Defense
Defense employees bear heavy burden in efficiency plan
Pentagon seeks $25 billion in savings through personnel and salary freezes of military civilians.
News
From Nextgov.com: Defense funding for cybersecurity is hard to pin down
Confusion over terminology and agency roles suggests serious procurement challenges, observers say.
News
SES pay system said to impede recruitment
GS-14s and 15s not taking senior positions that require more hours at less pay, Senate panel is told.
Pay & Benefits
Facebook-using federal managers “surge,” survey finds
Most of the government respondents who use the social networking site use it for work, the study says.
Oversight
What happens if the government shuts down?
A look at some federal services that shut down in 1995-96 -- and could again.
Oversight
Lawmaker wants HHS to take closer look at doctor pay
Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., wants to require the federal government to give Medicare reimbursement rates a closer look.
Oversight
With revolt brewing, House GOP backs off budget deal
Tea party wing rejects tentative deal to cut roughly $30 billion in cuts from current spending levels, boosting odds of a shutdown.
Oversight
Obama’s Advantage
GOP strategists privately admit that the president has a good chance of winning reelection in 2012.
News
From Nextgov.com: Spending on geothermal technologies is riddled with improper payments, IG says
Audit of economic stimulus projects shows Energy paid companies for unauthorized expenses and travel.
Defense
Pentagon resists automatic suspension of indicted contractors
Agency officials need flexibility and discretion, Defense acquisition official Ashton Carter tells the Commission on Wartime Contracting.
Oversight
Incentives grow for agencies to prevent and recover overpayments
A fledgling law is aimed at holding the government more accountable for waste, fraud and abuse.
Defense
Two out of three national security insiders support deeper Defense cuts
Gate's cuts do not go far enough, the National Journal survey respondents say.
Defense
Lawmakers issue bipartisan call to protect nuclear agency funding
Panel members suggest agency budget is a national security issue.
Pay & Benefits
TSP delays Roth option
Added time will accommodate needs of agencies having trouble adapting to new payroll requirements, officials say.
Oversight
Short-term funding measures have agency budget officials finding ways to save
They have held off on filling some vacancies and slowed grants and contracts that require up-front funding.
Defense
Gates, Clinton can't predict when U.S. role in Libya ends
Interviews leave many basic questions unanswered about the mission's duration, point and endgame.
Tech