Defense
Debate erupts over whistleblower rights for intelligence workers
Legal experts disagree on whether a pending bill can protect employee rights and national security simultaneously.
Defense
Defense to bulk up housing assistance program
Recovery Act funds will be used to expand effort to help service members and civilian employees who have been forced to sell their homes at a loss.
Defense
Navy, Marine request sparks skepticism in House
Lawmakers question the plan to relocate 8,000 Marines from bases in Japan and challenge the fund request for research on shipbuilding programs whose future is in doubt.
Defense
Gates says next-generation bomber might fly without pilot
Top Pentagon officials are emphasizing that the future of aviation rests largely in unmanned aerial vehicle-technology that has been used increasingly in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Defense
Pentagon purchasing bill sails through the House
Plan aims to control cost increases and delays within weapon programs.
Defense
Supplemental to allow new troop deployment to border
DHS chief says the funding could be used to send extra troops to curb border violence.
Pay & Benefits
Short-Term Fixes
The Obama administration can get the ball rolling on personnel reforms, but it will need Congress to make lasting changes.
News
From Nextgov.com: Navy awards nearly $500 million in task orders without competition
Acquisition staff also didn’t always specify how a contractor's performance would be measured as required by procurement rules , report says.
Oversight
Program Cuts, Agency-by-Agency
A list of federal programs that will lose some or all of their funding in fiscal 2010 if President Obama gets his way.
Oversight
Biden offers rosy outlook in first quarterly stimulus report
Agencies have obligated $88 billion so far, but have paid out less than one third of that.
Oversight
Acting Special Counsel says employee morale, productivity is high
Following years of scandals, the OSC is rebuilding and anxiously awaiting new leadership.
Defense
House panel to consider stand-alone TSA authorization bill
Legislation would be the first of its kind for any Homeland Security agency so far this Congress.
Defense
Lawmaker raises concerns over timing of budget cuts
Rep. John McHugh, R-N.Y., says Pentagon's fiscal 2010 budget request is dictating the outcome of the Quadrennial Defense Review now under way.
Oversight
Senator wants supplemental without aircraft add-ons
Inouye says such funding should be included in the regular appropriations process.
Defense
DHS chief pressed on immigration and border security
Napolitano says she supports requiring federal contractors to use E-Verify to check the immigration status of workers.
Management