Oversight

TSA contracting exemption to end next month

Agency will have to follow Federal Acquisition Regulation beginning June 23.

Oversight

House members create caucus to fight contracting abuse

Group might aim to counteract many members' belief that the administration's failure to stop contracting abuses and waste necessitates quick passage of new restrictions.

Defense

Virginia senator: McCain 'missing the boat' on veterans' benefits bill

Republican presidential hopeful argues that Democrat Jim Webb's amendment to increase education benefits would undermine the military's retention efforts.

Defense

Pentagon issues regulations applying federal labor relations rules to pay system

Changes to the National Security Personnel System are required under a law passed last year.

Oversight

A Punishing Mood

Voters are clearly still very upset with Republicans and don't seem to have finished venting their spleens.

News

Day of Remembrance

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News

Headline of the Day

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Defense

Senate gives FDA $265 million in Defense supplemental ’08 funding

Funds would expand agency’s inspections of foreign drug plants and food products, but faces Bush veto.

Defense

Committee accuses DHS of double-counting small business figures

House Homeland Security panel wants greater oversight of how agency disperses its contracting funds.

Defense

House chairman blasts VA move to set up panel on soldier suicides

Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., instead calls for “immediate action” to provide mental health evaluations for discharged service members.

Defense

ICE chief urges lawmakers to tour detention facilities

Julie Myers on Friday defended how her agency treats illegal immigrants being held in facilities across the country.

Defense

House-passed bill seeks better coordination between State and Defense

Amendment would establish a 12-member panel to review how the two departments, as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development, collaborate on overseas national security issues.

Oversight

CMS clears hurdles to collaborate with Food and Drug Administration on drugs

The two agencies will share access to a database containing comprehensive information about the safety and side effects of prescription drugs.

Pay & Benefits

New bill would provide grad student scholarships for service

Bipartisan legislation would offer tuition and living expenses, and allow noncompetitive hiring of scholarship recipients.

Pay & Benefits

TSP and Taxes

A primer on the tax implications of withdrawals from your Thrift Savings Plan account.

News

Unbanning Sex in Afghanistan

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Fill Out Census Form, Get Gift Card?

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Defense

From Nextgov.com: Hill: Regulatory groups fail to protect power grid from cyberattacks

Federal regulatory commission says it needs more authority to force plants to tighten security for computer networks.

Defense

Coast Guard maritime casualty investigations hindered by poor management, IG finds

Service releases five-year plan to improve safety, but more resources are needed.

Oversight

OMB issues guidance for evaluating federal acquisition processes

Agencies must use a standard template to assess procurement strengths and weaknesses by fiscal 2009.