Oversight
House takes up F-35 bill
The Pentagon adamantly opposes the alternate engine program and the White House has threatened a veto over it.
Oversight
Navy wants to establish a preferred supplier program
Service seeks industry input for creating designation aimed at lowering costs and increasing efficiency.
Defense
Obama opposes 1.9 percent pay raise for military members
Policy statement expresses concern over several personnel provisions in the Defense authorization bill.
News
The Week in Comments: Gun safety, pay freezes and slackers and whiners
The best in reader reaction to recent articles.
Oversight
Minerals Management Service chief steps down
Resignation comes as the agency is under criticism for oversight failures that contributed to the Gulf oil spill.
Oversight
Burning Question: On federal spending, is it time to hit the gas or the brakes?
Lawmakers and Obama administration officials apparently are of two minds on the issue.
Defense
Stage is being set for congressional border security battle
Provisions adding funding for border efforts could prove contentious during conference negotiations on the wartime supplemental spending bill.
Defense
New counterterror strategy to spell out Obama vision
Administration's plan seeks an international order that promotes peace, security and opportunity.
Pay & Benefits
How much is your sick leave worth?
A tool for figuring the value of the new FERS sick leave retirement credit to you.
Pay & Benefits
Moving On
House votes to offer families of fallen law enforcement officers relocation assistance to return from their duty post.
News
From Nextgov.com: Internet censorship proves counterproductive in curtailing terrorist recruitment
Intelligence gathered from extremists’ websites actually provides useful information to pursue criminals, witnesses tell lawmakers.
Defense
Homeland Security replaces head of Federal Protective Service
Gary Schenkel had been under fire from Capitol Hill after a series of reports uncovered security gaps at federal buildings.
Oversight
Senator questions cost of senior executives’ education
OPM does not collect data on how many employees participate in training program, or how much it costs the government annually.
Defense
F-35 engine battle revs up
Defense secretary makes final appeal to lawmakers to cancel unwanted engine program, while GE head circulates letter of support for the F-35.
Oversight
Salazar: MMS has 'turned the ship'
Interior chief says department will have zero tolerance for ethical lapses at Minerals Management Service.
Oversight
Race and gender influence TSP enrollment
Minorities are about 5 percent less likely than nonminorities to participate in the government’s 401(k)-style retirement plan.
News