Management

Are You Getting Enough Sleep?

Lack of sleep has been linked to a variety of health conditions, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and depression.

Oversight

Winners and losers in fiscal cliff deal

Middle-class taxpayers dodge hikes, but those hoping for a grand bargain are disappointed.

Management

Pulling back from the cliff: House passes compromise measure

Move sets stage for potential automatic spending cuts and government shutdown in two months.

Pay & Benefits

House votes to extend federal pay freeze

Legislation would override President Obama's order lifting the freeze at the end of March.

News

How Feds Can Get a Pay Raise

There's only one way, says a key lawmaker.

Oversight

Here's what's in the fiscal cliff deal

From tax hikes to a two-month delay in sequestration.

Nextgov

Pentagon goes on an $8 billion year-end technology spending spree

Funds obligated before Jan. 1 are not subject to automatic spending cuts under sequestration.

Management

Obama: No long-term deal on sequestration

President indicates final action to prevent automatic spending cuts will have to be part of future agreement.

News

No Pay Increase for Congress

House member leads effort to deny 2013 boost from going into effect.

Defense

Al-Qaeda puts a bounty on a U.S. ambassador's head

The group has reportedly posted on Islamist websites that they will give money to anyone who kills an American soldier in the next six months.

Management

Analysis: America's greatest economic weakness was its government in 2012

The dysfunction of our political system is now sapping confidence from businesses and families. It may be the single biggest hurdle standing in the way of our prosperity.

Nextgov

Unprecedented, unmanned Southwest border checkpoint opens Jan. 28

Surveillance cameras, telecom and digital documents will allow Americans to visit remote Mexican village.

Management

Hillary Clinton hospitalized with blood clot

The secretary of State will remain in the hospital for 48 hours.

Management

Sequestration, once unimaginable, draws near

Deal pending in Congress’s final hours would not prevent across-the-board cuts.