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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.

Pay & Benefits

Feds Can Donate Leave to Tornado Victims

Obama directs OPM to establish emergency leave transfer for federal employees affected by Oklahoma disasters.

Management

The Lady Gaga Fix: How the U.S. Is Rethinking GDP for the 21st Century

The government will soon start counting creative endeavors like songwriting as well as research and development when it measures the economy. It's about time.