News
Defense and VA announce joint plan to build health benefits Web site
Portal would ease access to veterans services information from both departments.
Oversight
First-term House Dems win earmarks while dueling over mantle of reform
Freshmen accounted for $263 million in personal, single-sponsor earmarks.
Pay & Benefits
Federal workforce growing more diverse, says OPM
Government boasts more minorities than general labor force, but Hispanics and women still underrepresented.
Defense
DHS chief defends grant funding, new satellite office
Congress won't see department transition plan before the incoming administration.
Pay & Benefits
Pushing Preferences
President Bush wants to expand a special hiring program for military spouses beyond Defense agencies.
Pay & Benefits
Vets' groups urge IT budget boost for benefits processing
The agency would see 18 percent cut under president’s 2009 request.
Defense
Air Force chief lays out new strategy
Says service must dominate air and space -- both real and cyber -- to keep nation safe.
Defense
General bemoans glut of Air Force contract protests
Contract for huge airborne tanker program to be awarded by the end of this month, but commander fears protest against it already has been written.
Pay & Benefits
Pay reforms said to need scrutiny, care-taking
Pay-for-performance systems susceptible to bias and money woes, witnesses tell House panel.
Oversight
Bush urges federal agencies to purchase from blind, severely disabled
President promotes a federal procurement initiative that provides jobs for disabled Americans.
Oversight
House chairman calls for ban on earmarks in fiscal 2009 spending bills
The rest of the Democratic leadership have largely ignored the GOP's push for earmark reform.
Defense
Lawmaker: New amphibious ships should be nuclear
Gene Taylor, D-Miss., also repeated his demand that the Marine Corps' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle be redesigned.
Management
Outside Job
As IT contracts expand, striking a balance between oversight and flexibility isn’t easy.
Defense
Defense agency submits blast-proof budget request for White House communications
Proposal includes development of network for president and other top officials that could operate after nuclear blast.
Defense
Pentagon management of multiyear procurements questioned
Defense Department unable to justify savings from using contracts that do not require annual reauthorization, GAO finds.
Oversight
HHS secretary could be held in contempt for withholding information
House committee pressures FDA to release briefing notes on hearing about controversial new drug.
Defense