Management
GAO seeks money, staff to expand oversight role
Comptroller general also urges greater transparency in government financial and budget reporting.
Defense
Defense agency, GSA weigh adopting Treasury contract shop
Agency is aiming to give FedSource a new home by Sept. 30; customers could face service disruptions.
Defense
Homeland Security officials defend 2008 budget plans
All but $6 million of a $106 million increase for new division would go toward program to track visitors.
Tech
Auditors urge DHS to assess privacy risks in data-mining program
Project has the potential to misidentify people and mistakenly associate them with terrorism or other crimes.
Defense
Air Force expects future airlift fleet to exceed 300 planes
Service expects to know this summer how many long-distance aircraft it will need to support and transport burgeoning ground forces.
Defense
Inspectors general probe fraud, profiteering in Iraq
Office of the special IG for Iraq reconstruction has 79 ongoing investigations and has referred 28 cases to the Justice Department for prosecution.
Defense
Homeland Security chief challenges logic of screening all cargo
Legislation dealing with cargo security is pending in Congress.
News
Science agency asks lawmakers to boost staff funding
Director says agency also needs more automated tools to ease employees’ workload.
News
TSP board picks insider as new director
New chief executive has a mix of private sector and federal experience, recently oversaw first participant survey in 15 years.
Tech
OMB sets security standards for Windows computers
Requirements are intended to reduce vulnerabilities and save time and money, but observers caution they aren’t a cure-all.
Defense
Pentagon adds 35,000 employees to new personnel system
Latest installment will bring the total number of civilians working under the performance-based pay system to 113,000.
News
High court hears case on right to sue federal employees
Case argued Monday has the potential to make it easier for private citizens to bring cases against individual government workers.
Defense
DHS still faces hurdles tracking visitor exits by land
Agency still years away from being fully able to verify departures, panelists tell lawmakers.
Defense
Osprey helicopter nears overseas deployment
Skeptics are concerned unresolved safety issues could make the hybrid aircraft vulnerable during combat.
Tech
GSA sees exodus of top officials
Departures of Senior Executive Service members higher than normal in first few months of 2007.
Oversight