Oversight
House Democrats unveil food safety draft
Draft version sets $1,000 annual registration fees for food companies to help pay for increased FDA inspections.
Oversight
National Business Center launches electronic onboarding tool
HR management suite is designed to streamline processing and coordinate information across multiple systems.
Oversight
Watchdog: Indian Health Service continues to mismanage property
Millions in equipment has been lost or stolen, but top property official received a bonus and exceptional rating last year, draft report finds.
Defense
Obama merges homeland, national security staff
The decision to create one team within the White House to handle both issues reflects president’s holistic approach to security issues.
Oversight
Panel says Fed should monitor systemic risk
Group favors that approach over one where federal regulators would share duties through a council.
Oversight
Obama names new NASA chief, deputy
Retired Marine Gen. Charles Bolden is tapped to head the agency and Obama space adviser Lori Garver gets No. 2 slot.
Defense
Army to create central acquisition organization
Headquarters systems engineers will improve program interoperability with eye on costs.
Defense
Defense reform bill would clamp down on spiraling costs, schedules
President targets overspending on weapons technologies that are either too new or too old.
Oversight
House passes FAA reauthorization, Senate confirms new agency administrator
Industry groups and unions praise progress on aviation issues, but sound notes of caution.
Defense
Obama signs defense acquisition overhaul measure
Legislation is aimed at stopping huge cost overruns and lengthy schedule delays.
Defense
Senate approves war supplemental, conferees appointed
Action on the bill comes after the Senate Thursday voted 94-1 to cut off debate on the supplemental.
Oversight
Transportation chief thinks stimulus spending has been up to speed
Ray LaHood says his department has been approving stimulus money twice as fast as normal programs.
Oversight
White House launches open government initiative
Administration kicks off Data.gov and proposes new design for Regulations.gov in bid to make government more transparent. Read the full story on Nextgov.com.
Oversight
Small businesses struggling to win Recovery Act contracts
Federal agencies so far have awarded only 10 percent of stimulus contracts to small firms.
Oversight
Obama stands by decision to close Guantanamo
President also defends stance on torture, saying interrogation methods such as waterboarding are not necessary to keep the country safe.
Oversight
Weapons acquisition reform bill heads to White House
Measure focuses heavily on tracking weapons more closely during their early development stages.
Defense
Pentagon may build two different presidential helicopters
One would be for routine trips and the other, for emergency situations.
Oversight
Senate confirms Interior deputy nominee
Resolution of dispute over oil and gas development near Utah's national parks allows full chamber to approve David Hayes by unanimous consent.
Oversight