Oversight
Senate likely to pass 'No Budget No Pay' debt limit fix
Deal suspends the debt limit until May 18.
Nextgov
A 2006 battery fire destroyed Boeing 787 supplier’s facility
A dismissed whistleblower lawsuit alleged the batteries were unsafe.
Management
GSA appoints Federal Acquisition Service chief
Veteran procurement specialist Thomas Sharpe comes over from Treasury.
Management
Inflation Hawks Rage Against Their Own Hallucinations
Inflation is not nearly as big an issue as some would have you believe.
Management
Enhanced use leasing of federal property works well for some agencies
Leasing method can save money, if costs are properly reported, GAO finds.
Management
Postal Service could dramatically increase business with federal agencies, report finds
USPS now wins only 2 percent of federal shipping.
Management
Obama’s Inaugural Address: 5 Quotes History Will Remember
As Obama’s 18 minute speech searches for a place in history, these are the five lines most likely to be remembered.
Management
OPM tells sick feds to stay home, and telework
Berry also emphasizes the importance of vaccines.
Management
NIH Advances the Push for Extreme Personalized Medicine
NIH funding has produced promising new tools for repairing errors in the human genome.
Oversight
Conservative group gets out of Boehner's way on debt limit
Group will continue to push for 'sensible limits on the growth of government,' leader says.
Oversight
CBO’s self-critique of forecasts finds no bias, some error
Office deems its projections of the cost of legislation in line with Blue Chips.
Management
5 Ways Government Must Change To Be More Agile
The demands for a nimble government are more urgent than ever--here's a model for how to do it.
Nextgov
Secret Service mulls bionic ears to detect gunfire at large events
Camouflaged technology could link to other surveillance systems.
Management
How to Run Better Staff Meetings
Three simple questions that make staff meetings pain free and effective.
Oversight
The big issues Obama left out of his inaugural address
The president's speech highlighted the gulf between the promise and the practice of America -- but it also showed how much narrower that gulf has become.
Pay & Benefits
Fed pay freeze vote postponed
House instead will vote Wednesday on bill to withhold lawmakers’ pay if they fail to pass a budget.
Defense
Jill Kelley finally speaks about Petraeus, Broadwell, and blackmail
This is her first interview since the bottom of the David Petreaus scandal fell out.
Oversight
What Obama wants and what Congress will give him
How the president's vision fits with what Congress is likely to do.
Oversight
Obama calls for new ideas and technology to 'remake' government
Second inaugural address emphasizes government’s role in supporting individual initiative.
Oversight