Pay & Benefits
House panel approves part-time retirement for feds
Bill also would let retiring employees apply unused annual leave to their TSP accounts.
Management
Romney pins GSA scandal on Obama but gives him a pass on Secret Service
Candidate says he would 'clean house' if he were president.
Oversight
You helped Jeff Neely pay for his wife's 'birfday' vacation to Hawaii
Neely was at the center of organizing GSA's over-the-top 2010 Las Vegas conference.
Oversight
The alleged offenses of Region 9: What GSA investigators found
A look at IG findings on conference spending.
Defense
Obama 'has confidence' in Secret Service chief
President trusts Mark Sullivan to investigate of Colombia sex scandal, press secretary says.
Defense
U.S. soldiers reportedly pose with dead Afghan suicide bombers
The Army has launched an investigation.
Pay & Benefits
Senate to weigh measure delaying postal facility closures
Amendment to reform bill up for debate this week also would encourage creative suggestions for getting USPS out of the red.
News
No 'Easy' Tax Day for Lionel Richie
If you think your Tax Day was bad, be glad you didn't get hit with a $1.1 million lien from the IRS.
Oversight
Transparency or 'fishing'? Demand for agency conference data questioned
Issa call to 23 departments for 7 years of documents raises eyebrows.
Oversight
No taxes, no travel: Why the IRS wants the right to seize your passport
Does the Tax Man have the right to prevent us from traveling, even without a formal charge of evasion or another crime? Maybe we're about to find out.
Defense
One-time critic tapped to head Defense Intelligence Agency
Pentagon nominates Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as its next intelligence chief.
Management
Three Questions They Should Have Asked at GSA
The GSA scandal story has taken off, I think, because most of us cannot believe that any federal manager would approve a budget that included $8,000 for a mind reader, $75,000 for a bicycle building team building exercise and $44 a person breakfasts.
Defense
FBI needs long-term plan for counterterrorism vacancies, watchdog says
Targeted recruitment and other incentives have helped, GAO finds.
Oversight
Las Vegas conference billed as the exception to the rule
Despite assurances the event was an ‘aberration,’ GOP lawmaker warns he is prepared to pull GSA apart to see if the agency is ‘needed at all.’
Oversight
GSA report 'just the tip of the iceberg,' Issa says
Jeff Neely 'may be facing prison time' for taking the Fifth Amendment at a hearing.
Defense
Panetta regrets costly flights home
The Defense Secretary's travel is significantly more frequent than two of his predecessors.
Defense