Oversight
Labor-management council delays reporting on bargaining expansion
OPM Director John Berry requests an extra 30 days to provide recommendations to White House on pilot programs.
Pay & Benefits
House debates telework legislation
Bill would guarantee that eligible employees could work outside the office at least 20 percent of the time.
Oversight
Interior chief orders review of drilling operations
Minerals Management Service faces increased scrutiny for oversight of offshore oil and gas activities.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Panel advances bill to make chief technology officer, cyber czar permanent jobs
Legislation aimed at streamlining FISMA to improve information security processes and ease reporting burden on agencies.
Oversight
House panel mulls separate patent bill
Potential legislation would give PTO fee-setting authority and bar Congress from diverting PTO funds to other uses.
Oversight
Deficit panel meets with CBO and CRS
Group will discuss ways to control the growth of discretionary spending.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers honor outstanding feds on Capitol Hill
Many of the 2010 Service to America finalists work in the health, science or security field.
Oversight
Agencies to increase outreach to stimulus recipients
OMB guidance requires officials to check in with new awardees and recipients that fail to file spending reports.
Defense
Lieberman: Strip terror suspects of their U.S. citizenship
Senator says the proposal would expand on current law, but critics argue it would deny suspects their right to due process.
Oversight
Congress weighs federal funds for Gulf cleanup
Officials say the full cost of the project still is being assessed.
Management
Transparency Trap
Opening the book on government operations could cause major headaches for federal managers.
Oversight
Lawmakers sponsor bill to allow earlier FEHBP enrollment for adult kids
Legislation would extend coverage to unmarried dependents during 2010.
Pay & Benefits