Defense
Report: Emergency health officers strained for time to train
More than half of the officers who responded to the 2005 hurricanes lacked previous deployment experience, IG finds.
Tech
GSA weighing tiered fee structure for telecom contracts
Such an arrangement would allow agencies that receive fewer services to pay lower overhead.
Tech
Group upgrades federal spending Web site
New feature will allow outside users to incorporate search results into their own computer applications.
Defense
Officials urge international collaboration to fight child pornography
Offenders are shifting away from pay-per-view sites to new networks, investigators say.
Tech
Google moves ahead with plan to open up federal Web sites
Three government entities are now using a publicly available tool to make reams of information more accessible to Internet searchers.
Management
Payouts to NASA contractors questioned
Officials have failed to tie award fees, which average 90 percent of the maximum amount allowed, to program outcomes, GAO finds.
Tech
Research service suggests test runs for financial system consolidation
Pilot projects may avoid costly mistakes in moving agencies to shared service centers, report says.
Management
Budget formulation needs sharper tools than spreadsheets, scholars say
Offices increasingly are called upon to link budget, program performance and cost, creating a need for sophisticated technology.
Defense
Lawmakers seek update on FBI probe of Los Alamos breach
Energy and Commerce Committee members also ask for views on aspects of the security clearance process at the Energy Department.
Management
Interior IG: Senior execs 'immune' from punishment
Rank-and-file employees are disciplined more strictly and more often than their supervisors, investigator tells lawmakers.
Management
OMB chief tells agencies to ignore earmarks not written into law
The fiscal 2007 full-year funding measure for domestic agencies signed into law Thursday by President Bush contains no new earmarks.
Defense
Navy wants more ships, aircraft than budgeted
Service wants an additional $1.7 billion to buy another LPD-17 amphibious transport dock ship next year, and $1.4 billion for 33 new planes.
Defense
DHS police thwart intruder at lawmaker’s district office
Federal Protective Service responds when military veteran allegedly enters congressman's office with a knife.
Defense
Assertion of more Iraq waste goes unsupported
Witnesses at House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing decline to endorse panel chairman’s projections of waste.
Defense
Whistleblower, ethics measures advance in House
Comparable Senate legislation awaits consideration at the committee level.
Management
New FOIA reform legislation expected soon
Measure may look like past bills, which would have required stricter enforcement of 20-day deadline for responding to information requests.
Tech
OMB seeks public input on federal spending search tool
Aggressive timeline shows the administration will develop a searchable Web site by April, and start work on a system to track subcontracts by July.
Management
Senate clears final spending measure for domestic agencies
Bill would allow the Social Security Administration to escape furloughs; falls short of Bush’s request for military base realignment.
Management