Oversight
OMB sews shut overseas contracting loophole
Proposed rule, based on similar Defense Department regulations, would have exempted companies working overseas from fraud-reporting requirements.
Oversight
Private tax collectors under fire by House appropriators
Legislation aimed at halting IRS debt-collecting program is pending now and has failed in the past.
Defense
Army Reserve broadens recruiting efforts
Public-private partnerships seek to benefit both military and industry.
Defense
Army seeks to shift funds to bolster Future Combat Systems effort
Move of $250 million aimed at keeping program on schedule despite congressional budget cuts.
Oversight
Nine of 16 agencies cut backlogs of FOIA requests
GAO study says inconsistent data makes progress hard to track.
Pay & Benefits
Union opposes nomination of Treasury official to IRS board
President Bush nominates Kenneth Carfine, a department assistant secretary, to fill the employee representative seat on oversight group.
Oversight
The GOP's 'Electile Dysfunction'
Even if Republican voters turn out at normal rates for the election, that might not be enough to win.
Oversight
Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance on purchase card requirements
Memo follows report exposing widespread abuse across agencies.
Defense
NRC to expand radioactive materials tracking system
Proposed rule would make it harder to amass materials for building a dirty bomb.
Oversight
EPA is missing in action on major environmental issues, observers charge
The White House is widely perceived by critics to be running roughshod over agency scientists and lawyers on policy.
Oversight
Senate committee passes 'plain English' bill
Measure will require federal agencies to use plain language in commonly used federal forms.
Oversight
House panel to take up bill requiring electronic e-mail storage
The measure, which would apply to all federal agencies, responds to loss of hundreds of days worth of White House e-mails.
Pay & Benefits
Senator urges agencies, Congress to hire more disabled employees
The latest report from EEOC finds that the government employs fewer disabled people now than in the past 20 years.
Oversight
House committee votes again to prohibit private tax debt collection
Ways and Means renews its commitment to ending IRS program; hopes for more Senate support.
Defense