Defense
White House breach raises questions about Secret Service pay and oversight
Homeland Security requested money for more staff in its fiscal 2010 budget.
News
From Nextgov.com: Military Health to evaluate two electronic dental records systems
Agency will spend six months reviewing applications developed by a Northrop Grumman-SAIC team and Harris.
Oversight
Watchdog finds ‘pervasive deficiencies’ in Medicare contract management
Office responsible for the health insurance program has failed to implement past recommendations to reduce risk in contracts, GAO says.
Pay & Benefits
High health premiums could force some employees to shop around
Benefits specialists advise taking both out-of-pocket costs and premiums into account when comparing plans.
Oversight
Interior details onshore oil and gas lease sales for 2010
Sales to include parcels in National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska after a two-year hiatus.
News
Analysis: Batten Down the Hatches
Be it a retirement tsunami or a trickle, the forecast calls for strategic workforce planning.
Oversight
Pentagon pay plan's demise could pave way for broad reforms
Mandate to build a new Defense performance management system creates an opening for governmentwide changes.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies authorized to dismiss employees early for Thanksgiving
OPM chief says a little extra time off would be “mark of gratitude” for workers’ service.
Defense
Personnel system under scrutiny in Fort Hood review
Task force will examine alleged shooter’s promotion and whether his patients received adequate care.
News
From Nextgov.com: University unites industry, government to tighten energy sector cybersecurity
Professors hope program overcomes what they see as a lack of cooperation among government and businesses to develop policies to protect and respond to a cyberattack on power companies.
Oversight
OPM extends direct hire authority for acquisition jobs
Rule could help recruit the talented acquisition workforce necessary for insourcing efforts, observers say.
Oversight
Obama executive order targets payment errors
Mandate focuses on transparency, accountability and incentives to report improperly issued funds.
Defense
Obama's missile plan clears hurdle
Senate approves language allowing the Pentagon to use $68.5 million in unspent fiscal 2009 funds to build a Hawaii test facility for the Navy's Aegis Weapons System.
Defense