Oversight
Administration seeks help in selling off excess federal buildings
Seven-member panel of experts would examine status of 14,000 vacant facilities and 55,000 underutilized buildings.
Oversight
Senate passes stopgap funding bill, averts shutdown
Two-week continuing resolution keeps government funded through March 18.
Defense
Senior lawmakers wary of nuclear agency budget increase
Obama budget would give agency a 5 percent funding hike to $11.8 billion.
Oversight
Bills target tax-delinquent feds, contractors
Measures would exempt companies and individuals working with the IRS on payment plans.
Defense
Pentagon chief defends tanker decision
Gates says any protest of the lucrative contract award is unlikely to be successful.
Oversight
Reid says Senate will pass two-week spending extension this week
House Democrats appear to be on board with the $4 billion in proposed cuts in the GOP’s stopgap continuing resolution.
Oversight
Subcommittee finds GSA public relations contract wasteful
Agency spent $234,000 for three-months’ communications help handling alleged contamination at facility.
Oversight
First post-spill deep-water drilling permit approved
Interior official dismisses the notion that the move was politically motivated in light of two hearings this week on the department's budget.
Oversight
House GOP content to keep punting on spending
If a deal can't be reached, then Republican members would be OK with a series of two-week extensions for the rest of fiscal 2011, majority leader says.
Oversight
GAO report: Eliminating program duplication could save 'billions'
Senator says inventory makes lawmakers and executive branch officials look like "fools" for failing to track and eliminate areas of overlap.
Oversight
Sunny-Side Up
Economic indicators are heading to a place where President Obama could win reelection.
Oversight
Watchdog: Postal Service proposals could undermine funding of retiree benefits
Potential changes also wouldn’t get USPS’ finances back in the black, OPM inspector general finds.
Oversight
Short-term spending deal doesn't lessen pressure on rest of year
Two-week extension might do little to soften positions over a broader funding measure for the rest of the fiscal year.
Oversight
Information on contractors’ past performance remains spotty
Agency officials must be more diligent about entering comprehensive reports, witnesses tell Commission on Wartime Contracting.
Oversight
Congress has time to work out spending deal
Shutdown appears less likely as Congress works on short-term plan.
Oversight
Inspector general backs NOAA in climate-change dispute
Review of internal e-mails in response to Sen. Inhofe’s charges finds no evidence that federal scientists manipulated data or bypassed peer review.
Oversight
Shutdown? What shutdown?
If the broader government closes up shop, some self-funded agencies will be immune to the effects.
Oversight