Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers include feds in excise tax relief
But fate of health care bill is still uncertain.
Defense
Grim trend in Army suicides continues
The service’s latest data shows an uptick in the number of soldiers taking their own lives.
Oversight
Obama sets new tone for regulatory process
Administration emphasizes social issues and opens rule-making to public comment, policy observer says.
Pay & Benefits
Pentagon taps career Navy executive to dissolve NSPS
John H. James will run office dismantling pay system and build new performance management system.
Defense
Report reveals trouble with new Army combat systems
All of the technologies struggled through a recent round of testing and will require significantly more work before the service can send them to a combat unit, study finds.
Defense
Lawmakers weigh security spending options
Additional funding could go toward new full-body scanning machines at U.S. airports and technology to sort and search clues of pending terrorist attacks.
Pay & Benefits
Tax Trap
Changes to the federal withholding formula could mean unpleasant surprises when it comes time to file income tax returns.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Air Force issues second call for network attack capabilities
Service seeks technologies to destroy or disrupt enemy information networks.
Oversight
At one-year mark, Obama shows progress on management pledges
National Journal finds the administration is following up on a number of the president’s campaign trail promises.
Defense
Withdrawal of TSA nominee raises concern about agency workforce
Lack of permanent leadership is delaying action on important issues, union officials say.
Defense
Visa, watch list changes are questioned
Some officials are worried about increased denial of visas and additional security against people coming from 14 nations identified as potential sources of terrorists.
Defense
Official: Terrorist watch list system is too bureaucratic
Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair wants to make it easier to target people for secondary screening at airports.
Defense
Defense contractors are confident about fiscal 2011 budget
But industry sources predict modest increase in Pentagon spending will go largely to personnel and healthcare costs instead of new weapons systems.
Oversight
Obama goes after tax-delinquent contractors
Memo asks the IRS and OMB to find ways to keep “deadbeat” companies off the government payroll.
Defense