Tech

Whats Brewin: Theres Simple, Then Theres Complex

Video systems for military families and firefighters are among the easier, while Enterprise Resource Planning Systems prove more complicated.

News

Obama No Boomer

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News

DHS' Cheese Whiz

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News

Whistleblowers Win Support

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News

Diplomatic Firestorm

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Defense

Partisan charges fly over delays in approving VA funds

Stalemate over $3.7 billion boost in veterans benefits could continue into the Veterans Day holiday.

Defense

Immigration checks for contract jobs spur debate

Contractors say automated system for confirming the legal status of workers is error-prone.

Oversight

Procurement officials were well-prepared to award wildfire contracts

Prepositioned contracts for ready-to-eat meals and water helped avoid another Katrina, officials say.

News

IRS modernization program moves forward

Agency officials point to funding as an ongoing challenge.

Defense

Union leaders call for airport security training

Government needs to remove barriers to training to improve baggage screening and on-board safety, labor officials say.

Defense

Panel sets course for Army contracting overhaul

Service needs thousands more procurement personnel working on better-defined career paths, independent commission says.

Oversight

Absent Defense bill, negotiators advance $715 billion spending package

Defense appropriations measure could move separately next week; a dilemma remains over how to handle additional war-related spending.

News

Marines present armor upgrade plan for fighting vehicle

Officials say an insert could be designed to give the amphibious vehicle nearly as much protection on land as the best Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles in Iraq.

Pay & Benefits

So Many Choices, So Little Time

Open season for health, dental and vision benefits is only a week away, so it’s time to consider whether you want to make any changes to your coverage.

News

EPA to Old HQs: Good Riddance

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News

Christ, Marx and the Public Service Academy

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Oversight

Trade group calls for reforms to appointments process

Aerospace execs say the long process and pay disparities shut out strong candidates.

Defense

Senators seek to address threat of improvised bombs to U.S.

Bill is intended to strengthen the Homeland Security Department’s office of bombing prevention.

Oversight

Old tools hamper drug inspections, observers say

A relatively small investment in IT could make oversight far more effective, former agency official tells lawmakers.

Oversight

Dems pull Defense bill from 'mini-bus' spending package

Republicans are pushing for the separation of the two measures remaining in the package – the military construction-VA bill and the Labor-HHS bill.