Oversight
Panels are planning to consider budget resolution next week
Blueprint will be drafted ahead of Obama's detailed budget request, which is expected in April.
Oversight
Steep Price
Democrats will pay at the polls in 2010 if the economy doesn’t improve by then.
Defense
Forward Observer: Obama's Iran Strategy
Diplomacy is the least unattractive of all the options.
Defense
Archives officials urge caution on declassification policy
A forthcoming executive order from President Obama of government information could include plans to create a National Declassification Center.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: GSA awards two more contracts for secure Internet service
AT&T and Qwest join Trusted Internet Connection initiative under Networx contract.
Oversight
Obama charts path on food safety
President announces interagency working group and says funds will go toward increasing the number of food inspectors.
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