Management
Small businesses neglected in GSA procurement modernization, lawmakers fear
Acquisition service chief defends cost-saving efforts to reduce eligible contractors.
Management
Procurement chief tells agencies to focus on small business set-asides
White House CPO and head of SBA head call for review of progress on governmentwide goal.
Management
Agency contract spending down 3.5 percent, study of top 200 says
Lockheed Martin again tops list as defense companies continue to dominate.
Oversight
TSA chief says 30 percent or 40 percent staff cut wouldn’t fly
Downsizing would hamper security efforts and lengthen wait times, Pistole tells GOP lawmaker.
Tech
Labor’s new approach to jobs data sparks outcry
Media groups and House Republicans call changes intrusive, propagandistic.
Management
Senate panel backs tighter caps on contractor pay
Defense bill would limit salary reimbursement to $230,700 for all executives.
Oversight
GSA asked to justify $750,000 in travel for high-level telecommuters
Buildings Service incurred these costs in nine months for 95 ‘virtual workers.’
Oversight
GSA bonuses prompt senator to ask broader questions
Separate survey shows agency as government’s most generous.
Management
Budget austerity gives financial managers a chance to shine
Looming cuts in Pentagon spending increase the demand for analytical skills, survey respondents say.
Management
OMB should involve more agencies in priority goals, auditors say
GAO details progress on crossagency themes in government performance law.
Briefing
Armed For Audits
For Pentagon comptroller Robert Hale, the ultimate battle is straightening out the military services’ financial statements.
Oversight
Senate accelerating confirmation for Nuclear Regulatory Commission nominee
Geologist Allison Macfarlane wins plaudits.
Management
OMB touts progress on reducing federal property footprint
Controller Danny Werfel cites $5.6 billion in savings.
News
Romney v. the 'Bureaucrats'
A broken mic gives the presumptive GOP nominee an opportunity to take a dig at Obama.
Defense
Pentagon’s No. 2 leader criticizes lawmakers’ add-backs to Defense bill
Ashton Carter says cuts to TRICARE and force size are needed.
Management
NOAA takes remedial steps after National Weather Service chief’s departure
Jack Hayes’ retirement follows five-month probe of wrongly rerouted funds.
Management
NLRB member Flynn resigns over leaked information
Sharing internal documents with Romney adviser had been criticized by inspector general.
Management
Senate clears procurement chief and top defense acquisition officer
Joseph Jordan and Frank Kendall win unanimous approval.
Defense