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The Week in Comments: Unions, Byrd and Arlington
The best in reader reaction to recent articles.
Defense
Panel agrees to withhold $3.9B in aid to Afghanistan
The assistance funds are blocked until the panel can hold hearings into the alleged corruption.
Pay & Benefits
Asset Protection
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Oversight
Temporary federal employment raises concern among lawmakers, unions
Seasonal workers don’t receive the same benefits as their permanent counterparts, witnesses say.
Defense
Pentagon continues to grapple with language shortfalls
Defense lacks a clear understanding of its gaps in language and regional expertise, GAO says.
Oversight
Agencies must develop business case for interagency contracts
OFPP will issue guidance later this summer requiring them to prove new vehicles make sense.
News
From Nextgov.com: Key lawmaker emphasizes need for new border security technology
Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar also urges better collaboration with state law enforcement.
Pay & Benefits
Government could be losing momentum on telework
Management resistance and lack of metrics leave agencies unprepared for emergencies, report shows.
Defense
Defense aims to use interagency contracts judiciously
Top Pentagon procurement policy official says GSA must provide data to show its Multiple Award Schedule deals are valuable.
Defense
Petraeus wins unanimous Senate vote
General was tapped by Obama last week after the resignation of the Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
Defense
Appropriations panel chairman releases $75B supplemental draft
Supplemental package would provide $45.5 billion in discretionary funding, with $37.12 billion slated for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Oversight
Interior fines BP for filing false onshore drilling reports
Officials say company willfully filed erroneous reports related to operations on tribal lands in southern Colorado.
Oversight
Panel OKs Commerce, Justice and Science bill, takes no stand on moon missions
Legislation would provide the $19 billion that Obama requested for NASA, but would withhold funding on the manned space program.
Oversight
With budget cake, Americans want to have it, eat it, too
Survey respondents want states to balance their budgets without federal help, but don't like any of the options for accomplishing that.
Management