Why the super committee is designed to succeed

The super committee's job is a challenging one, especially considering its Nov. 23 deadline, but unlike the recent fiscal commission, it is designed to succeed.

• Alex Brill
• September 14, 2011

Advisory committee looks for ways to improve charity drive

Developing better technology and collecting more data on potential donors are among suggestions.

• Caitlin Fairchild
• September 14, 2011

FAA back pay bill is still alive

Rep. Frank LoBiondo, R-N.J., says he will continue to push for retroactive pay for furloughed employees.

• Kellie Lunney
• September 14, 2011

Biden tells Cabinet of agency progress in curbing waste

New efforts include anti-fraud actions in Medicare, exposing improper unemployment claims and smarter purchasing.

• Charles S. Clark
• September 14, 2011

Play of the Day -- Rick Perry can't be bought with only $5K; Grim Reaper for VP?

A daily roundup of late-night video.

• Theresa Poulson
• September 14, 2011

Kumbaya on Disaster Funds?

• Charles S. Clark
• September 13, 2011

Drilling regulator blasts oil industry

Michael Bromwich also calls for better funding of his fledgling Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement.

• Amy Harder
• September 13, 2011

House approves funds for FAA, highways

The Senate is expected to pass the same bill later this week, laying to rest fears of another partial shutdown.

• Fawn Johnson
• September 13, 2011

Military services see innovation as a way to cope with IT budget cuts

Advances in thin-client computing and tiered data storage are among the developments that could yield savings , officials say.

• Katherine McIntire Peters
• September 13, 2011

Internal investigation opened into CIA-NYPD relationship

The probe follows a report that the spy agency was aiding the police department.

• Chris Strohm
• September 13, 2011

Super committee launches website

Deficitreduction.gov is streaming the group's first hearing.

• Michael Catalini
• September 13, 2011

Play of the Day -- 'Make it Rain Act' a better name for jobs bill?

A daily roundup of late-night video.

• Theresa Poulson
• September 13, 2011

The Case Against FEMA

• Tom Shoop
• September 12, 2011

Obama gets specific in his jobs bill

The 155-page bill includes details of spending and taxes with a specificity rarely produced by this White House.

• George E. Condon Jr.
• September 12, 2011

IRS whistleblower awards program faulted for delays

GAO report prompts debate on whether agency units are underfunded.

• Charles S. Clark
• September 12, 2011

Play of the Day -- What do Fidel Castro and Barack Obama have in common?

A daily roundup of late-night video.

• Carrie Mihalcik
• September 12, 2011

An IRS Worker's Self-Defense

• Tom Shoop
• September 9, 2011

Obama’s jobs plan: timely, targeted, but incomplete

As stimulus, the new proposal appears much better designed than the Recovery Act.

• Jim Tankersley
• September 9, 2011

Play of the Day -- Colbert says Rick Perry is a straight shooter

A daily roundup of late-night video.

• September 9, 2011

Super committee's first meeting dominated by jobs

Members disagree on relationship between deficit reduction and unemployment.

• Katy O'Donnell
• September 8, 2011