Oversight
Labor-management council delays reporting on bargaining expansion
OPM Director John Berry requests an extra 30 days to provide recommendations to White House on pilot programs.
Oversight
Interior chief orders review of drilling operations
Minerals Management Service faces increased scrutiny for oversight of offshore oil and gas activities.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Panel advances bill to make chief technology officer, cyber czar permanent jobs
Legislation aimed at streamlining FISMA to improve information security processes and ease reporting burden on agencies.
Oversight
House panel mulls separate patent bill
Potential legislation would give PTO fee-setting authority and bar Congress from diverting PTO funds to other uses.
Oversight
Deficit panel meets with CBO and CRS
Group will discuss ways to control the growth of discretionary spending.
Oversight
Agencies to increase outreach to stimulus recipients
OMB guidance requires officials to check in with new awardees and recipients that fail to file spending reports.
Oversight
Congress weighs federal funds for Gulf cleanup
Officials say the full cost of the project still is being assessed.
Oversight
Lawmakers sponsor bill to allow earlier FEHBP enrollment for adult kids
Legislation would extend coverage to unmarried dependents during 2010.
Defense
Industry officials criticize ‘quota-driven’ Defense insourcing
Contractor trade group, labor union, express concern about Pentagon plan to move thousands of jobs in-house.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Unplugged VA computer affects treatment of cancer patients
Without network connection , doctors could not check X-rays of veterans with prostate cancer to determine how they were responding to radiation, the department’s inspector general reports.
Oversight
Ex-HUD chief cleared in contracts probe
Alphonso Jackson was under scrutiny for remarks suggesting he had canceled a government contract with a businessman who had criticized then-President George W. Bush.
Defense
Gates questions long-term need for 11 Navy carriers
Defense secretary signaled that the service may have to scale back or rethink its plans to pay for other priorities.
Oversight
Watchdog group issues plea for fiscal 2011 budget resolution
Senate will consider spending plan on the floor after it finishes financial reform legislation; it is unclear whether a resolution will be taken up in the House.
Oversight
Catching Breaks
Republicans have real pickup opportunities in Pennsylvania and Hawaii special elections.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Group gives open government plans mediocre marks
Some agencies such as NASA and Housing and Urban Development receive high grades for going beyond White House requirements for transparency, but most others fall short of meeting presidential directive.
Defense
Navy seeks time to decide F/A-18 aircraft deal
Top official says the service is still gathering facts and estimating possible savings under multiyear procurement.
Oversight
Stimulus recipients report high job creation during first quarter
Recovery Act contracts, grants and loans funded more than 680,000 jobs during first three months of the year, according to new data.
Defense
Armed Services panels prepare for Defense authorization markups
House chairman advises against using measure as vehicle to legislate on "don't ask, don't tell."
Oversight
Obama offers strong defense of government in Michigan speech
‘Government is us,’ president says in commencement address, arguing the focus should be on making it work better.
Defense