Pay & Benefits
Proposals to split SES and eliminate review boards spark debate
Group representing senior government leaders agrees with many of the other recommendations in a new report.
Oversight
Administration says it is committed to posting contracts online
Then-Sen. Obama sponsored legislation in 2008 to populate USASpending.gov with copies of government contracts.
Defense
Battle brewing over command authority
Pentagon and nation's governors are at odds over control of federal military forces and role of National Guard during domestic crises.
Defense
Senators seek funds for 12 more C-17s
President Obama does not want to buy more C-17 planes and says the military has an adequate supply.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: IG reports detail abuses in hiring, travel, bonuses at VA technology office
Allegations revolve around “inappropriate personal relationship” between former CIO and another agency official.
Oversight
New FDA facility will oversee tobacco regulation
The Center for Tobacco Products will be staffed by several hundred current agency employees and new hires.
Pay & Benefits
Paying Respects
Agencies are taking steps to make life easier for the survivors of civil servants.
Oversight
Strong management will be critical to health care reform
Administrative factors largely forgotten in the debate over plans to enhance the health system will be central to success, academies find.
Oversight
OPM creates office to oversee the Senior Executive Service
Central unit will make management of the top ranks of federal officials more efficient, personnel chief says.
Pay & Benefits
MSPB says vet’s case against federal internship program has legal merit
Ruling deals another blow to the government’s nine-year-old special hiring authority.
News
From Nextgov.com: USDA unit bans browsers other than Internet Explorer
Decision to enforce policy takes employees who work on public Web sites by surprise.
Oversight