Defense
Coast Guard seeks to identify staffing shortfalls, fill gaps
Service needs congressional authorization for requested organizational changes.
News
GAO moves to expand employee protest rights in job competitions
Competitive sourcing provisions would ease restrictions on appeals to watchdog agency.
Defense
Judge advances anthrax vaccine refusal case
Pentagon must reconsider exonerating two military pilots discharged after resisting inoculations prior to FDA approval.
Oversight
NIH told patients about security breach weeks after incident
Stolen laptop contained personal information of 2,500 patients enrolled in a study.
Oversight
Justice Department grant process gets Waxman's attention
Reports allege the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded noncompetitive grants.
Defense
Armed services having trouble finding qualified recruits
Leaders say percentage of military aged Americans interested in armed services is the lowest on record.
Pay & Benefits
Move over 'American Idol,' there’s a new contest in town -- FedPitch
Contestants get two minutes to pitch their ideas for better workforce management.
Defense
Passport system breach highlights shortcomings in agency privacy practices
House chairman seeks names of State Department contractors fired for inappropriately accessing presidential candidates’ files.
News
Wear and tear adds up on military aircraft
New F-22 and F-35 fighter aircraft are coming onstream, but the Air Force and Navy will be flying many 20-to-50-year-old planes for the foreseeable future.
Oversight
Contract award protests charging conflicts of interest on the rise
As agencies rely more on outside contractors to evaluate bids, GAO sees more complaints about bias.
Oversight
House GOP eager to strip debarment provision from contracting bill
Controversial amendment could prevent some major contractors from earning future government work, critics say.
Oversight
Independent panel recommends tighter access to radioactive materials
Stricter licensing process would reduce vulnerability to terrorism.
Pay & Benefits
OPM seeks enhanced hearing benefits in federal health plan
Move would follow last year’s move by most FEHBP carriers to provide hearing benefits to children up to age 22.
Pay & Benefits
The Five-Year Test
Details of the requirements for continuing federal health benefits into retirement.
Defense
Navy must start asking Congress for more money, says analyst
The service has been mum on extra funding needs for shipbuilding; inaccurate cost estimates are undermining credibility with lawmakers.
Tech