Pay & Benefits
GAO to seek input from employees on changes to new pay system
Acting comptroller general says feedback is necessary to making the system "transparent and inclusive."
Tech
Government slow to implement ID system
Witnesses at House hearing say agencies have distributed just 3 percent of new credentials and lack the technology to use them.
Oversight
Panel doesn't expect letup in air traffic congestion
Recent report calls for capping the number of flights out of New York, more steps to ease delays.
Defense
Lawmaker plans to attach strings to missile defense funds
Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif., says she does not want to commit to systems in Europe unless both countries central to the plans formally agree to host them.
Pay & Benefits
Fair Trade
Members of the Thrift Savings Plan advisory council comment on new restrictions to interfund transfers.
Oversight
Mismanagement, not technology, caused Census handheld trouble, auditors say
Hill hears that a 'failure of government not contract performance' was to blame for forgoing handheld computers for 2010 census.
Oversight
Trade group weighs in on Blackwater, IBM
Official with the Professional Services Council says contracting is not driven by politics as often as it appears to be.
Defense
Another troop surge in Iraq 'pretty remote,' general says
Petraeus says he would be able to reposition U.S. forces in Iraq to respond to hot spots in the country.
Defense
Committee Republicans blast inaction on DHS authorization bill
Annual authorization legislation helps lawmakers direct sprawling department, which has grown in size and budget every year since it was created in 2003.
Pay & Benefits
VA pay hurts recruiting of medical personnel, panel says
Lawmakers say problems associated with veterans’ care highlight concerns about overall U.S. health services.
Defense
Lawmakers say ICE official sought to mask Halloween incident
Democrats question motives of Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief who allegedly ordered photos of an employee in a racially insensitive costume to be destroyed.
Oversight
FAA defends testimony of officials at panel's hearing
Agency spokeswoman says the testimony of two witnesses on safety oversight was "in no way misleading."
Management
Fostering Innovation
How federal IT managers can encourage their employees to think outside the box.
Oversight
Inspectors general detail $11.4 billion in potential savings governmentwide in fiscal 2007
Annual report cites more cooperation, prosecutions and clean audits.
Defense
Army urged to develop process to wage war in cyberspace
Director of electronic warfare calls for a more proactive program to combat enemy information campaigns.
Defense