Oversight
House GOP releases spending plan with $100 billion in cuts
Move is designed to meet promise in pre-election "Pledge to America."
Oversight
SBA makes first major revision to 8(a) program in a decade
Final rule changes affecting Alaska native corporations revamps joint ventures and mentor-protégé relationships.
Defense
Coast Guard hurries to address recent rise in mission-related deaths
Review will examine whether additional post-9/11 responsibilities are partially to blame, commandant says.
Oversight
Energy to reinvest savings from freezing contractor salaries
Laboratory workers in New York are upset the money will not go toward deficit reduction.
Defense
GAO calls Pentagon policies inconsistent on medical care in war zones
Conflicting guidance on routine treatment for civilian employees and service members could pose problems, report finds.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Cybersecurity bill could be stalled by House-Senate differences
Issue of whether to tackle protections piecemeal or as a package are unresolved, along with question of where to centralize federal authority.
Oversight
Energy budget holds major cuts
Proposal slashes spending for hydrogen and fossil fuel research programs and shutters parts of two national labs.
Pay & Benefits
House lawmakers reintroduce paid parental leave bill
Legislation would provide federal employees with four weeks of paid time off for childbirth or adoption.
Oversight
USPS employees expense $600,000 in excess travel costs
Watchdog discovers workers paid for private trips and adult entertainment with agency credit cards.
Defense
Arizona sues feds over border ‘failure’
State complains Homeland Security has not installed cameras, sensors, fencing and other barriers to attain 'operational control' of the U.S.-Mexico line.
Oversight
House-Senate gulf on spending for the rest of 2011 grows
With the current stopgap measure set to expire on March 4, there is little time to reconcile differences.
Pay & Benefits
Credit for Military Service
The first in a three-part series on service credit issues.
Oversight
Under fire from right, House GOP proposes $100 billion in cuts
Appropriators scrap original plan for $74 billion in cuts to soothe tea party members.
Oversight
House panel pressures GSA to speed sale of excess properties
Half-empty Old Post Office in Washington made centerpiece in call to reduce surplus federal real estate.
Oversight