Defense

Low morale at DHS linked to heavy turnover, weak training

Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen faults inability to plan long-term budgeting.

Oversight

Congress votes to curb insider trading, require federal employee disclosure

Final language applies to a smaller group of top officials than a previous Senate version.

Oversight

Senators mull whether consolidation authority would cure duplication

Oversight committee leader Joe Lieberman hopes to grant Obama administration’s request this year.

Management

House Small Business panel prepares to mark up contractor bills

Coffman legislation would target fraud through referrals to inspector general.

News

Jersey Boys in the (Government) News

News

FAA Relenting on Passenger Gadgets?

For years, the techno-savvy members of the flying public have resented Federal Aviation Administration requirements that passengers turn off cellphones and other electronic devices to prepare for takeoff.

News

Abolish the SBA?

Management

Contractor pay caps re-emerge in Senate

Boxer and Grassley bill would limit reimbursement to $400,000.

Management

Public not as anti-government as you might think

Though measures such as the federal pay freeze poll well, average citizens don’t share the tea party’s views on spending.

News

A Deficit Forecast the White House Can Get Behind

On Friday, Jeffrey Zients, President Obama’s acting budget director, pushed out a blog post claiming vindication from a brand-new CBO study on assertions made in the president’s fiscal 2013 budget that the deficit will shrink from 2013 to 2017.