Defense
Military health funding a down payment on full budget request
Congress will address full supplemental funding request in the spring.
Defense
Spending bill puts restrictions on FBI case management project
Funding partially withheld until agency reports on independent reviews of Sentinel program.
Pay & Benefits
President signs $516 billion omnibus spending bill
Measure includes 3.5 percent pay increase for white-collar federal employees, enhanced benefits.
Oversight
Probe of HUD chief heats up
Contracting decisions and deputy chief of staff remain at center of investigation.
Defense
As military begins to draw down, National Guard ramps up
Overall force levels in Iraq returning to pre-surge levels, but Guard units are mobilizing in large numbers.
Oversight
Federal tech spending gets more scrutiny
Omnibus spending bill would impose new reporting requirements on "centers of excellence" -- operations within one agency that handle back-office functions for several agencies.
News
A federal holiday poem
Observing what has been a holiday tradition at GovernmentExecutive.com since 1998, we present our annual ode to federal employees.
Defense
Funding is reserved for UAVs to monitor borders
Vehicles would be purchased with $82 million included in $2.7 billion budget for border security.
Tech
DHS readies contract to outsource data center services
Utility-based model designed to shift risk from government to industry.
Defense
Congress slashes Defense health supplemental funding request
Former military health officials, veterans groups decry the move.
Defense