Oversight
House leaders remain undecided on supplemental strategy
Lawmakers are still unsure whether to take up Senate-passed version in lieu of House bill.
Oversight
Chief of the Year: Information
Roger Baker, chief information officer, Veterans Affairs Department.
Oversight
Immigration services agency seeks to raise benefits processing fees
USCIS faces a $200 million shortfall; also wants a boost in appropriations.
Defense
House could take up Senate supplemental
Majority leader says chamber might bypass a House Appropriations Committee markup of the spending measure and consider the Senate-approved bill.
Oversight
Salazar: Oil drilling hiatus may be shorter
Interior chief left open the possibility that a six-month moratorium on deep-water oil and gas drilling may not last that long.
Oversight
Lawmaker requests Hatch Act probe of top White House officials
California Republican asks the Office of Special Counsel to investigate alleged attempts to dissuade senatorial candidates from running in the primaries.
Oversight
USAID to create new policy organization
Bureau of Policy, Planning and Learning will decide where to focus the agency's limited resources.
Oversight
OMB wants to see plans for reducing improper payments
Fiscal 2012 budget submissions must include a strategy to recoup funds wasted through fraud and error.
Defense
Agency officials, employee groups set to discuss pay transition
Witnesses at NSPS hearing will propose alternative approach to pay retention.
Defense
Lawmaker explores Pentagon savings ideas
Review by House Armed Services chairman would complement a five-year effort within the Pentagon to find more than $100 billion in cost savings.
Oversight
White House asks agencies to trim budgets 5 percent
Identifying areas to cut back will allow the administration to continue nonsecurity spending freeze, OMB Director Peter R. Orszag says.
Oversight
Senator is skeptical budget resolution will pass before July break
Five-year blueprint is not on the chamber's to-do list for this month.
Oversight
GAO calls for better efficiency measurements, but IT could help
Watchdog finds the Office of Management and Budget has issued inconsistent and limited guidance on measuring performance.
Oversight
Chief of the Year: Human Capital
Jeff Neal, chief human capital officer, Homeland Security Department.
Oversight
Korean Clashes
Young South Koreans are more focused on economic advancement than on nationalism.
Defense
Pentagon budget planning ‘out of sync’ with operational needs
In a new survey, Defense financial managers say budget process hinders warfighters.
Oversight
Coast Guard seeks private sector oil spill solutions
Contractors, scientists and nonprofits encouraged to send proposals for responding to the Gulf crisis.
Oversight