Management
Report recommends merging or streamlining two financial regulatory agencies
SEC and CFTC failed to coordinate on failing investment firm, House investigators find.
Defense
State neglected GAO’s diplomatic security advice
Recommendations from 2009 report not implemented, official says.
Defense
Analysis: How shows like 'Homeland' insult real women in government
Hollywood casts women in politics as vacuous, unprofessional and overambitious.
Defense
David Petraeus secretly testifies to Congress about Benghazi
Petraeus said the CIA believed from the beginning that al-Qeada affiliated terrorists were behind the attack.
Defense
Benghazi may be the least of Susan Rice's problems
Rights activists say she's been dancing with African dictators since the '90s.
Defense
Holder defends keeping Petraeus investigation from White House
DoJ doesn't usually alert outside officials until investigations are complete, he says.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- Mitt and his gifts
The election is over, but Romney cannot stop talking.
Defense
Panetta orders officer ethics review
Pentagon officials said review had been planned before Gen. David Petraeus's extramarital affair was uncovered.
Defense
Troops not safe from sequestration
Exemption from cuts covers only service members' paychecks, not their health benefits.
Management
HUD secretary to lead long-term Sandy recovery efforts
Donovan will work closely with partners at FEMA, other agencies.
Defense
Two studies outline 'responsible' defense cuts
Researchers differ on whether military pay should be touched.
Oversight
Senators jab FDA over lethal meningitis outbreak
More than 30 people have died and more than 400 were infected.
Nextgov
Secessionists and big government
If the petitioners succeed it could mean a lot more government jobs.
Defense
Drop commissaries, schools, beef jerky research and Klingon workshops
GOP senator would cut $68 billion in nonmission Pentagon programs.
Defense
Tough questions may signal quicker, quieter end to Afghanistan war
Support for war is waning in Washington.
Pay & Benefits
Military pay raises drove uptick in Pentagon’s personnel spending
CBO looks at the escalating cost of military compensation from the edge of the fiscal cliff.
Nextgov
Residents of all 50 states have filed secession petitions
A handful of Vermont residents joined the appeal for independence on Thursday.
Management
Leadership Spotlight: Tyler Robinson of the Export-Import Bank
Shining a spotlight on emerging federal leaders.
Management