Defense
Military no longer protected from budget knife
Appetite for overall spending cuts trumps GOP's traditional desire to insulate defense spending from cuts.
Tech
IT Ivory Tower
Employers are finding many hires fresh out of college aren't ready to hit the ground running.
News
From Nextgov.com: Program to automate immigration processing is vulnerable to insider threats
Watchdog says USCIS officials have not indicated how they will correct shortcomings .
Oversight
Inspector general backs NOAA in climate-change dispute
Review of internal e-mails in response to Sen. Inhofe’s charges finds no evidence that federal scientists manipulated data or bypassed peer review.
Oversight
Shutdown? What shutdown?
If the broader government closes up shop, some self-funded agencies will be immune to the effects.
Oversight
GOP aims for Tuesday consideration of short-term spending bill
Measure would buy lawmakers two more weeks to negotiate funding levels for the rest of the fiscal year, possibly avoiding a government shutdown.
Pay & Benefits
Benefits would continue to flow for furloughed employees
Federal insurance and retirement coverage are guaranteed even when paychecks aren’t.
Oversight
Senate Dems to propose seven-month funding measure
Measure will contain spending reductions in concession to GOP.
Pay & Benefits
Redeposits for the Rehired
Part Three of our series on service credit issues looks at paying back refunds of retirement contributions due to breaks in service.
Defense
Army to probe report that psyops were used on senators
Rolling Stone magazine article alleges manipulation of lamwakers.
Oversight
House Republicans pressure Obama on drilling permits
Letter to president calls for Interior to speed up approval of more deep-water drilling.
Defense
In major upset, Boeing wins lucrative Air Force tanker contract
Lucrative deal caps years of controversy, is likely to ignite further fights on Capitol Hill.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: New portable DNA screener to debut this summer
Homeland Security says device will save time and costs in determining kinship among asylum seekers and combating human trafficking .
Defense
Wartime contracting commission details years of waste
Panel recommends more oversight and additional resources to restore government capacity.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers vote to eliminate salaries for some federal workers
Spending bill prohibits pay for employees involved in health care reform and for nine Obama administration czars.
Oversight