Oversight
Senate passes stopgap funding bill, averts shutdown
Two-week continuing resolution keeps government funded through March 18.
Defense
Senior lawmakers wary of nuclear agency budget increase
Obama budget would give agency a 5 percent funding hike to $11.8 billion.
Management
Red Tape Reviews
Scrapping an old rule for each new one added could ease the regulatory burden.
News
Does the real cybersecurity threat come from within?
Our latest Expert Dialogue deals with the subject of threats to information security that originate with government's own employees.
Oversight
Bills target tax-delinquent feds, contractors
Measures would exempt companies and individuals working with the IRS on payment plans.
Defense
Pentagon chief defends tanker decision
Gates says any protest of the lucrative contract award is unlikely to be successful.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Military Health System reports on effects of current wars
Mental health treatment for military family members has grown 15 percent annually since 2001.
Pay & Benefits
NTEU bemoans lack of information on possible shutdown
Agencies should be answering employees’ questions about impact on their benefits and whether they can moonlight, union members are told.
Oversight
Reid says Senate will pass two-week spending extension this week
House Democrats appear to be on board with the $4 billion in proposed cuts in the GOP’s stopgap continuing resolution.
Oversight
Subcommittee finds GSA public relations contract wasteful
Agency spent $234,000 for three-months’ communications help handling alleged contamination at facility.
Pay & Benefits
TSP funds keep up their strong performance
Every investment option grew in February, and all are in the black for the year.
Oversight
First post-spill deep-water drilling permit approved
Interior official dismisses the notion that the move was politically motivated in light of two hearings this week on the department's budget.
Oversight
House GOP content to keep punting on spending
If a deal can't be reached, then Republican members would be OK with a series of two-week extensions for the rest of fiscal 2011, majority leader says.
Oversight
GAO report: Eliminating program duplication could save 'billions'
Senator says inventory makes lawmakers and executive branch officials look like "fools" for failing to track and eliminate areas of overlap.
Management Matters
Red Tape Reviews
Scrapping an old rule for each new one added could ease the regulatory burden.
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