Defense
Officials poised to launch tanker contest
Goal is to award a contract by the middle of next year, in the hopes of rolling the first tanker off production lines by 2015.
Oversight
Interior launches ethics program
Bureaus have 45 days to submit detailed compliance plans to headquarters.
Oversight
Lawmakers will focus on spending bills next week
One-month continuing resolution to keep government running past Sept. 30 would buy lawmakers time to finish spending bills, but additional extensions might be necessary.
Defense
DHS will discuss realignment of intelligence office
Focus of the office will be on serving state and local intelligence groups, commonly known as fusion centers.
Defense
Head of House seapower panel endorses Navy LCS plan
Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., wants a final authorization bill to include a "block buy" for the next 10 littoral ships.
Oversight
Air traffic controllers approve new contract
Vote ends three-year dispute with the Federal Aviation Administration.
Defense
Justice official keeps mum on privacy rights
Pending legislation would reauthorize and modify three provisions of the PATRIOT Act that expire at the end of this year.
Oversight
House aims for Thursday vote on stopgap spending bill
Legislation would keep the federal government running after the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30, giving lawmakers more time to finish appropriations measures.
Oversight
DCAA called out again over mismanagement
Agency leaders cite improvements to correct audit problems, but Senate panel says complete overhaul is needed.
Oversight
GAO says State Department needs to revisit hardship pay
Reports find that despite efforts, department still needs to fill posts in dangerous areas as well as beef up officers' foreign language skills.
Oversight
White House kicks off budget-cutting contest for federal employees
Winner will meet with President Obama and the submission will be included in the Executive Office's fiscal 2011 budget proposal.
Oversight
Senate is set to limit funding for White House czars
To qualify for appropriations, policy coordinators would have to appear before congressional panels and submit biannual reports to lawmakers.
Oversight
Trade group concerned about insourcing mandate
Professional Services Council says contractor jobs are being shifted in-house without measuring cost or best value.
Oversight
Small business reps accuse big contractors of pulling a ‘bait-and-switch’
Large companies are using small firms to help develop bids and then cutting them loose before they can reap their fair share of the resulting work, officials say.
Defense
Senate tees up Defense spending bill
Appropriations Committee chairman says he hopes to bring the bill to the floor as early as Wednesday.
Defense
Panel sees mounting bioterror risk
Commission says a rogue scientist working at a U.S. laboratory is the most likely threat.
Oversight
IG finds scattered workforce issues at Defense audit agency
Investigators uncover abrasive behavior that could have affected employees’ work, but few examples of intimidation.
Oversight
White House stepping up defense of consumer agency
The strategy is a reverse of the path the administration has taken on the healthcare debate, where it allowed Congress to dictate the details and stayed out of the fight until late in the process.
Oversight
Lack of Self-Awareness
Blue state Democrats don’t seem to realize their party has a problem.
Defense