Pay & Benefits
Berry: OPM is ahead of schedule on security clearance reforms
Personnel chief is confident about meeting a 2004 intelligence law mandate for reducing processing times.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Top CIO unveils cloud computing storefront
Site will help agencies hand off IT operations and service to vendors in the coming months.
Defense
Watchdog: Inadequate staffing has hampered oversight of DHS technology procurement
Department is hiring more full-time employees for its CIO office.
Defense
Top admiral affirms commitment to 313-ship fleet
Anything smaller would jeopardize the Navy’s ability to meet future mission requirements, CNO says.
Defense
Mullen: Afghan war needs 'more resources'
Joint Chiefs chairman says the United States probably will have to send more troops to Afghanistan to quell rising violence there.
Pay & Benefits
Legal Services Corporation employees vote to unionize
Union says LSC’s use of outside counsel was illegal, but declines to sue.
Defense
Government lags behind broadcasters in using video
The military is trying to do what the broadcast industry makes appear easy -- store and tag video and photography with data that makes it searchable.
Defense
Air Force to issue draft request for new tankers soon
No decision has been made on whether the Air Force or the Pentagon's acquisition executive will run the new procurement effort.
Oversight
Three-Part Disharmony
Democrats have three competing schools of thought on the political landscape.
News
From Nextgov.com: Lawmakers join forces on cybersecurity legislation
Senate committees coordinate on a comprehensive bill to strengthen protections against hackers.
News
State urged to cancel Kabul embassy security contract
Department is blasted for failure to oversee contract guards and respond to scandal.
Defense
Labor group opposes Senate pay-for-performance language
Coalition claims provision in Senate’s fiscal 2010 Defense authorization bill contains loopholes that would create a “refried version” of NSPS.
Oversight