Management
Trial program will tie doctors’ pay to service quality
Key lawmakers agree pay-for-performance measures should be part of the fix to the Medicare physician payment formula.
Defense
Chertoff urges Latin America to back passport rules
Industry and government must accept a process for worldwide trade and travel that includes heightened security measures, DHS secretary says.
Defense
Original judge in DHS labor case to keep jurisdiction
Agency officials required to give court a status report on new labor system in nine months.
Defense
Surveillance facility opens on northern U.S. border
Homeland Security agency plans to use an unmanned aerial vehicle along the northern border in a year or two, spokesman says.
Tech
Agency FOIA administration found to be improving
But several agencies have yet to properly address how they will reduce backlogs of requests, Justice report states.
Management
House panel claims billions in savings from oversight
Government Reform Committee highlights work on issues ranging from steroids in baseball to Iraq contracting.
Pay & Benefits
Trial that could out feds alleged to have bogus degrees delayed
Proceedings will only begin next October, because of the volume of documents involved.
Defense
Immigration, customs agency may be headed for hiring spree
Manager at the cash-strapped Federal Protective Service encourages employees to look into the new openings.
Oversight
Range of Possibilities
The GOP could lose anywhere from seven to 30 seats in the midterm elections, depending on where attention shifts.
Defense
ACLU to pressure Congress over warrantless spying
Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, group has pushed consistently for proper checks and balances on government power.
News
Ex-FDA chief charged with lying about stock activities
Lester Crawford resigned from the agency in September 2005, just two months after Senate confirmation and a long stint as acting commissioner.
News