Oversight

Senate panel to hear from auditors at troubled Defense agency

Session will focus on allegations that DCAA relies too heavily on arbitrary job performance metrics.

Pay & Benefits

House sends GAO pay bill to President Bush

Measure would reimburse more than 300 analysts who weren’t given raises for two years despite acceptable job performances.

Pay & Benefits

OPM issues guide to overhauling federal hiring process

Plan aims to streamline hiring and improve candidates' application experience.

Oversight

Lieberman shunned, oversight panel post in peril

Democrats say they were "disappointed" by the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chairman's speech at the Republican convention.

Defense

Administration threatens veto of Senate defense measure

White House vows to scrap Defense authorization bill if it includes language prohibiting the use of private security contractors for any 'inherently governmental' security functions in combat zones.

Oversight

Plotting an Endgame

Parties race to find winning strategies in two-month dash to Election Day.

News

GSA vs. NIST on Building Codes

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Oversight

From Nextgov.com: Army relies on ‘fully loaded’ SUV in hurricane response

During disasters, emergency response vehicle gives Army North access to Defense’s unclassified and classified networks.

Pay & Benefits

Capital-area feds got 2008 raises on par with private sector

Survey finds both sectors received a 4.5 percent pay boost between 2007 and 2008.

Oversight

Nuclear agency sets pace in hiring

Nuclear Regulatory Commission has become a model for agencies concerned about quickly replacing retiring workers.

Oversight

White House sidesteps question on veto of continuing resolution

Administration urges lawmakers to pass fiscal 2009 appropriations bills instead of relying on a stopgap measure.

Defense

House Democrats press FBI on 2001 anthrax attacks, security guidelines

Lawmakers also questioned whether the agency failed to help prevent the nation's mortgage crisis.

Oversight

Democrats and Republicans voice different views on government

Convention rhetoric draws the usual battle lines between the two parties on government’s role, but both McCain and Obama acknowledge its significant impact on the public.

News

McCain's Balancing Act

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News

What Vetting Feels Like

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Defense

From Nextgov.com: Scarcity of science students worries military IT officials

The United States is not training enough engineers to meet the Pentagon’s needs , panelists say.

Defense

Emergency workers keep busy in Gustav’s wake

Officials distribute generators and attempt to restore power in the face of widespread outages.

Oversight

IG questions appearance of bias in selection of DHS projects

Report finds no wrongdoing, but concludes that the science and technology directorate lacks a clear system for documenting why certain projects are chosen.

Pay & Benefits

Salary council calls for review of locality pay

Fourteen regions petition to be added as new locality pay areas to help address recruiting and retention challenges.

Oversight

McCain pledges to attack bureaucracy, limit government

Republican nominee says his administration would “set a new standard for transparency and accountability.”