Defense
Video: Obama says goal he set for Afghanistan is within reach
'Over the last three year's the tide has turned,' he says.
News
Zombies in Training at Fish and Wildlife Service
A novel approach to getting in shape for federal employees.
Management
Progressive Discipline
Managers should take steps to help problem employees improve, and protect themselves in the process.
Pay & Benefits
Bill would boost TSP contribution rates
Draft legislation would link automatic increases and automatic enrollment in the Thrift Savings Plan.
Pay & Benefits
TSP funds finish April with mixed results
All the retirement options have positive gains so far in 2012.
Pay & Benefits
Senators plead for grace period on shuttering post offices
Bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to delay closures scheduled to begin May 15 until Congress enacts reform.
Management
Obama seeks to harmonize international regulations
Executive order sets up working group to coordinate agency and public input.
Management
OPM promises fellows program will be better in 2013
Berry touts updates to Congress, including improved application and assessment processes.
Management
Continuing resolutions passed by Congress through the years
Congress passed the most continuing resolutions for fiscal 2001, but many of them were for only one day.
Oversight
Bill would make better agency customer service the law
Rep. Cuellar would tie responsiveness to employee performance reviews.
Pay & Benefits
More than 1,000 IRS employees agreed to buyouts in fiscal 2011
Figure doesn’t include results of a second round of offers in January.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Secret Service is still a source of humor
Leno and Letterman make light of the recent scandal.
Defense
Politicizing bin Laden’s death is 'very disappointing,' Romney says
Presumptive GOP nominee spoke with CBS’s Charlie Rose on Tuesday.
Defense
Secret Service can fully protect Obama, experts believe
Foreign-policy issues will favor Obama this election, National Journal Insiders say.
Oversight
Election Rests on the Economy
In picking the next president, voters will be thinking about one thing more than any other. Who can blame them?
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