Oversight
Moderate Success
Senate moderates may be the winners in the compromise negotiated over the "nuclear option."
Tech
GAO: Still not enough work on cybersecurity
National plan for critical infrastructure protection still not completed, auditors find.
Defense
Senator wants $96 million restored to DHS management
Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, says total cuts to Homeland Security management programs could endanger the new personnel system.
Tech
Treasury ends telecommunications contract
Department will use GSA contracts to fill telecom needs.
Defense
House passes military quality of life spending bill
Legislation cuts administration's request for base-closure funds by $310 million.
News
Lawmakers protest delay in program to aid women-owned small businesses
SBA announces it will implement five-year-old law requiring program; women business owners are skeptical.
Defense
Former counterterrorism czar cites creeping complacency
Richard Clarke fears the terrorist threat is growing and contends some actions of the Bush administration and Congress are counterproductive to improving security.
Defense
GAO, panel find inadequate inspection of foreign cargo
Probes indicate DHS is inspecting less than 1 percent of containers overseas and 17.5 percent of high-risk cargo.
Defense
House nixes bid to delay BRAC round
Defeats amendment to put off current round of base closures before passing fiscal 2006 defense authorization measure.
Pay & Benefits
More Flexible?
A new, longer window for private sector workers to spend money in Flexible Spending Accounts has not yet been extended to the federal workforce.
News
Interior to merge procurement operations
Two of the department's units, GovWorks and the National Business Center, currently provide procurement and business services to agencies across the government.
Defense
Armed Services panel chief retreats on proposal to limit women in combat
Agreement would require the Pentagon to give Congress 60-days notice before opening more combat roles to women.
News
Agencies relocated nearly 60,000 employees in 2003
OPM data reveals a higher number of relocations than previously estimated.
News
OMB announces 'strategic sourcing' requirement
By Oct. 1, agencies must analyze their purchasing habits and use the data to leverage their buying power on at least three commodities.
Management