Oversight
Management challenges stymie hazardous waste cleanup
The Energy Department's poor record of overseeing contracts is threatening projects critical to public health and national security.
Defense
State Department review promises transparency, civilian ‘face’
Pentagon-style quadrennial assessment sets agenda for multiagency coordination of foreign aid and crisis response.
Oversight
Senate working on short-term funding measure
Continuing resolution would fund agencies for 45 to 90 days early next year.
Oversight
Congress keeps government open for a few more days
Five-day extension of continuing resolution is aimed at providing time to work out a deal on a long-term funding measure.
Oversight
Energy Department announces contractor pay freeze
Bonus payments also would be put on ice for two years.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Defense tool linking disaster relief community set to relaunch by end of year
All Partners Access Network will improve chat functions and registration , as well as add e-mail.
Oversight
Maryland lawmaker gets top Democratic House oversight spot
Rep. Elijah Cummings will have to counter fiery incoming chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, who is expected to question the Obama administration aggressively.
Oversight
Senate passes, House rejects bill mandating new performance goals, better reporting
Measure requires agencies to name chief operating and performance improvement officers.
Oversight
Democrats give up on omnibus bill, likely avert a shutdown
Senators abandon effort to pass a $1.11 trillion fiscal 2011 spending bill, will focus on short-term continuing resolution.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: DHS chief says cybersecurity is a civilian -- not military -- problem
Homeland Security will partner with Defense and private sector to safeguard Internet users and infrastructure , Napolitano says.
Oversight
New Congress could put the brakes on insourcing
Lawmakers want to slow down and assess whether the Obama administration initiative is being implemented strategically, say current and former staff members.
Oversight
Agencies unveil renewable energy roadmap
Proposal targets specific zones for solar energy development on federal land in six Western states.
Oversight
Possibility of government shutdown looms
Current stopgap funding legislation expires midnight Saturday.
Defense
Poll finds new low in Afghan war support
New study finds 60 percent of Americans said that the war is "not worth fighting," a new high in public dissatisfaction.
Defense
Military academies report a 64 percent increase in sexual assault reports
Defense officials estimate fewer than 10 percent of incidents are actually reported at the academies.
Defense
House votes again to repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'
Stand-alone bill seeks to pressure the Senate to act before adjournment and get a repeal measure to the White House.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Senate panel approves VA tech budget below president’s request
Omnibus spending bill also puts a hold on $742.8M until CIO outlines costs for IT projects.
Oversight
Senate omnibus spending bill laden with earmarks
Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and others are devising a plan to require that the entire 1,924-page bill be read aloud on the Senate floor -- a move that could delay a final vote.
Oversight
Senate appropriator says he has the votes to pass catch-all spending bill
Package caps discretionary spending at $1.108 trillion, the level that Republicans demanded this year.
Oversight