Oversight
GAO: Administration must sustain progress on real property management
Despite reforms and improvement, challenges remain in overhauling how the government handles its real estate.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: GSA will retain oversight of contract to build Recovery.gov
The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board opted to allow the agency to manage the contract to shorten the project’s time frame and rely on its contracting skills.
Defense
House to work on approps, Senate on Defense
Pay/go, food safety bills are also on next week's congressional agenda.
Defense
Panel rejects Obama's biggest Defense cuts
President Obama has threatened to veto any Defense bill that contains unwanted funding for the F-22 fleet.
Oversight
Deputy OPM nominee receives bipartisan support at hearing
Christine Griffin, a longtime disability advocate, is expected to tackle diversity and management issues in the federal workforce.
Defense
Republican fires back at Democrats over CIA's secret program
Democrats claim they did not know about the now-canceled program to assassinate terrorists.
Pay & Benefits
Panel recommends reform of Pentagon pay system
Draft report supports current moratorium on NSPS conversions, but does not call for elimination of personnel system.
Pay & Benefits
Student Aid
A government benefit that erases student loan debt for some public servants has a few catches.
Defense
Senators seek to add workforce provisions to Defense bill
Amendment includes language ironing out differences in treatment of unused sick leave in the two federal employee retirement systems.
Defense
Work on Defense bill slows in Senate
Armed Services panel leader says he is unable to get agreement on his pending amendment to strip funding for F-22 fighter jets the administration did not request.
Oversight
State Department launches quadrennial review
Secretary Clinton announces a plan to examine department resources and promote interagency coordination.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: GSA to launch online storefront for cloud computing services
Site will be modeled after commercial online businesses such as Amazon.com to speed IT purchases , federal CIO Vivek Kundra says.
Oversight
Senator vows closer look at Alaska native contracts
Oversight panel chairwoman says Thursday hearing will help her decide whether to introduce legislation scaling back preferences for ANCs.
Defense
White House opposes Senate plan to eliminate senior Pentagon positions
Lawmakers want to give 23 deputy undersecretaries at Defense lower-ranking titles.
Pay & Benefits
Agency heads discuss possibilities for joint wellness programs
Green space, farmers markets and centralized child care are among the ideas on the table to brighten the atmosphere at four neighboring agencies.
Oversight