Defense
House looks to finish supplemental spending bill
Measure provides $96.7 billion, most of which would go toward the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Oversight
Administration boosts funding to replace private debt collectors
Budget proposes an increase of $332 million for tax enforcement compliance program.
Oversight
Administration renews effort to dispose of excess property
Proposal would allow agencies to keep all money from the sale of unwanted property.
Oversight
Personnel chief isn’t waiting on Congress to begin hiring reforms
Many of the provisions in a bill to streamline the federal job application process can be accomplished administratively, OPM director tells lawmakers.
Oversight
Orszag: More must be done to evaluate programs
Budget chief says more data systems and protocols for statistical analyses are needed.
Oversight
Lawmakers begin to push back against proposed program cuts
Legislators agree with the reductions in general, but don't want to see programs that benefit their constituents eliminated.
Oversight
Obama spending plan for union monitoring office drawing fire
Budget increases funding for the other offices within the Labor Department's Employment Standards Administration, which oversees whether employers are complying with wage and hour laws.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Several agencies are headed for a modest increase in IT spending
SSA, Homeland Security, USDA and others receive boosts for technology projects.
Oversight
Energy budget reflects shifting priorities
Secretary says reforming the department’s business operations will be a top priority.
Oversight
Administration short on details about program review process
Obama team is working on overhauling performance measures.
Oversight
Supplemental faces House vote next week
Speaker says the $94.2 billion fiscal 2009 war supplemental is the last of its kind.
Oversight
Poll finds Uncle Sam’s popularity up among job seekers
Gallup finds number of Americans interested in working for the federal government has increased 16 percent since 2006.
Defense
Senate approves weapons acquisition overhaul
Role of a new oversight official is likely to be a sticking point during House-Senate conference negotiations.
Oversight
New presidential helicopter would get axed under budget
Program is six years behind schedule and the cost has doubled.
Defense
Louisiana lawmaker maintains hold on FEMA nominee
Republican Sen. David Vitter wants to the know the agency's plan for updating the flood maps in his state.
Defense
Pentagon reconsiders pricey Guam move
Marine Corps commandant says estimated $4 billion is "way short" of actual cost.
Defense
Homeland Security would get boost under Obama budget
Administration requests more funding for technology and border agents in the Southwest.
Defense
Defense official discourages technological overreach in contracts
William Lynn warns against always striving for new and “exotic” technologies on large acquisitions.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Federal CTO will issue recommendations on open government
Transparency advocates worry that Aneesh Chopra's plans and lack of public involvement could create an impression Obama's neglecting the initiative.
Oversight