Defense
Lawmaker: New amphibious ships should be nuclear
Gene Taylor, D-Miss., also repeated his demand that the Marine Corps' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle be redesigned.
Management
Outside Job
As IT contracts expand, striking a balance between oversight and flexibility isn’t easy.
Defense
Defense agency submits blast-proof budget request for White House communications
Proposal includes development of network for president and other top officials that could operate after nuclear blast.
Defense
Pentagon management of multiyear procurements questioned
Defense Department unable to justify savings from using contracts that do not require annual reauthorization, GAO finds.
Oversight
HHS secretary could be held in contempt for withholding information
House committee pressures FDA to release briefing notes on hearing about controversial new drug.
Defense
Pentagon official seeks action on pending fiscal 2008 war supplemental
Delay could hinder the military's ability to operate and sustain its forces.
Defense
Homeland Security plans to modernize Coast Guard navigation system
After teetering on the edge of shutdown, LORAN will be upgraded as backup for Global Positioning System.
Oversight
Coalition calls for more Social Security funding and oversight
Groups criticize office closures, Bush funding request.
Defense
Los Alamos National Lab improves information security
GAO needs more data to determine whether security incidents will continue to decline.
Defense
Congressional Budget Office: Military dependence on supplementals climbing
For fiscal 2009, Pentagon has requested $72 billion in emergency spending for new equipment.
Oversight
Size Matters
If each Democratic presidential candidate holds roughly to his or her existing coalition, whose side of the party is bigger?
Oversight
Federal Protective Service woes could threaten building security
Watchdog agency says a lean budget and staff reductions at FPS could mean less secure government facilities.
Defense
Legal pros urge action against security contractors who commit crimes abroad
Panelists note sufficient jurisdiction to prosecute contractors but a lack of political will.
Defense
RAND study says U.S. lacks resources to defeat insurgencies
Report says government needs to invest billions more annually to improve counterinsurgency operations in Middle East.
Oversight
Treasury looking at where rebate checks will go
Department analysis of estimated $112 billion in rebates show largest portion would go to Calif. taxpayers.
Defense