Oversight
Plan to relocate FBI headquarters advances
Senate resolution would consolidate satellite offices and boost security.
Defense
Air Force will not inform families of landfill remains
Service says decision is in keeping with the families' wishes.
Oversight
Labor Department asks contractors to step up hiring of disabled workers
Specific target of 7 percent seen as more effective than ‘good faith effort.’
Oversight
Obama open government project critiqued by transparency groups
Inadequacies highlighted at Commerce, Defense, Homeland Security and Justice.
Oversight
Rule gives agencies more flexibility to rent vehicles
The new policy increases the amount of time the government can rent a vehicle without committing to a yearlong lease, a change the administration expects will save money.
Oversight
Senate GOP blocks consumer bureau nominee
Move raises possibility of recess appointment for Richard Cordray.
Oversight
House passes third regulatory reform bill under veto threat
REINS Act would require congressional approval of major new rules.
Oversight
Gingrich would tap John Bolton for secretary of State
Senate Democrats filibustered Bolton in 2005, before he won a recess appointment as ambassador to the United Nations.
Defense
Pentagon moves against conversion of in-house work to contractors
Union applauds stepped-up enforcement and proposal to apply it governmentwide.
Oversight
USPS, unions extend contract negotiations again
Deadline has been moved back more than a week, to Dec. 16.
Oversight
Another legislative standoff looms
Democrats say they'd make Republicans regret leaving for Christmas without a deal on extending the payroll tax holiday.
Oversight
Fraud persists within U.S. Postal Service
New inspector general report reveals letter carriers who stole mail and collected false payments.
Oversight
Senator would expand whistleblower protections to contractors
Claire McCaskill cites Recovery Act as model legislation for exposing waste and fraud.
Oversight
Now It’s Newt
Newt Gingrich looks to be the last man standing in the race to be the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney.
Oversight
White House pushes to confirm chief of consumer bureau
Media blitz aims to pressure senators before Thursday vote on Cordray nomination.
Defense
Navy seeks boost from biofuels
Announcement is part of President Obama's goal of advancing a domestic biofuels industry capable of powering vehicles that now use diesel and jet fuel.
Oversight
FAA head Babbitt takes voluntary leave of absence
Deputy administrator to step in following Babbitt’s drunk driving arrest Saturday.
Oversight
House-passed regulatory reforms face uphill battle
Fate of two bills in Senate is uncertain, and the president has threatened vetoes.
Oversight
Senate-passed Defense bill would cap contractor pay
Reimbursement ceiling of $400,000 would apply to all defense company employees.
Oversight