Defense
Ex-State officials allege corruption cover up
Critics have suggested the agency has not pushed anticorruption efforts to avoid hurting relations with the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: FBI partially blames procurement rules for fake IT products
Pursuit of lowest price and multiple subcontractors makes it easier for counterfeit hardware to end up on agency systems, increasing security threats.
Oversight
FCC chairman pushes reform agenda amid congressional inquiry
Kevin Martin, under pressure from a House committee, makes the agency more transparent.
Oversight
Management score card showing more top grades
Half of agencies’ ratings are green on latest traffic light-style assessment.
Oversight
Agencies need better welcome wagon for new employees, report says
Government should embrace long-term orientation process to increase retention and performance.
Oversight
GSA’s draft acquisition system guidelines aim for standardization
Agency hopes the new rules will promote financial system compatibility and further automation of the contracting process.
Oversight
From NextGov.com: NAPA launches collaboration Web site
The Collaboration Project aims to attract leaders to use interactive social tools "to solve government's complex problems."
Defense
GAO: Homeland Security lacks adequate workforce for performance-based acquisitions
Half of the major service contracts studied experienced cost overruns, schedule delays or did not meet expectations.
Oversight
OPM employee pitches winning idea in federal contest
A member of Gen ‘Y’ devises an online career quiz to match job seekers with the right government gig.
Defense
Defense to review 'unnecessary duplication' among services
Critics have complained that vast sums of money are wasted due to the military operating four air forces, two land armies and overlapping intelligence and space programs.
Oversight
House Oversight Committee clears measure to sell excess federal properties
Bill would increase incentives for the federal government to unload an estimated $18 billion worth of unneeded property.
Defense
Panel sinks Navy's $2.5B request for DDG-1000 destroyer
The move essentially puts an indefinite hold on one of the Navy's biggest modernization programs.
Oversight
Contractors' offshore tax havens under more scrutiny
House Dems urge Treasury secretary to back legislation requiring overseas subsidiaries of U.S. contractors to be treated as American employers for the purpose of payroll taxes.
Oversight
FBI search, leaked documents lead to renewed calls for ousting of Scott Bloch
Investigation into the head of the Office of Special Counsel appears to be focused on potential obstruction of justice charges against him and the possibility he lied to Congress last year.
Defense
Panelists press Congress to rewrite law governing federal disaster response
FEMA needs more flexibility and special provisions to handle catastrophic events, say forum participants.
Oversight
FBI seizes Doan, Rice case files in raid of OSC chief's office
Raid is latest step in long investigation of Special Counsel Scott Bloch, who heads the independent office that enforces workplace laws at federal agencies.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: GSA panel calls for clarity, transparency in contract pricing
Group, formed after IT companies dropped off supply schedules because of IG oversight, voices frustration over practices and policies .
Defense
Army officers warn of atrophy in critical skills
Internal report says service could face exodus of artillery officers.
Oversight
FBI seizes Office of Special Counsel computers
Raid targets Scott Bloch, head of agency responsible for protecting federal whistleblowers, in probe of potential obstruction of justice.
Defense