Oversight
Obama creates labor-management council
The executive order does not include expanded bargaining power favored by unions.
Defense
Expanding mission of State’s Diplomatic Security Bureau concerns lawmakers, GAO
With bigger role and more dangerous posts, security service struggles to balance reliance on contractors.
Oversight
Panel unveils deficit commission bill
Legislation would establish an 18-member bipartisan commission to make recommendations to Congress on how to cut the deficit.
Defense
Commander says surge can be done quickly
Air Force Gen. Duncan McNabb says the military successfully moved almost the same number of personnel into the country this year.
Oversight
Conferees approve first part of year-end spending package
Omnibus contains six unfinished appropriations bills; second measure will address Defense spending.
Oversight
Open government directive sets tight deadlines
Agencies must deliver on several initiatives in key Obama administration effort.
Oversight
SBA braces for flood of feedback on 8(a) rule changes
About 200 people are expected to attend Washington meetings on a proposal that would change requirements for Alaska native firms and others.
Oversight
Indian trust fund lawsuit settlement proposed
Deal would set up a $2 billion fund to consolidate tribal and individual lands which may have hundreds of owners with fractional ownership interests.
Oversight
GOP senators: $7 billion wasted in stimulus
Sen. John McCain blames insufficient provisions for oversight, cost control and competition.
Oversight
House may move soon on first of two omnibus measures
Package is expected to be attached to Transportation-HUD spending legislation and to include five other non-defense appropriations bills.
Oversight
Proposal to beef up OPM role in health care met with skepticism
Some fear that expanding agency’s portfolio could adversely affect federal employees’ coverage.
Defense
Marines will be first to deploy to Afghanistan
Approximately 1,500 Marines from Camp Lejeune, N.C., will deploy in December.
Oversight
Democratic rhetoric shifts on health plan
Latest proposal is modeled after the federal employee health benefits program.
Oversight
Energy IG issues management alert over weatherization program
Lax controls and poor oversight jeopardize effectiveness of $5 billion stimulus program.
Oversight
Administration announces finalists in cost-cutting contest
Four proposals to boost efficiency make the last round; President Obama will include the winning idea in his fiscal 2011 budget.
Oversight
Managers are unsure government can handle expanded health care role
Survey respondents expect legislation will mean increased responsibility, but aren’t confident federal agencies are up to the challenge.
Defense
Forward Observer: Back To Tit For Tat
Al-Qaeda and the Taliban will respond sooner or later to Obama's surge, much like the Vietcong did during the escalation of the Vietnam War.
Oversight
Audit unit says it helped GSA save hundreds of millions of dollars
Implementation of the economic stimulus package is among the challenges the IG addressed from April to September.
Defense