Defense
White House to name FBI deputy director as new TSA head
This is the Obama administration’s third pick to lead the security agency, which has been without a permanent chief for more than one year.
Oversight
Concerns over pay loom as Pentagon returns to General Schedule
Managers’ association urge lawmakers to ensure top-performing Defense employees don’t lose pay.
News
From Nextgov.com: Bush White House failed to archive most e-mails for 21 days
A comparison of archived messages and those restored from backup tapes reveals 83 percent of e-mails for certain days during a two-year period would have been lost.
Oversight
Democrat questions MMS realignment
House subcommittee chairman wants Interior to explain why leasing function and its environmental-compliance oversight would not be housed in the enforcement part of the agency.
Oversight
Industry coalition opposes PTO-fee bill
Group objects to legislation on grounds that it does not include a provision prohibiting agency funds from being diverted for other government programs.
Oversight
Parties ponder price of skirting budget vote
Republicans and Democrats weigh the political risks of not passing a fiscal 2011 budget blueprint.
Defense
Forward Observer: Gates' Swan Song?
Pentagon chief is clearly fed up with the status quo in the military-industrial-political complex.
News
From Nextgov.com: Army wants soldiers' devices to keep going, and going, and going
Service asks for ideas for how to make batteries that power electronics on the battlefield lighter and last longer .
Oversight
Hiring reform could signal end of federal internship program
Unions feel confident OPM review will lead to program’s elimination.
Defense
Defense opts for multiyear F/A-18 deal
Officials say purchase would save 10 percent over a traditional contract.
Oversight
Obama blasts oil execs, MMS over spill
President decries "cozy relationship" between agency, industry.
Oversight
Feds almost pay a price for porn
Republican language banning agencies from paying employees caught viewing explicit images on work computers unravels technology bill.
Defense