Pay & Benefits
Pentagon suspends NSPS conversions
Defense and OPM will conduct a joint review of the pay-for-performance system.
Pay & Benefits
Obama team looks to federal employee health program as a model
Senior adviser says FEHBP flexibility and efficiency are laudable.
Oversight
Transparency for stimulus spending remains a work in progress
The first weekly reports submitted by agencies vary in level of detail; most only provide general information on how the money will be spent.
Pay & Benefits
TSP participation holds steady amid economic downturn
Rate of participation stands at 84 percent, say plan officials.
Tech
From Nextgov.com: Obama CIO goes on leave after scandal at former office
Vivek Kundra has not been implicated, but will remain on leave until more is known about his former colleagues’ alleged schemes to defraud the D.C. government.
Oversight
Observers worry White House 'czars' have too much power
President's team continues to expand, despite not being cleared by Congress.
Pay & Benefits
Efforts to grant feds domestic partner benefits gain momentum
Upcoming legislation and recent court orders could force OPM to change its policies.
Oversight
Omnibus provision suspends controversial women's procurement regulation
Rule limits the number of set-asides for female-owned small businesses.
Oversight
Army modernization project faces uncertain future
With a new administration and a worsening economy, there is unprecedented pressure to trim the complex and expensive Future Combat Systems.
Oversight
Republicans band together to monitor stimulus spending
GOP senators want to ensure the money is used for its intended purposes.
Oversight
Partisan spat has oversight panel leaders trying to hit the right notes
Republican says Democrats have double standards for pursuing claims of perjury.
Pay & Benefits