Oversight
FAA to award contract to upgrade air traffic system
GPS-based system has proved to be “truly amazing” in tests in Alaska, commuter airline president says.
Defense
Contractors seek delay in USAID vetting system
Trade association cites “numerous ambiguities” in system aimed at ensuring foreign aid funds don’t go to groups associated with terrorism.
Pay & Benefits
IRS seeks strategy to recruit, retain employees
Oversight board projects agency will lose about 4,000 employees a year over the next four years.
Oversight
No Starving the Beast
The longtime GOP policy of cutting taxes to force government to get smaller isn't working.
Defense
Politics, war drawdown will determine Defense spending
Democrats on Capitol Hill unlikely to put on the brakes immediately, but pullout from Iraq looms in 2008.
Defense
Procurement spending continues upward climb
Driven by the war effort and health-related expenditures, federal procurement is skyrocketing.
Oversight
Speculation begins on potential Gonzales successor
List of possible nominees includes DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, other high-ranking federal officials.
Pay & Benefits
Employee groups praise Gonzales -- for leaving
Representatives of Justice Department employees say move is first step to shoring up low morale.
Oversight
Bush accepts attorney general's resignation
Alberto Gonzales says he will leave Sept. 17; Solicitor General Paul Clement named acting attorney general.
Tech
Playing Defense
Air Force rethinks its space defense options; thoughts of President Harry Truman still resonate.
Defense
FEMA looks to private sector for disaster provisions
New third-party system will be the primary focus of the agency’s logistics operation in fiscal 2008, official says.
Defense
Officer overseeing Iraq reconstruction projects urges patience
Security requirements are making the projects especially challenging, Army Corps official says in interview with Government Executive .
Oversight
New ethics legislation could affect Cabinet-level executives
Bill would extend cooling-off period for senior executives who leave, urge broadening of restrictions that now apply to congressional staffers.
Tech
Millions in NOAA funds would cover tech, research projects
Largest increases in House bill would go to oceans and climate research, with $6 million reserved for a specific climate-change study.
Pay & Benefits