Defense

Military Leaders Defend Commanders' Powers Over Prosecution of Sexual Assault

Chain of command is key to cultural change, key Democrat says.

Pay & Benefits

OPM Issues Guidance on How to Partially Retire

Eligible employees will work half time and get half their retirement benefits.

Oversight

Targeted Conservatives Detail IRS Delays, Requests and 'Intimidation'

Ways and Means probe of delays in tax-exempt applications surfaces agent names.

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Four Key Firefighting Airtankers Grounded Due to Bid Protests

Senators urge quick resolution as extreme fire season looms.

Defense

First Day of Bradley Manning's Trial: Linking Him to Bin Laden

A confused kid or a man hoping to undermine the war in Iraq?

Oversight

IRS Conference Waste Includes Speaker Who Paints, Audit Finds

TIGTA details $4.1 million gathering that took place in 2010.

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Would a 1 Percent Raise Make Up For Three Years of Frozen Pay?

The White House has urged lawmakers to provide the pay boost.

Pay & Benefits

House Bill Would Give Military 1.8 Percent Pay Raise

Defense legislation includes more money for service members in 2014 than Obama proposal.

Management

Secret Man Caves Found in EPA Warehouse

Agency has issued stop work order to the contractor responsible for the hidden rooms.

Defense

Senate Stacks Deck Against Reformers in Military Sexual Assaults Crisis

Supporters outnumbered 18-2 at hearing; no victims testify.

Oversight

Millennials Don't Hate Big Government, but They Do Hate the GOP Economic Fix

Young people don't believe cutting government will grow jobs, College National Republican Committee finds.

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Pentagon Taps Two Firms for Plan X Cyberops Contracts

The deals will provide the infrastructure for cyberwar maneuvers and software to put attacks on auto-pilot.

Pay & Benefits

Air Force Exempting Oklahoma Tornado Victims From Furloughs

It’s the ‘right thing to do,’ says Air Force Secretary Michael Donley.

Oversight

Acting IRS Chief Begins Reforms, Says 'Solution is Not More Money'

House appropriators use scandal to question agency’s budget request, executive bonuses.

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Santa Fe Forest Fire Highlights Extreme Danger This Season

Drought and tinder-dry trees fuel 7,990 acre blaze in New Mexico.