Oversight
Senator pushes alternative to full CRS report access
Bill would allow senators to choose whether to make reports from the Congressional Research Service public.
Defense
House panel asks congressional budget office to score immigration bill
Legislation would expand voluntary federal program by requiring employers to verify their workers' eligibility within four years.
Oversight
HUD secretary remains at agency, despite controversies
Alphonso Jackson has a powerful ally in President Bush, a close friend.
Oversight
Multiple-award contract spending on the rise, research firm says
Largest increases were outside GSA schedules.
Defense
GPO: Article 'misstated' facts of offshoring e-passport production
Congress still concerned about security of work processes for high-tech passports.
Defense
Pentagon blurred line between contractors, feds: GAO
Report cites major problems, salary disparity at Army contracting office.
Oversight
National health records network to expand
HHS initiative also will integrate electronic health records from Defense, Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Service and other agencies.
Oversight
Agencies still resist outsourcing financial management, expert says
Some large departments are not embracing the financial management line of business, while most small agencies have outsourced operations.
Oversight
FDA commissioner: Unfunded provisions giving agency headache
A provision requiring a faster response to petitions regarding generic drug approval will pose problems.
Oversight
Most panels refrain from launching passport probes
State Department's response to the issue appears to have at least temporarily headed off inquiries from other committees.
Oversight
HHS secretary keeps it real on blog
Michael Leavitt's chatty postings on health care reform, overseas trips are an informal alternative to other Cabinet officials' blogs.
Oversight
OMB announces new cap on executive compensation costs in federal contracts
Fiscal 2008 cap nearly $15,000 higher than last year.
Oversight
Number of bogus IRS e-mails spikes
Security vendor reports a 3,000 percent increase in the number of phishing attempts to trick taxpayers to give up personal information.
Defense
Federal grand jury in special Iraq IG probe hears more witnesses
Investigation remains focused on allegations that Stuart Bowen and his deputy illegally read staff's e-mails.
Defense
Navy chief warns against diversion of destroyer funds
Gary Roughead says using the Navy's DDG-1000 destroyer as a "cash cow" to pay for other ships will affect combat capabilities.
Defense
Airlines, Homeland Security tangle over fingerprint regulations
DHS could issue rule requiring airlines to take fingerprints of most foreigners leaving the U.S. via air as part of national security program.
Oversight
Monumental Incompetence
Florida and its Democratic Party have opted for the political equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Defense
Coast Guard seeks to identify staffing shortfalls, fill gaps
Service needs congressional authorization for requested organizational changes.
Defense
Judge advances anthrax vaccine refusal case
Pentagon must reconsider exonerating two military pilots discharged after resisting inoculations prior to FDA approval.
Oversight