Oversight
Reviews of NSPS sharply divided at first public hearing
Panel on Defense personnel system focuses on links between pay and performance, trust and training issues.
Oversight
Administration touts rapid stimulus spending on transportation projects
Federal agencies have helped states exceed Recovery Act goals, officials say.
Pay & Benefits
House sounds death knell for Pentagon pay-for-performance system
Lawmakers approve fiscal 2010 Defense authorization bill, which requires department to dismantle NSPS within one year unless it demonstrates improvement.
Defense
Senate panel adds seven F-22s to fiscal 2010 bill
The White House has threatened to veto any authorization measure that continues F-22 production.
Defense
Democrats split over Afghanistan exit demands
Defense bill amendment demanding the Obama administration produce an exit strategy for the war in Afghanistan fails.
Pay & Benefits
Bill would allow kids to remain in the federal employee health plan longer
House member renews push to increase cutoff age for coverage of dependent children from 22 to 25.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmaker pledges more oversight of FEHBP drug costs
Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., calls current system ‘a scam.’
Oversight
House approves Homeland Security spending bill
Republicans complain Democrats are placing inappropriate limits on amendments.
Pay & Benefits
Pay Reform Pitfalls
Agencies struggle to get new personnel systems off the ground amid mixed results.
Defense
Administration calls language gutting Pentagon pay system ‘premature’
The results of an ongoing review will help lawmakers make informed decisions about the future of the pay-for-performance arrangement, White House says.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Cyber Command creation leaves key details to be addressed
Defense Secretary Robert Gates mandates new organization ; operational, budget issues to be sorted out in coming months.
Pay & Benefits
House resuscitates FERS sick leave fix
Lawmakers plan to roll federal retirement reforms stripped out of previous legislation into Defense authorization bill.
Defense
Mass. lawmakers urge Army to keep multimillion-dollar contract in state
Defense contractor plans to close New Bedford plant producing military backpacks and relocate work to Puerto Rico.
Defense
Lawmaker eases demand for split tanker deal
Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., will stop short of requiring the Pentagon to use the split-buy strategy.
Defense
Obama threatens veto of defense bill over fighter jet add-on
Allowing funding for more F-22 Raptors would reverse the Pentagon's decision to end production of the stealthy fighters.
Pay & Benefits
Pay parity supporters push for 3.4 percent civilian raise
Figure would exceed Obama’s request for civilians by 1.4 percentage points.
Defense