Defense
Military stifles Web-based health records system
Defense medical agencies place priority on systems costing hundreds of times as much.
Oversight
Nominee to lead OMB faces difficulty in Senate
Budget committee chairman won’t commit to a vote; Democrats are concerned Jim Nussle would be unapproachable.
Defense
Panel finds mixed results for effort to train Iraqi forces
Democrats complain of "considerable difficulties" in getting information and documents from the Defense Department during the review.
Defense
Border tech program is plagued by early setbacks
First phase of program, which entails deploying mobile surveillance towers, misses deadline for becoming operational.
Defense
Border Patrol looks to hire more women, minorities
Agency sees expansion as an opportunity to increase diversity.
Defense
Lawmakers chide Marines for expeditionary vehicle woes
Program has consumed $2.3 billion already, and vehicles will cost $17 million each -- nearly three times the unit cost estimated years ago.
Oversight
House appropriators limit e-gov funding
Office of Management and Budget urges Congress to meet full funding request, but veto threat stems from unrelated provisions.
Defense
Coast Guard extends fleet upgrade contract
Lawmakers advance bill that would require the agency to take over management of the program by October 2011.
Management
Halting Harassment
With the right policies, managers can keep their agencies out of legal trouble.
Defense
New licenses get green light amid passport snarl
Accepting licenses to meet border security requirements could reduce the workload the State Department will face in issuing new passports.
Defense
USDA, Homeland Security urged to coordinate bird flu responses
GAO says agencies must define their roles in the case of a major outbreak, to head off a possible pandemic.
Defense
Immigration measure clears one hurdle, but others await
Legislation still has to pass at least two more 60-vote tests in the Senate this week, and faces opposition from conservatives on the House side.
News
GSA awards air travel contracts to 14 carriers
Agency predicts that new City Pair contracts will save the government more than $4.5 billion next year.
Pay & Benefits