Oversight
Obama’s Advantage
GOP strategists privately admit that the president has a good chance of winning reelection in 2012.
News
From Nextgov.com: Spending on geothermal technologies is riddled with improper payments, IG says
Audit of economic stimulus projects shows Energy paid companies for unauthorized expenses and travel.
Defense
Pentagon resists automatic suspension of indicted contractors
Agency officials need flexibility and discretion, Defense acquisition official Ashton Carter tells the Commission on Wartime Contracting.
Oversight
Incentives grow for agencies to prevent and recover overpayments
A fledgling law is aimed at holding the government more accountable for waste, fraud and abuse.
Defense
Two out of three national security insiders support deeper Defense cuts
Gate's cuts do not go far enough, the National Journal survey respondents say.
Defense
Lawmakers issue bipartisan call to protect nuclear agency funding
Panel members suggest agency budget is a national security issue.
Pay & Benefits
TSP delays Roth option
Added time will accommodate needs of agencies having trouble adapting to new payroll requirements, officials say.
Oversight
Short-term funding measures have agency budget officials finding ways to save
They have held off on filling some vacancies and slowed grants and contracts that require up-front funding.
Defense
Gates, Clinton can't predict when U.S. role in Libya ends
Interviews leave many basic questions unanswered about the mission's duration, point and endgame.
Tech
NASA For Hire
Hiring effort is to assist aerospace workers impacted by the end of the Space Shuttle program.
News
EPA failed to assess coal risks, IG finds
The agency recommended using coal waste for nearly a decade, despite concentrations of arsenic, lead and mercury, report finds.
Oversight
Lights, camera, action in the 'Temple of Secrets'
Federal Reserve makes a dramatic move toward openness by inviting the media.
News
From Nextgov.com: NSA testing smartphones, tablets on safe mobile architecture
The agency is securing the cloud and stealing a page from Amazon, OnStar for data delivery systems.
Oversight
Union demands concessions in the event of a government shutdown
AFGE deploys its members to fight for retroactive administrative leave, continued health care benefits.
Pay & Benefits
Government revoking pay raises, top career officials claim
Some senior executives believe their performance-based pay increases are being terminated because of the salary freeze.
Defense
Two former Republican EPA administrators warn of 'siege' against agency
Defunding the EPA would prevent it from protecting our air and water, they say.
News