Management
Industry sweats details of new small business rules
SBA officials say lengthy task orders and subcontracts could be addressed in future regulations.
Defense
Report: Dems should address rail security, grants process
Analysis also recommends oversight of biometric passports and stronger diplomacy.
Management
House, Senate pass landmark postal reform measure
Bill shifts burden of paying retirement benefits earned by postal workers during years they were in military service from Postal Service to Treasury Department.
Defense
Congress restores tenure of IG for Iraq reconstruction
President’s signature will extend oversight by highly successful audit office.
Defense
Defense secretary-designate backs personnel reforms
Robert Gates says pay and health benefits are key to military retention.
Tech
GSA budget document reveals revisions to IG’s requests
Document provides details on what the agency’s investigative branch has said is an attempt to “reduce serious scrutiny of the agency.”
Defense
DHS agency urged to continue retention bonus program
Nominee to become the department’s next management chief told lawmakers he will look into the issue.
Management
Congress to take up new measure to keep agencies open
Latest continuing resolution will prevent government shutdown until Feb. 15, as lawmakers continue to debate fiscal 2007 spending bills.
Management
Pet projects holding up extension of stopgap funding measure
None of the fiscal 2007 appropriations bills for domestic programs have been enacted; current continuing resolution expires Friday.
Management
Agency pledges to improve oil, gas royalty compliance reviews
Minerals Management Service will address problems with data accuracy and procedural and reporting flaws.
Tech
Incoming House chairman proposes restructuring of oversight panel
Soon-to-be head of the Government Reform Committee wants to streamline its subcommittees.
Tech
Lawmakers question GSA chief’s plans for agency auditors
Legislators ask Administrator Lurita Doan to explain why she is trying to limit the work of GSA’s inspector general.
Defense
Senators supportive of Bush’s pick for DHS management chief
Nominee would face hurdles, including a department with “deep divisions between employees and management,” lawmakers note.
Management
VA health funding fix might help avert government shutdown
Current continuing resolution runs out Friday; House and Senate likely to pass another measure keeping agencies open until Feb. 15.
Defense
Bipartisan panel urges agencies to order civilians to Iraq
Agencies may have to rely on “directed assignments” to deal with shortfall in key personnel in the country, Iraq Study Group says.
Management
Update to GSA acquisition structure leaves questions
Reporting relationship between regional offices and agency's headquarters remains murky.
Tech
FBI seeks extra funding to avoid delays on tech upgrade
Bureau must come up with $157 million by February to enter contract for second stage of project.
Management
Pay-for-performance prospects dim, OMB official says
Management chief Clay Johnson says Democratic Congress unlikely to approve legislation tightening link between pay and performance ratings.
Management
Legislators make last-ditch push on postal bill
House Government Reform panel leaders are advancing a proposal they say has a chance of passage this week, but it’s unclear how the Senate will react.
Management