Oversight
Senate panel to probe Alaska native contracting preferences
Oversight subcommittee is collecting data about the business practices of Alaskan firms for a July hearing.
Defense
Commandant says Marines will field their own gunships
Service is looking for ways to give units more fire support and mobility.
Oversight
States adjust to handle stimulus pressures
With limited resources, procurement officials try to spend funds quickly and efficiently.
Pay & Benefits
Defense Department names task force to review NSPS
Panel will investigate whether personnel system is fair and meeting its goals.
Defense
Air Force vows to improve acquisition system
Plan would expand workforce and revise processes to keep programs on time and within budget.
Defense
Lawmaker engages Army general over Medal of Honor
Service’s chief of staff denies that awards have been reserved for soldiers who died in their acts of heroism.
Defense
Witnesses back efforts to make FEMA an independent agency
Emergency management veterans say placing the agency in the Homeland Security Department starved it of resources and decision-making power.
Defense
House passes supplemental war spending bill
Senate is expected to consider the measure on Tuesday and the goal is to complete conference negotiations before the Memorial Day recess.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Defense declares war on spam in bid to protect networks
DISA asks companies for applications that can scan 50 million e-mails a day coming into 5 million users, a requirement that could present management challenges .
Defense
Lawmaker threatens to force DHS to let employees wear masks
Front-line workers want policy giving them the right to don protective gear to guard against spread of diseases.
Defense
Debate erupts over whistleblower rights for intelligence workers
Legal experts disagree on whether a pending bill can protect employee rights and national security simultaneously.
Defense
Defense to bulk up housing assistance program
Recovery Act funds will be used to expand effort to help service members and civilian employees who have been forced to sell their homes at a loss.
Defense
Navy, Marine request sparks skepticism in House
Lawmakers question the plan to relocate 8,000 Marines from bases in Japan and challenge the fund request for research on shipbuilding programs whose future is in doubt.
Defense
Gates says next-generation bomber might fly without pilot
Top Pentagon officials are emphasizing that the future of aviation rests largely in unmanned aerial vehicle-technology that has been used increasingly in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Defense
Pentagon purchasing bill sails through the House
Plan aims to control cost increases and delays within weapon programs.
Defense