Defense

How Pressure Cookers Get Classified as a WMD

The Justice Department is using an expanded definition of the term.

Oversight

Analysis: State Needs a Watchdog — Now, Not Later

A Foreign Service whistleblower is doing her best but needs an IG's backing.

Management

No, Oncologists Are Not Going Broke

Cancer doctors say the sequester forces them to turn away dying patients. Nonsense.

Management

NIH Shines a Bright Light on Cocaine Addiction

New research technique uses lasers to reveal root of addiction.

News

FLOTUS to Feds: You’re Invisible

First Lady’s well-meaning remark to Interior employees draws laughs.

Oversight

Will the State Department Ever Listen to These EPA Concerns About Keystone?

Regulatory agency writes another letter to State.

Management

Obama Budget Would Increase Federal Workforce

Additional staff proposed for Homeland Security, VA among other agencies.

Tech

Airlines Warn FAA Furloughs Eating Into April Earnings

Conference and travel restrictions have also been a blow to the industry.

Management

Lockheed Martin Fears $825 Million Hit From Sequestration

Company still awaits guidance on specific federal program cuts.

Management

Analysis: George W. Bush Is a Good Man

In the rush to mythologize and demonize our presidents, we forget they’re human.

Nextgov

Federal Web Visitors are Coming Via Mobile

About one-third of government Web visitors have used a smartphone or table to access government information.

Defense

America's Allies Are Pushing Obama to a Red Line on Syrian Chemical Weapons

Israeli, British and French intelligence official all believe that the Assad regime has used lethal chemical weapons against the Syrian rebels.

Oversight

Senate Leader Set to Push Budget Forward

Reid seeks conference with House but may lack GOP support.

Defense

Tsarnaev Says They Got No Outside Help, Brother Was 'Driving Force' In Attacks

The suspect is still saying a lot to investigators about his role in the Boston Marathon bombing.

Nextgov

IT Fields Rank Among Top Jobs in 2013

Study shows software engineers command high salaries and experience low stress.

Nextgov

Investigators: Chinese Government is Behind 96 Percent of Cyberspy Ops

The nation state’s motive appears to be economic growth, not physical destruction.

Pay & Benefits

TSP Nixes Idea to Offer Extra Loan Assistance to Furloughed Feds

Board discusses changing default investment from safe G Fund.