Oversight
Senator seeks indefinite competitive sourcing freeze
Bill to “clean up” contracting includes language that would bar competitions until the process is overhauled.
Oversight
OMB is working on how to collect efficiency advice from feds
Obama called for ideas to improve government operations during his April 25 radio address.
Pay & Benefits
Bargaining Table
Unions will use every opportunity to push for extending collective bargaining rights to certain federal employees.
Oversight
Final 2010 budget blueprint supports military-civilian pay parity
Language encouraging agencies to identify and eliminate poor-performing federal programs gets axed from the bill.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Bill would shut down over-budget, behind-schedule IT projects
Agencies would receive support from IT team for projects that run over original cost estimates , with severely over-budget ones facing cancellation.
Defense
Commandant argues for new Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
Marine Corps chief James Conway says the military needs the capability provided by the vehicle.
Oversight
Homeland secretary sees no reason to close border with Mexico
Janet Napolitano tells Congress that DHS has enough money to deal with the swine flu crisis until the supplemental funding bill is approved.
Oversight
States, localities could get access to GSA schedules for stimulus spending
House chairman plans to introduce cooperative purchasing bill for Recovery Act dollars.
Oversight
OPM announces new governmentwide telework policy
Agency director signals a focus on work-life balance programs for federal employees.
Defense
Senator backs increased power for ICE agents in drug war
Call comes as the Homeland Security Department makes dealing with Mexico's drug violence a priority.
Oversight