Oversight
House approves financial services spending bill
Chamber narrowly passes $24.1 billion fiscal 2010 appropriations package.
Oversight
GAO: Administration must sustain progress on real property management
Despite reforms and improvement, challenges remain in overhauling how the government handles its real estate.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: GSA will retain oversight of contract to build Recovery.gov
The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board opted to allow the agency to manage the contract to shorten the project’s time frame and rely on its contracting skills.
Defense
House to work on approps, Senate on Defense
Pay/go, food safety bills are also on next week's congressional agenda.
Defense
Panel rejects Obama's biggest Defense cuts
President Obama has threatened to veto any Defense bill that contains unwanted funding for the F-22 fleet.
Oversight
Deputy OPM nominee receives bipartisan support at hearing
Christine Griffin, a longtime disability advocate, is expected to tackle diversity and management issues in the federal workforce.
Defense
Republican fires back at Democrats over CIA's secret program
Democrats claim they did not know about the now-canceled program to assassinate terrorists.
Defense
Work on Defense bill slows in Senate
Armed Services panel leader says he is unable to get agreement on his pending amendment to strip funding for F-22 fighter jets the administration did not request.
Oversight
State Department launches quadrennial review
Secretary Clinton announces a plan to examine department resources and promote interagency coordination.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: GSA to launch online storefront for cloud computing services
Site will be modeled after commercial online businesses such as Amazon.com to speed IT purchases , federal CIO Vivek Kundra says.
Oversight
Senator vows closer look at Alaska native contracts
Oversight panel chairwoman says Thursday hearing will help her decide whether to introduce legislation scaling back preferences for ANCs.
Defense
White House opposes Senate plan to eliminate senior Pentagon positions
Lawmakers want to give 23 deputy undersecretaries at Defense lower-ranking titles.
Oversight
Spending bills ready for floor with auto dealers' provision
Panel sets ground rules for House consideration of Energy and Water and Financial Services appropriations measures.
Oversight
Lawmaker prods Dems on bypassing panel with pay/go bill
House Budget Committee ranking member Paul Ryan, R-Wis., says sending bill straight to the floor "sets a troubling precedent."
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Senate approves E-Verify expansion
Amendment to Homeland Security spending bill allows employers to use electronic verification system for existing employees as well as new hires.
Oversight
IG: Alaska native firms winning a disproportionate share of 8(a) contracts
Small Business Administration watchdog releases a stinging audit days before a Senate hearing on contracting preferences for ANCs.
Defense
Air Force leaders side with Obama on fighter jet funding
Chairman of Armed Services panel expects a close vote on an amendment that would strip the Defense authorization bill of funding for extra planes.
Oversight
Obama reverses Bush-era order on labor agreements
Move clears way for agencies to encourage agreements between construction contractors and workers.
Defense
Report: Industry may be unable to meet military's needs
Group urges Pentagon to consider the impact of security strategies and budgeting and acquisition decisions on the defense industrial base.
Oversight