Pay & Benefits
Bills would boost leave and retirement benefits for administrative judges
Those in certain judicial posts are getting shortchanged compared with federal executives, critics say.
Defense
Lawmakers could deal Pentagon pay system another blow
Legislative provision would move NSPS employees back to the General Schedule unless Defense demonstrated improvements.
Oversight
OMB will allow agencies to set their own performance priorities
Move shows administration is learning from the mistakes of its predecessors, one observer says.
Defense
DHS could be overestimating costs of new border agents
High locality pay figures might be driving up anticipated price tag, according to GAO analysis.
Oversight
Animal rights views slow OMB regulatory nominee
Case appears to be an example of individual senators with specific, local concerns using their power to hold up a nominee.
Editor's Notebook
The Age of the Chiefs
Government’s chief officers have a whole new set of challenges.
Features
Show Us The Money
Chief financial officers are under enormous pressure to meet new reporting requirements with outdated financial systems.
Features
Racing To Innovate
President Obama’s technology-focused policies stand to infuse chief information officers with more authority and influence.
Features
Guarding Networks
Heightened awareness about the sorry state of cybersecurity might be just what chief information security officers need to finally be heard.
Features
Big Spenders
Government’s top procurement officials scramble to award unprecedented amounts of contract funds.
Features
The People Shuffle
The federal workforce is shifting and growing at a fierce rate, and human capital chiefs are in the middle of it.
Defense
Forward Observer: War Without End?
The Global War on Terror risks turning into an open-ended and pricey commitment in which the United States instigates fights rather than remaining on the defensive.
Defense
Republicans to use authorization markup to mount security offensive
GOP lawmakers criticize Democrats for decreasing missile defense funding over fiscal 2009.
Oversight