Defense
Agency sustainability plans show the challenges of going green
Accurately gauging energy use is among the difficulties highlighted in newly released reports from 54 agencies.
Oversight
NASA contractors get help finding new jobs
Labor provides $5.3 million grant to help Texans affected by retirement of the space shuttle program.
Defense
Lawmaker finds Defense IG is doing less with more
Watchdog is drifting off-topic and publishing fewer reports despite a staff increase, report says.
Oversight
Plea agreement for ex-special counsel in limbo
At hearing, judge raises questions about whether Scott Bloch must serve a minimum of a month in jail.
Oversight
Interior seeks more resources to oversee offshore oil and gas activities
Request for additional funding and personnel comes in response to oversight board report.
Oversight
Budget experts plan tour to tout deficit measures
Former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker calls fiscal situation a "ticking time bomb."
Oversight
Hearings set for OMB nominee
Jacob Lew will answer questions from Senate budget and oversight committees next week.
Defense
Hundreds of Lockheed Martin execs take buyout offer
A quarter of the top officials at the government's biggest contractor will leave the company.
Defense
Defense insourcing to continue at military services
Pentagon allows thousands of job conversions to proceed despite a reported lack of savings, sparking outcry from contractors.
Oversight
Shifting Seats
With many races in play, a GOP takeover in the Senate is becoming less of a long shot.
Oversight
Burning Question: Do young managers discriminate against older workers?
Can they learn how to work effectively with people who have a lot more experience?
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: VA completes education claims system in time for fall semester
Fully automated network works through complex calculations to determine veterans’ tuition payments and housing allowances under the 2008 GI bill.
Oversight
Defense contractor employee pleads guilty to bribery
Dorothy Ellis is the latest to be ensnared in a bid-rigging probe at an Army base in Kuwait.
Defense
DHS boosts its border workforce and technology
Border and immigration enhancements help drive Homeland Security’s varied purchases.
Oversight
Collaboration-minded feds see barriers to working together
Nevertheless, mid-level managers are forging new relationships and building bridges across departments and agencies.
Oversight
Agency aims to play matchmaker with new hiring tool
The national intelligence office is developing a site that would pair job applicants with suitable federal vacancies.
Oversight
BP oil spill proves fertile ground for procurement
Federal agencies have spent almost $126 million in Gulf Coast contracts.
Oversight
Postal Service looks for ways to reduce labor costs
Agency will ask unions for changes in employee scheduling, wages and benefits, official says.
Defense
Improper time-and-materials contracts prove costly
IG raps Army for lack of competition, weak oversight for war zone work.
Defense