Oversight
Data shows Alaska native firms do most of their work in other states
Representative of the corporations says it is misleading to focus on where they are based or perform projects.
Oversight
Stimulus guidance calls for more detailed reporting
Subrecipients, vendors will have to provide detailed information on how Recovery Act dollars are spent.
Oversight
Senate panel clears $32.1B Interior bill
The spending measure is $4.5 billion above the fiscal 2009 enacted level.
Oversight
Metro crash hits close to home for NOAA
Commutes to Silver Spring, Md., campus are disrupted by train collision, but no major injuries are reported among workforce.
Defense
Amendment process for DHS spending bills attracts attention
Democratic leaders hope to finish all 12 appropriations measures before end of the fiscal year.
Defense
Senator considers buying more fighter jets for Navy
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said he does not back congressional efforts to add more F-22 Raptor fighter jets or C-17 Globemaster III cargo planes to Air Force arsenal.
Oversight
Full Plate
The same circumstances that assured Obama’s election have helped him press forward with sweeping policy proposals.
Oversight
Former Hill staffers keep working with Congress
The administration hopes to forge relationships with lawmakers by seeding departments with Hill aides.
Oversight
Obama team reaches new heights in diversity
When Bush holdovers are excluded, white men make up just under half of the people filling senior posts in the administration.
Oversight
Zients confirmed as OMB’s deputy director of management
Experienced management consultant also will serve as the first-ever chief performance officer.
Defense
House turns to Defense authorization, approps bills
Defense measure is expected to pass by a wide margin.
Defense
Wars test limits of law requiring insurance for overseas contractors
Labor Department is ill-equipped to monitor 1941 act designed for smaller-scale operations, witnesses tell a House subcommittee.
Defense
Agency turf battles thwart efforts to combat arms trafficking
ICE and ATF don’t coordinate operations or collect and analyze data effectively, watchdog says.
Defense
Senate approves $106 billion supplemental conference report
Bill includes $79.9 billion for the wars Afghanistan and Iraq and $10.4 billion for the State Department and foreign operations.
Oversight
House passes Commerce-Justice-Science funding bill
Lawmakers approve $64.4 billion appropriations measure after taking a record-breaking 53 votes in one day.
Oversight
Lieberman: White House was justified in firing AmeriCorps IG
Senator says he is convinced the administration followed "both the spirit and the letter of the law" in notifying Congress about the dismissal of Gerald Walpin.
Oversight
Industry concerned over details of contracting reforms
Contractor groups urge against going overboard on fixed-price contracts and on bringing jobs back in-house.
Defense
Enforcement agencies boost cooperation on drug investigations
Agreement aims to end turf battles between DEA and ICE over the handling of cross-border drug smuggling cases.
Oversight
Facing skeptics, Treasury chief defends regulatory overhaul
GOP critics say the Federal Reserve is not equipped to act as a super-regulator.
Defense