Defense
Panels give special ops, Navy more procurement funding
Subcommittee unanimously approves the addition of funds to build two extra ships and to start work toward building two nuclear attack submarines a year by 2010.
Management
EEOC office move is part of effort to control costs
Employees voice concerns about safety and a lack of amenities in the proposed area.
Tech
Probes highlight problems with agencies’ e-mail storage
Multiple agencies are moving toward electronic records-management systems for e-mail, but most still rely on paper-based recordkeeping.
Management
Three agencies recognized for financial management gains
As most agencies receive either high or low ratings, with few in the middle, OMB re-evaluates grading standards.
Defense
Pentagon rolls out performance-based pay
Sixty-four percent of employees in first group to enter new personnel system are deemed "valued performers."
Management
Job competitions fall short of target
Agencies ended up opening less than half the work planned to private sector bids in fiscal 2006, OMB reports.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmaker backs pay parity, 3.5 percent raise for 2008
Rep. Tom Davis tells appropriators that providing competitive pay for civilian and military personnel will help recruitment and retention.
Defense
House panels trim missile defense, exceed personnel requests
Subcommittee rejects administration attempt to increase fees for military retirees’ health care.
Tech
USDA officials apologize for exposing Social Security numbers
Department started to purge numbers from databases after VA data breach last year, but tens of thousands slipped through the cracks.
Pay & Benefits
Darfur Divestment?
Members of Congress want to know if investments in the Thrift Savings Plan are helping to fund atrocities in Sudan.
Defense
9/11 families eager for completion of security bill
Due in part to their pressure, House and Senate staffers finally have started talks on the measure.
Defense
House panel cuts $867 million from future combat program
Reduction is equivalent to roughly 25 percent of the Pentagon's request for the program and is far larger than previous congressional cuts.
Defense
House fails to override Defense bill veto
Congressional leaders and Bush meet to jump-start negotiations on a new spending bill.
Pay & Benefits
House panel approves 3.5 percent military pay raise
Federal labor unions hope to secure an equivalent hike for civilian employees.
Tech
Agencies' responses to data breaches vary
Government should develop guidelines to help agencies decide when to offer services such as credit monitoring after an incident, GAO says.
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