Oversight
Report recommends crackdown on excessive printing
Survey finds federal employees waste $440 million annually printing documents they throw out the same day.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Deloitte says acquisition will expand an already fast-growing practice
BearingPoint purchase will add business in cybersecurity and systems designed to increase the transparency of financial markets, officials say.
Oversight
IG: Energy needs to improve contractor oversight
Watchdog cites potential conflict of interest in radioactive waste disposal at Hanford Site.
Defense
Hold on FEMA nominee lifted
Fugate has broad bipartisan support and is expected to be confirmed quickly.
Oversight
Senators outline options for public insurance plan
One of three possibilities would involve setting up a new administrative agency within the Health and Human Services Department.
Oversight
Administration projects strong stimulus job growth
White House report estimates the Recovery Act will save or create 6.8 million temporary jobs by the end of 2012.
Oversight
Gates replaces top U.S. general in Afghanistan
Pentagon chief says change is in the best interest of national security and the success of the mission.
Oversight
New estimate puts deficit at more than $1.84 trillion
Projection has increased by $90 billion since February.
Oversight
Coast Guard seeks to hire more contract managers
Administration’s budget request supports service’s modernization plans.
Oversight
Obama team outlines its management agenda
Priorities include revamping Bush’s system of evaluating programs and hiring “several hundred thousand” civil servants.
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