Defense
House Defense spending bill boosts R&D funds
Measure makes several adjustments to major procurement programs and fully funds president's request for a 3.1 percent pay raise for military personnel.
Defense
Pentagon IG tanker report points finger at senior officials
Report implicates more than a half-dozen senior Pentagon officials in wrongdoing, but strikes names of many other, more mid-level acquisition personnel.
Oversight
High Anxiety
Job approval ratings indicate that the public is completely unaware of what Congress has achieved.
Defense
FBI, Santa Fe police probe attack on Los Alamos employee
The employee, Tommy Hook, had alleged financial improprieties at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Defense
Zippo fires up effort to ease TSA restrictions on lighters
Having won a battle to allow unfilled lighters on airplanes, company lobbies TSA to let passengers travel with filled lighters in checked bags.
Management
Spending bills on schedule--for now
The table is set for reversing the seemingly never-ending cycle of omnibus bills and continuing resolutions, but there will be many opportunities for the process to unravel.
Tech
Government to spearhead creation of e-healthcare system
New panel tasked with overseeing creation of digital health records system.
Defense
Pentagon misses deadline for releasing base-closing data
Sens. Collins and Lieberman continue to press for the information.
Defense
Ex-federal officials question pace of FBI reforms
Members of last year's 9/11 commission, reviewing progress on recommendations, will weigh whether agency should be disbanded.
Management
House to vote on postal overhaul bill
White House and bill's sponsors continue to negotiate over military pension language.
News
GAO sustains protest of Air Force contract
Decision is unusual because agency does not usually review contract modifications after a contract has been awarded.
Oversight
Industry group lobbies to loosen requirements for disadvantaged business status
Aerospace Industries Association says limit on net worth is too restrictive and outpaced by inflation.
Management
FSS chief retires as Congress, industry question reorganization plan
Senior official announces retirement a day after release of draft plan that she worked on to merge her service with FTS.
Management
Appropriators wary of requiring OMB to rate programs
Lawmakers fear legislation would give the White House too much control over agency activities.
Defense
Defense ends conversations with unions over personnel system
Union leaders say meetings accomplished little, if anything.
Defense
Bush directive clarifies information sharing responsibility
Move is intended to resolve ambiguities in the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act.
Defense
Union criticizes punishment of Border Patrol agents
National Border Patrol Council denounces the punishment given to agents who allegedly received money from landlords while stationed along the border.
Management