Oversight
Stimulus funded nearly 600,000 jobs in late 2009, recipients report
Grants accounted for most of the spending and employment opportunities, but contracts also played a part, according to the latest statistics.
Pay & Benefits
Budget calls for more data on employee satisfaction and health
Additional statistics would guide efforts to strengthen human resources and benefits programs, administration says.
Defense
Obama seeks increase in Defense spending
Administration requests $548.9 billion for the department's base budget -- a 3.4 percent boost over fiscal 2010 enacted levels -- and $159.3 billion to pay for the wars.
Pay & Benefits
President’s budget recommends pay parity
Fiscal 2011 plan proposes 1.4 percent pay raise for civilian and military employees.
Pay & Benefits
Obama proposes eliminating locality pay surveys
Administration says change will make salary calculations more accurate, make it easier to add new localities.
Defense
House GOP leader willing to look for Defense cuts
The Pentagon should not get a pass as administration officials and lawmakers look for places to trim spending, Rep. John Boehner says.
Oversight
Democrats see key ingredients for passage of 2011 budget
Challenge will be balancing spending to spur job growth with efforts to keep the deficit in check.
Oversight
Obama’s $3.8 trillion budget slashes 120 programs
Terminating or reducing funding for those programs would save more than $20 billion, White House officials say.
Management Matters
Toot Your Horn?
Federal agencies struggle to promote their work without crossing the line into propaganda.
Viewpoint
Powering Down
Building a life-cycle approach will help managers meet mandates for energy savings.
Trends
The Politics of Pay
Move to grant larger military raises in 2010 puts pay parity for federal civilians on the line.
Features