Oversight
Housing inspector general finds backdated records in employee detail case
Inquiry is the latest problem to bedevil HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson.
Magazine
HR council launches training academy
More than 80 agencies have pooled resources to train junior human resources staff members.
Pay & Benefits
Facing Disability
How your benefits and retirement can be affected if you become sick or injured.
Oversight
Link between programs’ funding, performance ratings is tenuous
Analysis finds that more than 70 percent of programs slated for cuts in the Bush administration’s fiscal 2009 budget proposal were rated as “adequate” or better.
Tech
Microsoft announces principles to encourage interoperability
Changes could mean simpler integration of systems for federal agencies.
Oversight
Veterans Affairs aims to update and centralize IT systems
One goal is to ensure the same level of care at any of its hospitals nationwide, officials say.
Pay & Benefits
Employees in the dark on telework policies
New study says one of out three federal employees is ignorant of their agency’s telework policy.
Oversight
Grand jury in probe of Iraq reconstruction watchdog issues subpoenas
At least three former senior agency officials subpoenaed in investigation of alleged misconduct by Stuart Bowen.
Defense
Big-ticket items will crowd Senate's pre-Easter schedule
Legislature to address Iraq war, fiscal 2009 budget resolution and mortgage reform.
Pay & Benefits
Generation Gap
Don’t let stereotypes about young and older workers lead to flawed pay and benefits policy.
Oversight
Survey paints bleak picture of public trust in government
Results show taxpayers expect more accurate, accessible information about federal spending.
Tech
GSA drives green IT procurements
Agency official touts efforts to reduce energy consumption; hints at pending acquisition regulations.
Defense
Officers say military weakened, not broken, by Iraq and Afghanistan
Three out of five think the military is not as strong as it was five years ago, according to new survey.
Defense
Report: Military can cover war costs longer than expected
Senior Pentagon officials have warned they need another $102.5 billion before accounts dry up early this summer.
Defense
Court dismisses Homeland Security labor relations case
Move ends protracted fight over collective bargaining rights.
Oversight