News
Government per diem rates get boost in fiscal 2010
GSA announces slight increase from fiscal 2009 in allowance for federal employees on official travel.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: OMB requires agencies to submit FISMA reports via online tool
Security specialists doubt the new rule will do much to improve computer network protection.
Oversight
Former top Labor official charged in Abramoff investigation
Horace Cooper, former chief of staff for the Employment Standards Administration, faces a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.
Pay & Benefits
OPM decides to keep application form on USAJobs
Agency requests comment on the impact of the form on HR workers.
Tech
Goodbye XYZ. Hello, Generation C
Age may not determine where workers fall on the generation spectrum.
Oversight
Group finds earmarks drop in fiscal 2010 appropriations
Total amount of earmark funding for the nine bills fell from $2.87 billion to $1.99 billion.
Oversight
Vetting vexes State Department
High-level nominees face burdensome security clearance process. And at the lower levels, it's even worse.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Obama’s e-health agenda receives cash infusion
Administration officials this past week have publicly tied the benefits of health IT to the president’s larger, more controversial health care reform effort.
Oversight
Yucca Mountain funding nears its demise
The Energy Department is slated to keep the project open on paper for a year while developing an alternative plan for storing nuclear waste.
Oversight
Hill balks at most Obama budget cuts
Only four of president's proposals to slash nonmilitary spending have been approved.
Oversight
HHS announces plans for research on specific medical conditions
Recovery Act investment stirs concerns about health care rationing among opponents of congressional reform proposals.
News
Congress weighs program to groom Defense civilian leaders
Legislation is aimed in part at helping department recruit and train thousands of acquisition employees.
Oversight