Oversight
Acquisition reform recommendations run the gamut
Panelists agree that improving the size, competency of acquisition workforce is the right place to start.
Oversight
Unexpected funding cut puzzles Census Bureau's backers
Appropriators cut fiscal 2010 funding by the amount they thought the bureau would have left over from fiscal 2009, but officials already had committed the extra funds to a media campaign.
Oversight
Dream Team
President Obama has assembled a staff that is well-connected on Capitol Hill and aware of past administrations’ mistakes.
Oversight
OMB will allow agencies to set their own performance priorities
Move shows administration is learning from the mistakes of its predecessors, one observer says.
Oversight
Animal rights views slow OMB regulatory nominee
Case appears to be an example of individual senators with specific, local concerns using their power to hold up a nominee.
Defense
Republicans to use authorization markup to mount security offensive
GOP lawmakers criticize Democrats for decreasing missile defense funding over fiscal 2009.
Oversight
OMB releases hiring reform, budget guidelines
Agencies must report to the administration within the next six months on efforts to simplify the federal hiring process and reduce spending.
Oversight
Union criticizes prison bureau for understaffing, lack of safety equipment
Agency official says staffing is set to increase and vests are the subject of negotiations.
Defense
Coast Guard facility operates entirely on renewable energy
Using methane gas from a city landfill, officials are generating enough electricity and steam to power a shipyard.
Oversight
Firing of IG followed his probe of Obama friend
White House says the move was "carefully considered."
Defense
House panel reverses cuts in aircraft programs
Measure overrules Pentagon's decision to kill an alternative engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Oversight
Acquisition reform group warns government not to rush insourcing
Report says agencies could lose contractors’ valuable skills if conversion is not managed properly.
Defense
Seapower chairman to revise cost cap for littoral ships
Mississippi Democrat wants to take government costs out of the $460 million ceiling.
Oversight
Obama fires Bush-appointed IG overseeing AmeriCorps
President tells lawmakers he lost confidence in Gerald Walpin; the White House is not providing further details.
Oversight
GOP lawmakers question stimulus job creation statistics
House members ask Obama to explain the administration’s methods of calculating the number of jobs saved or created under the Recovery Act.
Defense
Panels back larger Army, more funds for special operations
A military pay raise of 3.4 percent, slightly higher than the president's proposal, moves forward.
Defense
War supplemental tops next week’s congressional agenda
Democrats hope to garner enough votes to override possible filibuster of bill.
Defense
Lawmakers criticize management of Kabul embassy security contract
Senators grill State officials on decision to retain guard company, despite repeated complaints about its performance.
Oversight
OPM director calls for more action on gay rights
Along with Attorney General Eric Holder, John Berry pledges president’s support to expand access to federal benefits.
Defense