Oversight
Obama, McCain urged to find common ground on management agenda
Here’s your opportunity to suggest measures the two senators could support on a bipartisan basis.
Defense
Republican lawmakers press DHS on border fence
House members seek 700 miles of double-layered fencing along the border with Mexico.
Defense
Broken machines, delays plague secure ID card program
Problems include a dispute between DHS and the program's prime contractor over additional funding to resolve technical errors.
Management
Great Expectations
Plan now for the presidential transition to guard against false starts in the new term.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: GSA official urges passage of cooperative purchasing bill for security
Opening federal security contracts to state and local governments would save money and provide faster services.
Oversight
GSA proposes mentor-protégé program
Initiative encourages agency prime contractors to assist small businesses.
News
Appropriator lists grants, cybersecurity among priorities
The Bush administration has requested $38 billion in discretionary spending for Homeland Security.
Oversight
House passes GAO pay bill, minus investigative provisions
Measure would restore pay increases to hundreds of agency employees who have said they were wrongly denied raises in 2006 and 2007.
Defense
Hill panels split over amount Defense can transfer to Army
House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee has agreed to allow the shift of only $7.3 billion of $9.7 billion requested.
Defense
Bush orders contractors to check employees' legal status
Associations representing federal contractors fear E-Verify system is so faulty it will misidentify legal workers.
Oversight
Singing the Down-Ballot Blues
Republican congressional candidates should move closer to John McCain.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: GSA signs telework agreement with union
AFGE officials agree to provisions that abruptly ended telework talks with another federal union.
Defense
Bush: Troops could miss paychecks, civilians could be laid off
Congress must pass war supplemental funding measure to keep Defense operations going, White House says.
Oversight
Procurement policy office issues new guidance on interagency acquisitions
The management of such contracts has appeared on GAO’s list of high-risk federal programs since 2005.
Defense
Lawmaker challenges Defense official's stance on new destroyer
Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., has taken his fight to put the DDG-1000 destroyer program on hold directly to the Pentagon's top acquisition official.
Oversight
House bill creates VA ombudsman's office
Subcommittee approves legislation to create a one-stop shop for information on VA medical, housing and education benefits.
Pay & Benefits