Oversight
Report bolsters White House energy agenda
Council of Economic Advisers finds Recovery Act spending on clean energy generates significant private investment.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Health and Human Services’ IT rules open up market to newcomers
Older products long ago opted to comply with stricter standards, giving later entrants that can focus on simpler requirements the advantage, consultants say.
Defense
Defense mandates disclosure of contract bundling
Department also will alert lawmakers to large sole-source task or delivery orders.
Oversight
Senate panel schedules markup of spending bills
Democrats are likely to ignore a GOP proposal to cap fiscal 2011 discretionary spending at $1.108 trillion, about $20 billion less than Obama requested.
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Memo to CXOs: Keep it simple
Survey respondents criticize chiefs for poor communication and unrealistic goals.
Defense
U.S., Canada launch border initiatives
Countries have agreed to complete a joint threat and risk assessment.
Oversight
Obama nominates Clinton budget director to lead OMB
Jacob Lew oversaw a budget surplus during his tenure in the late 1990s.
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Interior imposes new drilling moratorium
Order will allow production to resume if rig owners meet safety conditions.
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Democrats' Biggest Challenge
The party's fortunes this November are inextricably linked to the economy.
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From Nextgov.com: Labor launches online career path for mapping tech jobs
Department develops the model for geospatial technology competency to promote government jobs.
Oversight
Privatization battle centers on definition of federal employee
Union challenges Air Force program to contract out work performed by nonappropriated government employees.
Defense
IG raises red flags over DHS plan to consolidate management systems
Department has tried, and failed, in previous efforts to integrate key financial systems.
Oversight
Employees report satisfaction with work, supervisors
Merit-based promotion and recruitment are two areas of concern in workforce survey.
Defense
Forward Observer: Have Guns, Will Travel
Is Congress willing to keep financing wars like the ongoing one in Afghanistan in perpetuity?
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Navy awards contract to transition to expanded network
HP Enterprise Services will provide work to move IT services from NMCI to the Next Generation Enterprise Network, which will serve 700,000 sailors, Marines and civilians.
Oversight
Administration requires subcontractor reporting
Proposed rule also would mandate that agencies post salaries of top contractor executives.
Defense
Boeing meets deadline for tanker bids
Company boasted that its tanker would be more cost-effective to own and operate than the one offered by rival EADS North America.
Oversight
White House kicks off second cost-cutting contest
This year federal employees will help rate their peers’ proposals.
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Telework is vital to government operations, chiefs say
Agency executives weigh in on personnel, financial management and other concerns.
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