Oversight
Agencies surpass Recovery Act small business contracting goals
More than 25 percent of all stimulus contract dollars has gone to small firms, but agencies are making uneven contributions.
Oversight
Agencies avoid flexibilities in firing poor performers
Managers put off by technicalities and paperwork under personnel reforms, MSPB survey says.
Defense
Key authorizers back second F-35 engine
House-Senate agreement on the fighter jet engine could provoke the Obama administration to follow through on a veto threat.
Oversight
Obama is unlikely to trim his aggressive agenda
The president's trip to Denmark to lobby for the Olympics raised the question again of whether he is trying to do too much.
Oversight
Process of Elimination
It’s easier to figure out what voters do not want than it is to decipher what they do want.
Oversight
Performance chief promises to help managers overcome challenges
Jeffrey Zients also vows to change the role of OMB to one that is more collaborative.
Oversight
Procurement nominee earns high marks from acquisition community
Career civil servant Daniel Gordon is said to be fair, straightforward and extremely knowledgeable.
Oversight
Homeland Security to bring 3,200 contractor positions in-house
Acquisition official says these contractors are doing work that should be performed exclusively by federal employees.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Agencies will be expected to measure transparency results
Open government strategies should include metrics based on input from employees, GSA official says.
Defense
Defense chief offers indirect criticism of general
Robert Gates says Afghanistan is on a "worrisome trajectory."
Defense
Panels confront notification, satellite issues
Bill authorizing intelligence programs and funding remains stalled over House-Senate differences in those areas.
Pay & Benefits
Transition begins to new long-term care contract
Certain enrollees will face hefty premium hikes in January unless they elect to change their benefits.
News
From Nextgov.com: Terrorists nearing ability to launch big cyberattacks against U.S.
Enemy states are not so much the threat as are cybercriminals who will peddle through the black market the software programs needed to launch a debilitating attack .
Oversight
Survey: Feds beat private sector on vision, lag on management
Managers understand and embrace their agencies’ missions, but organizations lack effective operational practices.
Oversight