Defense
DHS: State disaster response plans lacking
Federal officials still need to improve coordination with state and local governments, review finds.
Defense
Forward Observer: Another Seat at the Table
National Guard leader would have benefited from being a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Defense
Data mining helps uncover fraud in disaster relief
GAO used technique to locate FEMA payments that were based on duplicative registration data.
Defense
Two controversial counter-terror programs share parallels
Total Information Awareness successor could be used to enhance NSA domestic eavesdropping program, former officials say.
Tech
Report: Telework could bring financial benefit to agencies
But a lack of support is hampering growth of the work-from-home concept in the government, consultants say.
Defense
FEMA abandons target date for full staffing
New director says he is no longer sure when agency will be near full capacity, cites bureaucracy as a problem.
Defense
Affidavit says Cunningham intervened on limo firm's behalf
Contract was awarded through full and open competition, and alleged letter on company's behalf is nowhere to be found, DHS says.
Defense
Bush signs supplemental spending bill
Measure to provide war, border security, Gulf Coast recovery and avian flu funding also sets discretionary spending cap for fiscal 2007.
News
HHS executive and longtime civil service leader dies
Thomas S. McFee was first federal personnel official to ascend to assistant secretary level.
Pay & Benefits
Ensuring a Healthy Retirement
It pays to know the rules about continuing your federal health insurance coverage into retirement.
Tech
VA weighing steps to protect medical records
Subcontractor in India threatened to release 30,000 of the department’s medical records over the Internet last year.
Features