Oversight
Administration touts rapid stimulus spending on transportation projects
Federal agencies have helped states exceed Recovery Act goals, officials say.
Defense
Senate panel adds seven F-22s to fiscal 2010 bill
The White House has threatened to veto any authorization measure that continues F-22 production.
Defense
Democrats split over Afghanistan exit demands
Defense bill amendment demanding the Obama administration produce an exit strategy for the war in Afghanistan fails.
Oversight
House approves Homeland Security spending bill
Republicans complain Democrats are placing inappropriate limits on amendments.
Defense
Administration calls language gutting Pentagon pay system ‘premature’
The results of an ongoing review will help lawmakers make informed decisions about the future of the pay-for-performance arrangement, White House says.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Cyber Command creation leaves key details to be addressed
Defense Secretary Robert Gates mandates new organization ; operational, budget issues to be sorted out in coming months.
Defense
Mass. lawmakers urge Army to keep multimillion-dollar contract in state
Defense contractor plans to close New Bedford plant producing military backpacks and relocate work to Puerto Rico.
Defense
Lawmaker eases demand for split tanker deal
Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., will stop short of requiring the Pentagon to use the split-buy strategy.
Defense
Obama threatens veto of defense bill over fighter jet add-on
Allowing funding for more F-22 Raptors would reverse the Pentagon's decision to end production of the stealthy fighters.
Defense
Senate Defense bill to raise military pay by 3.4 percent
Plan sets pay hike a half-percent higher than the Obama administration requested.
Defense
Lawmaker says he'll urge appropriators to kill Osprey program
Officials defend the hybrid tilt-rotor aircraft, describing it as an essential weapon system.
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