Pay & Benefits
Millennials express strong support for public service academy
Survey shows more than half of young Americans would consider applying to proposed institution.
Oversight
Hard Knocks
Now Barack Obama can't enter the general election contest unmindful of the resistance that he is encountering from older and downscale white voters.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Cost of cybersecurity initiative is triple its first estimate, panel reports
The development of the National Cybersecurity Initiative also is too secretive, removing a deterrence to attack U.S. networks, Senate committee charges.
Oversight
Defense authorization bill mandates Army contracting reforms
Committee also wants OMB to set governmentwide definition of “inherently governmental” work.
Oversight
EPA may refuse to deliver ozone papers to Waxman
Agency administrator says he needs to ensure that staff can provide comments and recommendations candidly and without fear of retribution.
Defense
FAA urged to open domestic skies to unmanned aerial vehicles
A new report from the Government Accountability Office urges Congress to create an office inside FAA to coordinate federal UAV planning.
Pay & Benefits
TSP posts positive returns as interfund transfers drop
Board discusses proposed reforms to the plan, including automatic enrollment and more fund offerings.
Defense
Pentagon policy bill touts readiness, but defers tough weapons decisions
House Armed Services Committee did not aggressively reorder the Pentagon's budget priorities, nor did it scale back major defense procurement programs.
Oversight
Independent estimate cuts cost of Census contract almost in half
MITRE projects price tag of $681 million for handheld data collection computers.
Oversight
Consulting firm says sale of government operations won’t affect business
Corporation, contracts and clients will remain the same, says Booz Allen Hamilton spokeswoman.
Oversight
Bill would give National Archives greater reach in electronic records management
Archivists however worry about becoming pariahs if presidents see them as internal-affairs investigators.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Cyber criminals overseas steal U.S electronic health records
Identity theft crime wave could imperil patient safety and cost Medicare millions of dollars .
Defense
Key Dems seek to withhold funding for DHS satellite office
Lawmakers remain "extremely concerned" about agency plan to open office that would coordinate how federal, state and local officials access satellite technology.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies invest more money in student loan repayments in 2007
Justice, Defense departments are among those making the most of the benefit.
Pay & Benefits