plan for independent board might add costs, analyst tells House hearing.
News
Ten Apps Changing Government
A special report on mobile applications that are having a big effect on how federal agencies do business.
Oversight
Debt-ceiling deadline might not really be Aug. 2
Report suggests the government would have enough cash on hand to continue paying bills until Aug. 10.
Pay & Benefits
Workers’ comp reform bill would hurt injured feds, witnesses say
Panelists say legislation would dock employees’ benefits.
Oversight
CBO: Reid's $2.7 trillion plan is short by $500 billion
About half of the cuts in the plan would come from drawing down troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Oversight
Boehner to rewrite debt-limit bill after CBO score
The Congressional Budget Office said the original plan was $1 trillion short of promised savings.
Oversight
Conservative senator open to busting Aug. 2 default deadline
Sen. Jim DeMint is critical of the two main plans before the House and Senate and suggests holding out for a longer-term debt solution.
Defense
Al Qaeda reportedly nearly defeated in wake of bin Laden's death
Officials believe a few more successful attacks against the group could lead to its demise, The Washington Post reports.
Management
Anchors Aweigh
Navy chief Adm. Gary Roughead stresses a flexible force poised for warfighting as well as disaster assistance.
News
House Democrats propose clean extension of FAA funding
Short-term authorization would allow the agency to operate normally and bring back 4,000 furloughed employees while lawmakers negotiate a long-term bill, they said.
Oversight