News
CBO: Deal to avert government shutdown increases spending for fiscal year
Total discretionary outlays in 2011 will be $3.2 billion higher because of defense spending.
Pay & Benefits
OMB employees seek union representation
Elections could be held as soon as August, labor official says.
Oversight
Playing with fire: A manmade debt-limit crisis
Congress may take a page from the book of firefighters in negotiatiing the debt limit crisis
News
Analysis: Beyond big or small government
Collaborative governance is growing because many crucial missions cannot be accomplished by any sector acting on its own.
Oversight
Fleeting Favor
President Obama can’t bank on his job-approval ratings staying high unless the economy improves.
News
From Nextgov.com: Impact of data center closures is unclear
Three weeks after the White House announced a plan to close 137 federal data centers, details on the extent of the move remain unclear.
Pay & Benefits
Agriculture may work with Shirley Sherrod’s nonprofit
Wrongly dismissed rural office director is in contract talks with department to have her nonprofit help with outreach to minority farmers.
Pay & Benefits
Locality pay will remain unchanged in 2012
Officials decline to modify pay boundaries in six metropolitan regions or add any new areas.
News
TSP expenses likely to rise next year
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board has trimmed costs to stay under budget for fiscal 2011.
News
Treasury taps federal pensions as Uncle Sam hits debt ceiling
Federal law requires government to repay with interest retirement funds once debt limit is increased.
Defense
Was U.S. intelligence on bin Laden off target?
Officials have yet to report evidence that any of the plots the terrorist mastermind mulled over in his Pakistan compound actually became operational.
Oversight
As government hits debt limit, tensions rise
Vice President Joe Biden is heading up talks with congressional leaders designed to reach a deficit reduction framework and pass an increase in the debt ceiling.
Tech
Fatter Federal Paychecks
Surveys show high-end federal IT employers outearn non-IT feds and private sector counterparts.
Tech
From Nextgov.com: SOCOM eyes Android smartphones, tactical cellular networks
U.S. Special Operations Command seeks a radio with a 1-mile range and the capacity to plug-and-play with Android devices.
Pay & Benefits
Ex-SEC employees enjoy ‘revolving door,’ study says
Project on Government Oversight database documents more than 200 Securities and Exchange Commission veterans who represented clients before the regulators.
Oversight