Pay & Benefits
Key players debate how to lower prescription drug costs for feds
Allowing OPM to negotiate a single drug benefit for FEHBP enrollees was among proposals discussed during private meeting on the Hill.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Homeland Security kicks off final strategy dialogue
Comments and suggestions submitted through a Web portal will be incorporated into a report due to Congress by the end of the year.
News
NASA scientist pleads guilty to directing contracts to wife’s firm
Mark Schoeberl, a senior manager and scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center, faces possibility of prison time.
Oversight
VA to continue work on energy efficiency
Health care facilities prove especially challenging for reducing energy consumption.
Defense
Threat from domestic terrorists in sharper focus
Recent arrest of accused al-Qaida operative has heightened government concerns.
Defense
Senators clash over C-17 funding
Administration argues the military does not need more of the cargo planes, but the program employs 30,000 people in 43 states, making cuts politically difficult.
Management
Turn Styles
Which leadership techniques work and which don’t in the quest to change government.
Oversight
Senator urges caution in consolidating contracting databases
Procurement officials must be sure to consider the end user of the streamlined database and build in adequate oversight, panel chairwoman says.
Pay & Benefits
Federal employees’ health insurance premiums to rise 8.8 percent
Personnel officials have started meeting with major insurance carriers to explore ways to drive down prices.
Defense