Defense
Lawmakers chide Marines for expeditionary vehicle woes
Program has consumed $2.3 billion already, and vehicles will cost $17 million each -- nearly three times the unit cost estimated years ago.
Oversight
House appropriators limit e-gov funding
Office of Management and Budget urges Congress to meet full funding request, but veto threat stems from unrelated provisions.
Defense
Coast Guard extends fleet upgrade contract
Lawmakers advance bill that would require the agency to take over management of the program by October 2011.
Management
Halting Harassment
With the right policies, managers can keep their agencies out of legal trouble.
Defense
New licenses get green light amid passport snarl
Accepting licenses to meet border security requirements could reduce the workload the State Department will face in issuing new passports.
Defense
USDA, Homeland Security urged to coordinate bird flu responses
GAO says agencies must define their roles in the case of a major outbreak, to head off a possible pandemic.
Defense
Immigration measure clears one hurdle, but others await
Legislation still has to pass at least two more 60-vote tests in the Senate this week, and faces opposition from conservatives on the House side.
News
GSA awards air travel contracts to 14 carriers
Agency predicts that new City Pair contracts will save the government more than $4.5 billion next year.
Pay & Benefits
High court ruling protects feds from racketeering lawsuits
Supreme Court says allowing a Wyoming rancher to sue six federal employees personally would run the "risk of raising a tide of suits" against civil servants.
Oversight
Stronger training urged for front-line supervisors
As agencies move to pay for performance, supervisors will need better "soft skills," report says.
Defense
Bush team to pick few fights over immigration bill add-ons
White House is opposed to one potential amendment, which would ease requirements for businesses to verify the legal status of employees.
Defense
Dems weigh new attempt to change course of Iraq war
Provision could be attached to the Defense spending bill, in a move some say is risky.
Oversight