Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Hundreds of vets participate in test of sharing electronic health records
The Veterans Affairs Department and Kaiser Permanente will exchange electronic patient files to test if they can improve care and lower costs by reducing redundant lab procedures.
Pay & Benefits
Student interns head back to college to tout Energy Department
Six undergraduates interned this past summer, and now are receiving stipends from a nonprofit to promote the department at their respective schools.
Defense
Rule would waive Buy American provisions for some Afghanistan support contracts
Defense official says it is “inconsistent with the public interest” to restrict acquisitions from certain countries near Afghanistan.
Oversight
Interior Department tightens leasing rules
Changes include additional environmental analysis.
Defense
Army to spend heavily on new aircraft
Additional medical evacuation helicopters to support the troop buildup in Afghanistan are among the aircraft needed.
Oversight
Patent and Trademark Office seeks OK to spend higher fee income
Agency will be forced to operate on a "bare-bones budget" that would not allow adequate hiring, unless it receives more funds, chief says.
Oversight
Government management is a fit for businessman, observers say
As federal performance chief, entrepreneur Jeffrey Zients takes on his toughest project yet -- improving government.
Oversight
Senator seeks review of 'cash for clunkers' effort
Grassley says program's fast turnaround created an “environment ripe for waste, fraud and abuse.”
Management
Complex Risks
With the first decade of this century behind us, federal managers face a daunting world ahead.
News
From Nextgov.com: Private equity firm buys majority of GovDelivery
Deal is a boost for owner of GovLoop, ‘Facebook to the Feds,’ management team says.
Oversight
Industry resists proposal for single banking regulator
Senator wants to combine the duties of four agencies into one oversight body.
Oversight
Lawmakers pan plan to skip conference on health bill
Republicans favor open negotiations that members of the public could watch on television.
Oversight
Dissension, poor communications found at federal nuclear site
Energy inspector general says problems at Savannah River Site could undermine public confidence.
Oversight
OPM announces reorganization
Observers say focus on SES, veterans and oversight could increase.
Defense