Pay & Benefits
Obama orders freeze on appointee bonuses
President also backs appointee salary freeze next year.
Oversight
Union praises workforce provisions in appropriations bill
Measures seek to ensure federal employees perform jobs closely associated with inherently governmental functions.
Defense
Defense logisticians face critical time
Operations in Afghanistan pose enormous challenges for moving vital provisions to troops.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: GSA slams its way through IT improvements
One-day workshop addresses important technology projects , says agency CIO.
Defense
Industry urges caution with Navy’s preferred supplier program
Trade associations say initiative needs refining before it is expanded departmentwide.
Oversight
GOP senators decry stimulus spending
Sens. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and John McCain of Arizona claim 100 Recovery Act projects wasted taxpayer money.
Defense
Senate border security bill stalls
Among other things, measure would pay for 1,200 new Border Patrol agents.
Oversight
Lawmaker proposes alternative mail delivery schedule
Postal Service says legislation does not go far enough to save money.
Defense
Intel nomination stalls as Republicans demand reports
GOP senators want details on spy satellite-related system and threat assessments for terrorism suspects who have been released from Guantanamo.
Defense
Defense industry's lobbying expenditures jump 7 percent in 2010
Increase coincides with Pentagon warnings of fiscal belt tightening.
Oversight
A Turning Point For Democrats?
It's too early to say for sure, but it's possible that the Republican wave has subsided.
Oversight
Postal Service announces hiring freeze
Agency will halt hiring and promotions for foreseeable future, official says.
Oversight