Tech
DHS initiates programs to unify technology acquisitions
Programs would standardize shopping for IT services, commodities.
Defense
Connecticut lawmakers offer defense of New London base
Group tries to convince BRAC panel to leave submarine base intact.
Management
Senate aims to restrict USAID contracts
Contractors have received a larger share of the democracy-building budget than non-governmental organizations under the Bush administration.
Pay & Benefits
OPM issues contracts to upgrade recruitment, training
Web site improvements designed to allow job seekers to check status of applications.
Tech
FBI solicits proposals for new information system
Agency keeps solicitation and cost estimates secret as it moves to develop an integrated system by 2009 to replace the failed Virtual Case File effort.
Management
Shuttle returns home safely
But NASA needs to solve problem of breakaway foam insulation before further launching further flights.
Tech
Homeland Security agency deploys ID tags in visitor forms
Forms for visitors will be embedded with tags containing a unique serial number linked to a database.
Tech
Bill sets up office to help seniors navigate government programs
Office would identify gaps in housing services for the elderly.
Management
FAA team decides against further appeals of outsourcing decision
Team representative “not inclined” to challenge rejection of employees' bid protest.
Defense
Ex-FBI translator takes case to Supreme Court
Favorable ruling on whistleblower case would challenge government secrecy rules and allow court case to proceed.
Defense
TSA revamping shoe-screening policy
Agency puts out call for new inspection devices, so travelers can go through checkpoints without taking off their shoes.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers rap OPM on underpaid retirement annuities
OPM director says on average, retirees initially receive only 80 percent of what they are owed.
Tech