Pay & Benefits
House members urge pay parity, larger 2008 raise
Next year’s hike should make up for this year’s 2.2 percent increase, the lowest in nearly two decades, majority leader says.
Pay & Benefits
Medicare subsidy could have softened rise in health premiums
OPM officials argue the subsidy is inappropriate for federal plan.
Management
GSA aims to raise mileage reimbursement in February
Rate would rise by 4 cents per mile, assuming the Office of Management and Budget OKs proposed hike.
Management
Investigators: FBI not wrong to dismiss complaint about Foley
Justice Department inspector general attributes “misinformation” in press reports to internal misunderstandings.
Tech
Deal to lure Treasury may alter pricing of telecom contracts
Agreement could be good for all agencies involved because a higher volume of users could keep prices lower.
Defense
Forward Observer: Tet II?
A troop surge in Iraq could have the unintended consequence of triggering more attacks on U.S. forces.
Defense
Report alleges mistreatment at immigrant detention centers
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency didn't give detainees appropriate medical care or adequate access to legal resources, inspector general finds.
Management
Contracting issues at GSA go beyond administrator's office
A series of problems and missteps has driven customers of the agency's services away in recent years.
Defense
White House eyes action on borders, electronic IDs
Administration is interested in the creation of a biometric-based, tamper-proof ID card and supports increased penalties for employing illegal aliens.
Defense
Dems plan Iraq contract hearings in first oversight step
Halliburton Corp. and subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root will be targeted; administration officials may be called to testify.
Tech
Questions arise over GSA chief and contracting irregularities
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., launches an investigation.
Defense
Treasury cancels request for help offloading contracting shop
Agency officials will not say whether divestiture effort has been called off altogether.
Defense
Officials move toward year-long requests for extra war funding
Risk is that the Pentagon may be unable to produce accurate estimates of how much it will need for the longer span.
Defense
House bill would boost power of DHS privacy chief
Language would give top privacy official subpoena power and authority to report directly to Congress.
Defense
Attorney general grilled over domestic spying changes
Justice Department announced it would change how the spying initiative operates by getting permission from a secret court that fields requests for surveillance warrants on U.S. soil.
Defense