Oversight
Interior tightens drilling oversight
New policy restricts exemptions from environmental reviews for offshore oil and gas activities.
Defense
Report finds gaps in Gulf Coast small biz contracting
GAO says locally based small firms received less than 14 percent of contracts to recover from hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Defense
GAO: Measuring success at military Superfund sites is super confusing
Watchdog says bureaucratic agency turf battles are hampering environmental cleanup efforts on bases.
Defense
Defense official wants fewer sole-source contracts
Missile Defense Agency chief says he will increase competition for MDA's most expensive systems.
Oversight
USAJobs aims to boost minority recruiting
Voluntary form will provide agencies with information to effectively target certain groups, observers say.
Oversight
Collapse In Confidence
The deep alienation Americans feel toward their public and private leadership isn't likely to go away when the economy improves.
News
From Nextgov.com: Air Force seeks new nuclear command-and-control terminals
After years of delays to launch a jam-proof communications satellite, the service rethinks how it will deploy multibillion-dollar equipment to receive messages on bombers and presidential aircraft.
Oversight
Senate majority leader breaks with Obama on mosque
Reid says even though the First Amendment protects freedom of religion, the structure "should be built someplace else."
Oversight
DISCLOSE Act will get second look
Measure would severely restrict companies that do business with the government.
Defense
Gates’ departure could derail Defense reforms
Pentagon might face deep budget cuts if Defense secretary steps down in 2011 as he intends.
Oversight
Court rules against government, again, in small business parity
Federal Claims judge finds the Air Force violated the law when it did not give a HUBZone firm priority.
Pay & Benefits
New automatic enrollment program could encourage TSP savings
Data on the fledgling effort is not available yet, but officials don’t expect to see many people opt out.
Tech
Two Takes on the Pay Debate
Think tank scholars offer their views on the public-private pay divide.
Features