Oversight
Stimulus guidance calls for more detailed reporting
Subrecipients, vendors will have to provide detailed information on how Recovery Act dollars are spent.
Oversight
Senate panel clears $32.1B Interior bill
The spending measure is $4.5 billion above the fiscal 2009 enacted level.
Oversight
Metro crash hits close to home for NOAA
Commutes to Silver Spring, Md., campus are disrupted by train collision, but no major injuries are reported among workforce.
Pay & Benefits
Personnel chief sets timeline for pay reform efforts
Administration aims to include a proposal in the fiscal 2011 budget, and to pass legislation before the midterm elections.
Defense
Amendment process for DHS spending bills attracts attention
Democratic leaders hope to finish all 12 appropriations measures before end of the fiscal year.
Defense
Senator considers buying more fighter jets for Navy
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said he does not back congressional efforts to add more F-22 Raptor fighter jets or C-17 Globemaster III cargo planes to Air Force arsenal.
Oversight
Full Plate
The same circumstances that assured Obama’s election have helped him press forward with sweeping policy proposals.
News
From Nextgov.com: In health care policy debate, some bypass White House's official Web site
Influential physicians, health IT vendors, insurers and patients find an outlet to discuss the intricacies of health reform on nongovernmental sites.
Oversight
Former Hill staffers keep working with Congress
The administration hopes to forge relationships with lawmakers by seeding departments with Hill aides.
Pay & Benefits
Employee groups push SES diversity bill
Legislation to increase number of women and minorities in the senior executive ranks faces uncertain path in the Senate.
Oversight
Obama team reaches new heights in diversity
When Bush holdovers are excluded, white men make up just under half of the people filling senior posts in the administration.
Oversight
Zients confirmed as OMB’s deputy director of management
Experienced management consultant also will serve as the first-ever chief performance officer.
Defense