Pay & Benefits
Feds indicate mixed satisfaction on workforce survey
Results point to performance management as an area ripe for improvement, with work-life balance also a concern.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers renew battle against pension provisions
Newly introduced bill continues long-running effort to reverse two measures that cut into benefits for employees in older retirement system.
Pay & Benefits
FBI seeks more than 3,000 new staff in historic hiring blitz
Recruitment targeted at professionals with foreign language, technology and engineering skills, among others.
Oversight
Environmentalists want EPA to regulate coal waste
Tennessee spill highlights vulnerabilities at dozens of other coal-fired power plants, activists say.
Defense
Lawmakers discuss adding military construction funds to stimulus package
Estimates for how much money will be attached range from $8 billion to $20 billion.
Defense
Senate GOP begins review of Panetta
Republicans are concerned Obama's CIA pick doesn't have a handle on intelligence failures leading up to the Iraq war.
Pay & Benefits
Pay Justice
Federal judges make far less money than their private sector counterparts, and the problem is likely to get worse without intervention.
Tech
From Nextgov.com: Governments accounted for 1 out of 5 data breaches
Reports show that in 2008 most incidents occurred while data was in transit.
News
CBO sees budget deficit exploding to $1.2 trillion in fiscal 2009
Office also predicts that recession will continue until 2010.
Pay & Benefits
Court rules veterans’ preference applies to excepted service jobs
But judges do not address the legality of the Federal Career Intern Program.
Oversight
Obama performance czar to wear dual hats
Appointee Nancy Killefer also will hold the title of deputy director for management at OMB.
Oversight
Repeal of terms limits for House chairs irks GOP
Republicans say changes will undercut Obama's efforts at bipartisanship and allow the rise of a tyrannical speaker.
Oversight