Oversight
Senate confirms procurement policy chief
Daniel Gordon will make strengthening the acquisition workforce a top priority.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Watchdog notes scheduling issues with visitor-tracking project
Homeland Security is operating the exit portion of the project off multiple, uncoordinated timelines, GAO says.
Defense
GAO: Defense lost track of 72,000 combat medical records
Missing post-deployment health questionnaires help identify issues that emerge over time.
Oversight
Grassley: Nominees are lax on compliance
Many of the president's nominees have had tax troubles.
Defense
Navy: Newest carrier will be ready in 2015
Construction of the carrier and the ship's systems will cost $8.7 billion.
Oversight
House panel pushes for answers on Social Security backlog
SSA is hiring more employees to tackle disability claims and conducting video hearings to expedite process, commissioner says.
Oversight
Rule could slow Pentagon’s revolving door
Senior officials now will need approval from an agency ethics officer before taking a Defense contractor job.
Oversight
Lawmakers demand answers on FAA outage
Glitch on Thursday caused hundreds of delayed and canceled flights.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Medicare agency to post payment data on public Web site
Online tracker aimed at exposing wasteful spending , but sparks privacy concerns.
Defense
GAO finds extensive fraud in disabled veteran-owned small biz program
Watchdog audited 10 firms and discovered more than 100 allegations of misconduct.
Oversight
Auditor and lawmakers are skeptical of stimulus data
GAO finds recipients listed tens of thousands of jobs from projects where they had yet to report any spending.
Oversight
NRC weighs sanctions against VA in prostate cancer treatment errors
Regulator finds several patients might have suffered adverse consequences, including cancer recurrence.
Oversight
Impending federal retirements could spur agencies to reassess needs
Supervisors require new skills in a changing workforce, report says.
Defense
Bill would allow foreign contractors to be sued in U.S. courts
Legislation named for deceased Army lieutenant colonel would make it easier to suspend and debar non-complying companies.
Defense
GAO: Security agency is making progress, but still falling short
Report says Federal Protective Service needs to pay more attention to resource allocation, technology and information management.
Defense
Analysts: Defense industry will survive flatter budgets
Contractors have benefited from a 60 percent spike in procurement and research and development accounts in the last eight years.
Oversight
Panel: Treasury nominee made tax errors
Committee says undersecretary for international affairs pick has taken steps to bring her tax returns into compliance.
Oversight
GOP senators are not optimistic about effort to end TARP
The measure, which Republicans hope to attach to bill raising the debt ceiling, would end bailout program on Dec. 31.
Defense