Management
Interior: No plans to implement 7 percent staff reduction
Memo to OMB was purely hypothetical scenario, spokesman said.
News
Salazar Doesn’t Care About the Pay Raise Anyway
Republican Senator’s block isn’t a concern for the Interior secretary.
Management
Today in GSA: Event contractor gets probed
Michael Jahn reportedly violated bribery laws, earned $12,601 commission on Vegas conference.
Oversight
GSA Roundup: Want to steal money from GSA? Turns out it’s pretty easy
Daily highlights in the wake of the agency’s extravagant conference spending.
Pay & Benefits
Defense asks Congress to improve civilian danger-zone benefits
Request is included in the annual Defense Authorization legislation.
Oversight
GSA Roundup: Budget busters, existence threatened, paid parking
Latest highlights from the continuing GSA saga.
Oversight
Senator seeks to stop future conference spending sprees
Prompted by GSA scandal, the Accountability in Government Act would require greater conference spending transparency and limit bonuses.
Oversight
Before GSA outrage, Issa backed numerous commemorative coins
Oversight chairman supported coins for baseball, Reagan and mothers.
Defense
Reported military sexual assaults rose in 2011
New steps Defense has taken include expanded legal assistance and expedited victim transfers.
Management
GSA executive could face charges for stealing an iPod, other gadgets
Evidence against Jeffrey Neely referred to Justice.
Oversight
GSA Roundup: ‘Jackass’ award, intern getaway, no reunion at the ‘M’
Daily highlights in the wake of GSA’s extravagant conference spending.
Defense
Chief of naval operations decries sexual assault epidemic
Adm. Jonathan Greenert also discusses key personnel and Navy’s 2020 strategy.
Oversight
GSA Roundup: Relocation to paradise; congressional jockeying; the other conferences
Daily highlights in the wake of GSA’s extravagant conference spending.
Pay & Benefits
Former senator comes to the defense of federal workers
Op-ed by Ted Kaufman criticizes lawmakers who go after government pensions.
Management
GSA Roundup: Vegas out; doing great things; more bonuses; stolen iPods
Daily highlights in the wake of GSA’s extravagant conference spending.
Management
Census Bureau director resigns
Robert Groves accepts provost position at Georgetown University.
Management
Pentagon awarded veteran-owned contracts to illegitimate firms
Inspector general suggests ending contractor self-verification.
Management
GSA spending spree prompts greater scrutiny of other agencies
Cause of Action has filed FOIA requests for 28 agencies’ spending records, The Hill reports.
Management
Photo Gallery: GSA’s $800,000 conference, in visual form
For GSA, what happened in Vegas in 2010 went on the taxpayer’s dime.
Oversight