Oversight
Lawmakers sponsor bill to allow earlier FEHBP enrollment for adult kids
Legislation would extend coverage to unmarried dependents during 2010.
Pay & Benefits
Workplace flexibility program moves full-speed ahead
Participants will work wherever and whenever they want, starting in June.
Defense
Industry officials criticize ‘quota-driven’ Defense insourcing
Contractor trade group, labor union, express concern about Pentagon plan to move thousands of jobs in-house.
Defense
Guard not consulted on transfer of C-130s
Chief remains optimistic there will be a compromise on the cargo planes that is acceptable to the Air Force and the Air National Guard.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Unplugged VA computer affects treatment of cancer patients
Without network connection , doctors could not check X-rays of veterans with prostate cancer to determine how they were responding to radiation, the department’s inspector general reports.
Pay & Benefits
Personnel agency clarifies policies for insuring adult children
New cutoff age only takes effect on Jan. 1, 2011, but dependents who turn 22 before that can purchase a temporary continuation of health coverage.
Oversight
Ex-HUD chief cleared in contracts probe
Alphonso Jackson was under scrutiny for remarks suggesting he had canceled a government contract with a businessman who had criticized then-President George W. Bush.
Defense
Gates questions long-term need for 11 Navy carriers
Defense secretary signaled that the service may have to scale back or rethink its plans to pay for other priorities.
Oversight
Watchdog group issues plea for fiscal 2011 budget resolution
Senate will consider spending plan on the floor after it finishes financial reform legislation; it is unclear whether a resolution will be taken up in the House.
Oversight
Catching Breaks
Republicans have real pickup opportunities in Pennsylvania and Hawaii special elections.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Group gives open government plans mediocre marks
Some agencies such as NASA and Housing and Urban Development receive high grades for going beyond White House requirements for transparency, but most others fall short of meeting presidential directive.
News
Burning Question: What's the most dangerous federal job that doesn't seem dangerous?
When carried out on a large scale, even routine federal work can turn deadly.
Pay & Benefits
TSP funds thrive in April
All but one of the offerings in the Thrift Savings Plan grew last month.
Defense