Oversight
Trade group lobbies to loosen requirements for disadvantaged business status
Aerospace Industries Association says net worth limit is restrictive and outpaced by inflation.
News
From Nextgov.com: Info security chiefs weigh new approaches to looming threats
Many users of federal systems still are not grappling with the security implications of their actions.
Oversight
Collaborative Internet tools making inroads into intel agencies
Problems and skepticism still abound, but continued information sharing should win over doubters, says ODNI official.
Oversight
Officials: Government’s finances still are not in order, despite progress
Financial overseers say agencies have improved money management, but have a long way to go.
Pay & Benefits
Monster launches new hiring software tool tailored to federal agencies
Program will take agencies and applicants from job posting through the first day.
Oversight
House narrowly approves budget over Republican protests
Measure includes $1.013 trillion in discretionary spending to be doled out among the 12 annual appropriations bills; projects a $340 billion deficit in fiscal 2009.
Defense
Defense chief asks two Air Force officials to resign
The Air Force has been involved in several high-profile scandals in the last year.
Defense
Lawmaker seeks to require military to buy U.S.-bred bomb-sniffing dogs
Most military dogs now come from fabled European bloodlines.
Oversight
Obama, McCain give boost to contract data legislation
Presidential rivals team up to back bill increasing information available through USASpending.gov.
Pay & Benefits
Home Sweet Home
House approves bill to expand telework opportunities across government.
Oversight
Senate passes fiscal 2009 budget resolution along party lines
Measure would cap discretionary spending at $1.013 trillion, $21 billion more than President Bush requested.
Pay & Benefits
Supreme Court and EEOC grapple with age discrimination questions
Court expands federal employee rights in retaliation cases; proposed rule could make discrimination tougher to prove.
Oversight
House passes SES diversity legislation
Bill creates an office within OPM that will collect data about senior executives.
Oversight
Critics want panel to more closely scrutinize DHS E-Verify initiative
Department has not asked advisory committee to report on program enabling employers to electronically verify the legal status of newly hired workers.
Pay & Benefits