Oversight
Trend or Fluke?
A new poll that shows independents warming to the role of government could signal an important shift
Oversight
Tax delinquency no impediment to contracts with IRS
As the revenue service reviews company delinquency claims, it continues to pay offending firms millions under contracts, report finds.
Pay & Benefits
USPS, union reach tentative agreement
New contract would protect against layoffs, limit `excessing’ and raise salaries by 3.5 percent.
Oversight
Federal mentors dispense wisdom on YouTube
Top government leaders offer career advice in online videos for young employees.
Oversight
New GSA acquisition chief calls for government-contractor cooperation
Mindy Connolly aims to reduce the burden on industry and to develop better dialogue.
Defense
Elite U.S. counterterror forces facing cuts
Resources are heavily taxed by the operational tempo in Afghanistan and Pakistan, officials said.
Defense
Government uses new and old media to get its message out after Japan disaster
Press conferences, Twitter help agencies disseminate information on tsunami effects in the U.S.
Oversight
Corporate leaders advise government on personnel, contracting issues
The new Management Advisory Board is working with the White House on operational management issues.
Oversight
White House officially begins government reorganization
Presidential memo directs top aides to look for ways to reduce duplication in trade and export agencies.
Oversight
SEC told to reorganize and live within its means
House hearing on conflict-of-interest charges involving former general counsel leaves agency battling for public trust and increased funding.
Defense
Is D.C. prepared for a tsunami?
Complicating a mass evacuation would be various emergency contingency plans put in place by the federal government.
Oversight
New continuing resolution shows GOP’s strong hand
Plan could be considered by the full House as soon as Tuesday.
Oversight
HHS regulations follow Obama waiver endorsement
Rules leave room for states to jigger the health care law's 'essential benefits' package.
Oversight
Analysis: and the winner of the pay debate is . . .
Wednesday's House panel hearing on whether federal workers are underpaid or overpaid laid bare a possible route to reform of the GS system.
Oversight
House subcommittee votes to curb EPA authority
Plan would reduce the agency's ability to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.
Oversight
Report: Innovation in developing leaders is crucial in a time of tight resources
Leadership development should be narrow and focused on specific qualities, observers say.
Oversight
Wisconsin Senate limits collective-bargaining rights of public unions
A conference committee stripped all of the spending measures out of the bill and sent it back to the Senate.
Oversight
Dems still looking for path on spending
Both the House-passed Republican and the Senate Democratic budget plans, as predicted, failed in the Senate on Wednesday.
Oversight
Army skeptical of fixed-price contracts
Service’s top acquisition official tells industry group he prefers cost-type contracts so that vendors share in the financial risk.
Oversight