News
Burning Question: Is the Obama administration coming for your fishing rod?
Angling advocates want to know if a federal task force will ban fishing.
Oversight
OMB staffer to be disciplined for threats to IG
Program examiner said his office would 'make life miserable' for OPM inspector general if he took budget complaints to Congress.
Oversight
Turning around negative view of government will take time, Obama official says
Strides in IT and human capital seen as key to improving program performance and gaining public trust.
Pay & Benefits
OMB chief calls reports federal employees are overpaid ‘misleading’
Citing education, experience of workers, Peter Orszag says they deserve the salaries they get.
Oversight
Proposals to ban earmarks continue to pick up steam
Potential amendment to jobs bill would throw up roadblocks to fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2011 measures that include directed spending.
Oversight
Eye on 2012
The quest for the GOP presidential nomination will begin in earnest next month in New Orleans.
News
Burning Question: Who do you like in the NCAA tournament?
Whatever your opinion, keep it to yourself. Office pools in the federal workplace are verboten.
News
From Nextgov.com: Army plans to create huge enterprise e-mail system
Contract would consolidate nearly 1 million accounts onto one platform and outsource the program to cut the $400 million the service spends on managing current systems.
Oversight
Court puts HUBZone firms at top of small business pecking order
U.S. Court of Federal Claims finds that Historically Underutilized Business Zone companies have priority over 8(a) and veteran-owned firms.
Oversight
Obama taps former intelligence officer to lead TSA
Labor unions take a wait-and-see approach to nomination of retired Army Maj. Gen. Robert Harding.
Defense
Northrop pulls out of tanker bid
Company says Air Force's final request for proposals for refueling tanker favors rival Boeing's 767 aircraft.
Pay & Benefits
Report shows jump in use of incentive payments
OPM says agency spending on three different kinds of bonuses increased 37 percent between 2007 and 2008.
Oversight