Oversight
GSA's Williams named to head agency
Current head of Federal Acquisition Service earns nod from White House to take over.
Defense
Lawmakers slam State, Defense officials for not sharing information on weapons dealer
Indicted contractor was on a State Department watch list and had defaulted on Defense contracts before being awarded $300 million Army munitions contract.
Management
Do As You Say
The Air Force unintentionally reminds federal managers to follow the rules.
Defense
Groups to warn panel about economic effect of seizing laptops
Customs’ practice of confiscating electronic devices and downloading data would have chilling effect on business travel, interest groups plan to testify.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Military plans to implement patient-controlled electronic health records
System could be in place by the end of the year.
Oversight
Congress likely to approve six-month FAA extension
A full FAA reauthorization effort is expected next year.
Defense
House appropriators approve DHS spending bill
Bill would boost funding for state and local homeland security grant programs by $2 billion more than administration requested.
Pay & Benefits
IRS makes mid-year adjustment to mileage reimbursement rate
Federal employees could receive an 8-cent bump in reimbursement for driving personal vehicles for work.
Oversight
Generation Gap
Obama is losing white voters born between 1944 and 1958 --pretty much the lion's share of the Baby Boomers -- by 18 percentage points.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Verizon nabs Postal Service Networx contract
Deal worth $16.4 million is another sign business is picking up on huge telecom agreement .
Oversight
Feds charge 22-year-old Pentagon contractor with procurement fraud
Efraim Diveroli allegedly supplied Afghan security forces with faulty munitions from China.
Defense
Immigration reform tops lawmaker's priorities for next president
Rep. David Price, D-N.C., says legislation would help Homeland Security put more resources toward tracking down and deporting criminal illegal immigrants in the United States.
News
House supplemental bill praised for including extra research and science funds
A Senate vote on the House version is possible this week, and President Bush has indicated that he will probably sign it.
Pay & Benefits
VA employees to test out pay for performance
Proposed demonstration project would cover 150 employees at the Veterans Health Administration.
Pay & Benefits