Oversight
From Nextgov.com: VA expands plan for troubled IT projects to all system development efforts
Many of the department’s 282 technology programs show at least one characteristic of failure, prompting officials to apply the management and accountability system to all projects.
Defense
Air Force will release tanker RFP on Wednesday
Pentagon officials have said they hope to award a contract this summer for the program, which is the service's top procurement priority.
Defense
Army resists immediate end to gay ban
In congressional testimony, officials recommended against a moratorium on discharging known homosexual service members until a review of "don't ask, don't tell" is completed.
Oversight
Spinning Our Wheels
Next year the makeup of Congress may be entirely different, but dysfunction will continue to reign.
Oversight
Iraq watchdog proposes new agency to manage reconstruction
An office of contingency operations is necessary to improve coordination, special inspector general says.
Oversight
Head of the Fish and Wildlife Service dies on ski trip
Colleagues and environmentalists praise Sam D. Hamilton for his vision.
Defense
AFGE seeks to represent screeners
Republicans say granting collective bargaining rights to TSA screeners could hurt national security.
Defense
Republican renews bid for multiyear F-18 deal
Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri says program's risks are worth cost savings.
Oversight
Challenges loom in expanded use of unmanned systems
Senior Air Force intelligence officer raises concerns about joint operations, airspace control.
Defense
Forward Observer: Weyand's Message
Vietnam general believed that the psychological support of the American people for hard-to-explain wars is far more important than troops, guns, bombers and tanks.
Oversight
Dems take harder fiscal stand than Obama
In reaction to spending emerging as a campaign issue, many Democratic Senate candidates are positioning themselves as more fiscally conservative than president.
Defense
New Air Force program aims to groom civilian executives
Service will designate dozens of senior positions to serve as stepping stones to the SES.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Security must be a consideration as acquisition databases are combined
GSA and IBM, which just won a $74.4 million contract to consolidate nine systems, still need to come up with a plan to protect proprietary information.
Oversight
Mississippi governor seeks to help block EPA move
Haley Barbour is drafting a letter to governors asking them to support effort to block agency from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
Oversight
House minority whip says GOP will say 'no' on health deal
Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor's comments are the latest evidence that any hope for a health agreement is probably little more than wishful thinking.
Oversight
Report finds federal regulations have delayed stimulus projects
Agencies tell GAO that requirements to purchase goods domestically and pay prevailing wages to workers have held up some Recovery Act projects.
Oversight
Senator looks into hike in HHS travel costs
Top Republican on the Finance Committee wants to know whether growth in fiscal 2008 represents a trend.
Defense
General warns of unmanned aircraft 'infatuation'
Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula says certain missions, such as carrying nuclear weapons, would likely require a pilot.
Oversight
Obama creates debt panel
Former Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., and Erskine Bowles, White House chief of staff to President Clinton, will lead commission.
Oversight