Features
Drastic Measures
Under pressure to limit and overhaul pay, agencies must first figure out how to evaluate employee performance.
Oversight
Recess appointment shakes up GPO leadership
Obama selects union senior vice president as public printer.
Defense
Defense scales back organizational conflict-of-interest rule
Final regulation is limited to major weapons systems and removes mitigation as preferred remedy.
Oversight
IRS said to commit inaccuracies in processing nonresident tax returns
Lack of controls could cost government millions because funds outside U.S. are hard to recoup, audit finds.
Oversight
Lawmakers eschew earmarks, but still lobby agencies to fund pet projects
‘Lettermarking,’ ‘phonemarking’ among methods used to try to steer federal dollars to states.
Defense
Woodson confirmed as Pentagon's top physician
Stalled nomination clears after lifting of Senate hold placed in August over abortion language in Defense bill.
Oversight
2010: The Year in Quotes
A selection of some of the best quotations from our daily "Quote/Unquote" feature.
Oversight
Obama ends popular internship program, creates new pathways to federal service
Federal Career Intern Program has been used to hire thousands of employees but has drawn criticism that it circumvents merit system.
Oversight
Whistleblower protection bill dies again, on the 1-yard line
Measure clears House on Wednesday, but is blocked in Senate through an anonymous hold.
Oversight
Dodaro confirmed as comptroller general
Senate on final night of 111th Congress approves acting head of GAO as permanent.
Pay & Benefits
Pay Dirt
The year of the pay freeze also ushered in major health care and hiring reforms. A look at our top pay and benefits stories of 2010.
Pay & Benefits
Obama issues order implementing pay freeze
Memo acknowledges the move will be difficult for federal employees, but says the sacrifice is necessary due to ‘fiscal reality.’
News
From Nextgov.com: Lawmakers say cybersecurity is a top priority in 2011
Revamping the 2002 Federal Information Security Management Act is urgently needed , some say.
Defense