Defense
Supplemental takes aim at homeland security decisions
Congress raps CIO for not notifying them before implementing information technology projects.
Pay & Benefits
Senator chastises Postal Service on executive relocation payments
The agency says the payments are needed because executives do not receive locality pay.
Defense
Report: FBI falls short in hiring, retaining intelligence analysts
Low pay, poor promotion potential, unfulfilling work and lack of respect for their position within the bureau cited as problems.
Pay & Benefits
Federal workers happy with health, retirement benefits
OPM survey shows high levels of satisfaction with the Thrift Savings Plan and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
News
Justice officials want new financial system
CFO and IG say consolidating seven systems will improve reporting accuracy.
Management
House panel approves GSA reorganization
But Government Reform Committee members strike provision requiring that head of proposed Federal Acquisition Service be a political appointee.
Defense
House spending panel slaps DHS for missed deadlines
House appropriators slash more than $700 million from various Homeland Security agencies for failing to provide timely information on missions.
Defense
Armed Services chair eyes Pentagon acquisition process
Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., is concerned about skyrocketing costs of weapons systems due to addition of specific requirements to programs.
Pay & Benefits
Outside Expert
The FAA brings in a new labor relations chief to level the playing field between different groups of agency workers.
News
Oversight of interrogation contracts broke down, GAO finds
Report says breakdowns occurred when Interior hired contractors to work in Abu Ghraib prison.
Defense
War supplemental boosts funding for homeland security agencies
Almost $1 billion in emergency funds would go toward hiring new border guards and criminal investigators, beefing up FBI operations and boosting the Coast Guard's fleet.
News
House panel splits over proposal to increase aviation user fees
Funds would be used to enable FAA to upgrade nation's aviation system.
Defense
Pentagon review could conflict with base closing panel
Commissioners express concern that recommendations of from Quadrennial Defense Review, to be released early next year, could render base-closing decisions obsolete.
Defense
Base-closing commission gets underway with briefing on threats
Panel did not get into specifics about which bases might be closed or consolidated.
Tech
Pace of information technology spending to slow, report predicts
Budget constraints, consolidation and leveling off of homeland security spending could end government spending boom.
News