Management

Uncle Sam wants you, at every age

Final rules issued on government’s new strategy to attract students and recent grads of every generation.

Pay & Benefits

Can Part-Time Retirement Save USPS?

A little-known rule already on the books could help the cash-strapped agency save big.

Management

Senators invoke GSA scandal during procurement nominee’s hearing

Leaders of oversight panel call on Joseph Jordan to ‘double down’ on avoiding waste.

Oversight

Whistleblower protection bill clears Senate

Transparency watchdogs hail long-delayed vehicle to expand federal employee rights.

Oversight

Americans trust local government more than Washington

Only 33 percent view the federal government favorably, poll finds.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- Santorum endorses Romney, albeit tepidly

Conan O'Brien hits the former candidate on his backing of the presumptive nominee.

Defense

Report: Would-be bomber at heart of al-Qaida airplane plot a double-agent

Informant was working for the CIA and Saudi Arabia's intelligence agency.

Management

Romney: Obama is a 'big government' Democrat

GOP candidate hits Obama for focusing economic recovery plan on government-run programs and increasing taxes.

Management

Obama releases familiar 'to-do list' for Congress

Tax incentives that promote insourcing and clean energy among the proposals.

Oversight

Whistleblower agency alerts White House to troubling pattern in aviation safety

Special counsel recommends more oversight of FAA, in an unusual report combining multiple allegations of safety lapses.

Management

Show Up and Shut Up

Peer coaching can be very effective in learning about oneself.

Management

Cabinet secretaries jab the media and Congress

Agency chiefs defend the federal workforce against negativity, during public service week.

Defense

Lawmaker: al-Qaida bomb plot shows ‘new level of sophistication’

It's wrong to say the war on terrorism is over or al-Qaida is defeated, House Homeland Security chairman tells CNN.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- Elections, both French and American

Fallon and Letterman reference French election.

Defense

Bomb plot underscores terrorist threat from Yemen

CIA foiled the plot and took possession of the bomb.

Pay & Benefits

Feds would pay more for pensions under House bill

Budget panel advances legislation requiring government employees to contribute 5 percent more toward retirement benefits starting in 2013.