Defense
Teamsters seek rail security focus
Government and the private sector should collaborate to add more security personnel, officials say.
Tech
GAO: Interior office lacks timetable for trust fund reforms
Office charged with implementing management changes also lacks adequate strategy for operations once reforms are complete.
News
Study: Agencies need top-notch telecom networks
Government’s requirements now resemble those of a telephone carrier rather than just a large consumer.
Defense
In face of criticism, Chertoff to alter grant distribution
DHS came under heated congressional fire last year when it cut urban area funding to the New York City and Washington, D.C., regions by about 40 percent.
Defense
Senators seek more aid for transportation security
Bill will ask for $1.2 billion over three years for transportation security improvements.
Management
NASA workers fight layoffs, seek spaceship aid
Agency had planned to cut up to 2,673 employees by the end of fiscal 2006, but senators proposed a moratorium on layoffs.
Tech
GSA seeks bids on Washington-area telecom contract
Washington Interagency Telecommunications System 3 contract has a maximum value of $1.8 billion.
Defense
Watchdog group urges Congress to attack contractor misconduct
Greater transparency, conflicts of interest also on advocates’ wish list.
Tech
GSA to manage contracts for consolidating personnel systems
The Office of Personnel Management will retain control over the much of the program, including requirements for service providers.
Pay & Benefits
FAA boosts pay cap ceilings again
Payband system leaves some longtime employees with smaller raises than less experienced workers.
Defense
Bush taps former NSA chief as intelligence director
Nominee pledges further information sharing among agencies; Bush urges swift confirmation.
Defense
Panel leaders sign pact to share oversight of FEMA, Coast Guard
Chairmen of the House Transportation and Homeland Security committees in the last session of Congress disagreed on FEMA overhaul.
Defense
Bill would target wartime contracting fraud
Current law makes it hard to build criminal cases against firms abusing taxpayers’ money on projects in Iraq, measure’s sponsor says.
Defense
House Dems unveil sweeping post-9/11 security measure
Bill would increase risk-based grant allocations and step up cargo screening; would not reform congressional oversight of DHS.
Defense
Energy Secretary fires nuclear security chief
Linton Brooks is dismissed as head of the National Nuclear Security Administration after a string of security failures.
Pay & Benefits