Oversight
Ousted hurricane center chief to return to previous post
Bill Proenza will go back to running the National Weather Service's southern region.
Defense
DHS encouraged to improve IT workforce planning
Current plans lack timetables, resources for implementation, GAO finds.
Defense
VA understates wait times for medical care, IG says
Agency official agrees scheduling issues need to be addressed, but challenges report’s methodology.
Oversight
Senate votes to boost bridge repairs
Underlying bill is subject to President Bush's threat to veto measures that exceed his spending requests.
Oversight
Primary Predictions
The race for the Democratic presidential nomination is more clear-cut than the Republican contest.
Oversight
Pell Grants cost shift gives appropriators funding leeway
Interest groups are hoping to benefit, but there could be pressure to simply trim bill’s overall price tag given President Bush's proposed veto.
Defense
Terrorism risk insurance bill faces budget obstacles
Measure to reauthorize and expand program for 15 years comes with possible price tag of $3.7 billion over a five-year period and $10.4 billion over 10 years.
Defense
Petraeus says troop decreases could begin in weeks
Iraq commander forecasts a return to pre-surge levels of about 130,000 American troops in Iraq by next July.
Defense
MoveOn ad against Gen. Petraeus triggers outcry
Republican leaders denounce the ad strategy, saying it amounts to a personal attack on a military general.
Defense
Administration defends secret warrants, spy satellites
Intelligence chief says administration will lose half of its ability to track and understand terrorists if changes to surveillance law are halted.
Defense
GAO renews call for Defense management chief
Department officials argue that such a position would be redundant, but watchdog agency says it is necessary to provide accountability.
Pay & Benefits
TSP to halt use of Social Security numbers as account IDs
Participants will receive new account numbers this month, in time to start using them Oct. 1.
Defense
Senator wants sections of GAO report on Iraq declassified
Specifically, Armed Services chair wants to make public details in assessment of the levels of sectarian violence in Iraq.
Oversight
GSA to transfer 250 acquisition employees
Agency will move workers in branch losing money to new jobs.
Defense