News
From Nextgov.com: Navy joins effort to track moving oil slick in the Gulf
The service deploys systems to measure currents, water temperature, salinity and organic matter such as oil from the surface to depths of thousands of feet to develop a model of the evolving spill and where it's headed.
Defense
House passes Defense policy bill
Chamber defeats civilian pay freeze amendment before passage.
Defense
Bureau of Land Management chief moves to MMS
Abbey will be put in charge of managing the announced division of MMS into three bureaus.
Defense
Senate panel OKs 6,000 troops for border
Committee also approves a 1.4 percent military pay raise as part of policy bill, meeting President Obama's request; the House version contains a 1.9 percent boost.
Defense
High-performing organizations fade into the A-76 sunset
Moratorium on public-private job competitions has taken away one incentive for the voluntary business reform process, report finds.
Defense
House votes to overturn ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
President Obama praises bipartisan action and says the results of a Pentagon study will be critical in guiding a successful policy reversal.
Pay & Benefits
Congress votes down proposals to freeze federal pay
Critics said plans from Sens. Coburn and McCain and Rep. Bachmann to halt raises would disrupt services to citizens.
Defense
ICE steps up immigration enforcement efforts
John Morton and his agency have a lot to prove if comprehensive immigration reform is to become a reality.
News
From Nextgov.com: First responders still struggle to communicate, despite technology standards
Various interpretations of P25 specifications hamper interoperability among radio systems.
Oversight
Senator questions Medicare agency’s use of Defense audit unit
Iowa Republican wants to know why the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services still contracts with the beleaguered DCAA.
Defense
Final Senate vote looming on war supplemental
House version of the supplemental includes $500 million in border security funding not contained in Senate bill.
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