Defense
Defense aims to use interagency contracts judiciously
Top Pentagon procurement policy official says GSA must provide data to show its Multiple Award Schedule deals are valuable.
Defense
Petraeus wins unanimous Senate vote
General was tapped by Obama last week after the resignation of the Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
Defense
Appropriations panel chairman releases $75B supplemental draft
Supplemental package would provide $45.5 billion in discretionary funding, with $37.12 billion slated for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Oversight
Interior fines BP for filing false onshore drilling reports
Officials say company willfully filed erroneous reports related to operations on tribal lands in southern Colorado.
Oversight
Panel OKs Commerce, Justice and Science bill, takes no stand on moon missions
Legislation would provide the $19 billion that Obama requested for NASA, but would withhold funding on the manned space program.
Oversight
With budget cake, Americans want to have it, eat it, too
Survey respondents want states to balance their budgets without federal help, but don't like any of the options for accomplishing that.
Oversight
Senator opens investigation of Arlington Cemetery contractors
Probe comes in response to IG findings that outdated records system led to hundreds of graves being misidentified, unmarked.
Oversight
OMB charts performance improvement course
Focus will shift from data collection to using performance information to achieve better results.
Defense
Pentagon cost-cutting efforts touch on procurement
Defense officials are aiming for 2-3 percent savings annually through more efficient purchasing.
Oversight
Driving Into the Ditch
Fewer and fewer lawmakers remain in the middle of the road, where consensus and compromise form.
Oversight
Small business owners air contracting frustrations
At public meeting, entrepreneurs, advocates call for reduced bundling and strengthened oversight of small business programs.
Oversight
White House to move slowly on inherently governmental IT jobs
But Congress could pass language that contractors worry could foster arbitrary insourcing rather than support strategic cost-analysis.
Defense
Unions set wish list for new TSA administrator
Collective bargaining is top priority for groups seeking to represent 40,000 agency employees.
Oversight
Sen. Robert Byrd, dead at 92
Senate's longest-serving member was one of the most influential lawmakers of his era.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Pentagon orders system to track soldiers for brain injuries
After years of criticism for not properly diagnosing and treating troops affected by battlefield explosions, Defense calls for a database that would alert physicians to check for hard-to-detect concussions and brain damage.
Oversight
Agencies get tips on keeping better travel logs
Reporting requirements hold them accountable for decisions to upgrade employees from coach class.
Oversight
Procurement officials face mounting pressures
A flurry of policy changes creates an implementation headache for top acquisition managers.
Oversight
Bill places limits on contractor spending
House passes legislation that restricts many recipients of federal funds from unlimited spending on campaign ads.
Defense
House panel OKs $44B Homeland Security spending bill
Legislation also restores administration's proposed cuts to Coast Guard personnel and operations accounts.
Oversight