Oversight
Play of the Day -- Obama's porn platform and Gingrich's new tune
Conan O'Brien speculates on a new path to reelection for the president.
Management
Making Young Employees Feel at Home
Good managers can make a difference in sharpening the critical thinking skills of ‘digital natives’ used to having the answers at the click of a button.
Pay & Benefits
Democrats seek to strip retirement provisions from highway bill
GOP wants to break out pension bill as stand-alone legislation after tucking it into transportation funding measure.
Management
Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself
There was a vastly underrated road trip movie last year starring Zach Galifianakis and Robert Downey Jr. called Due Date. Downey plays an uptight businessman and Galifianakis plays a goofy but lovable stoner. They take a cross-country trip together. Hilarity ensues.
Defense
Senior-level vacancies persist at Homeland Security
Reorganizations, political transitions and retirements are among the factors that affected openings, officials tell watchdog.
Oversight
Former FDA chief leads push to reform his old agency
Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach calls on Congress to 'remake -- not merely tweak' the agency.
Management
HHS and Justice tout collaboration to combat Medicare fraud
In report to Congress, Holder and Sebelius praise health care reform law.
Management
Obama would restore recent cuts in IRS budget
Agency and union argue new hires bring in more revenue.
Management
Insiders: Pentagon should not bail out defense contractors
Defense officials say they are prepared to intervene to keep companies afloat amid budget cuts.
Oversight
Right and Wrong
A prolonged primary could force Mitt Romney to tack even more to the right, which would hurt him in November.
Management
Obama budget seeks savings via management reforms
Investments in research and green technology are coupled with consolidation and data-based evaluations.
Oversight
FDA inspectors could be moving to China
Budget allocates $10 million to ensure standards in Chinese food and drug plants.
Management
Budget requests, agency-by-agency
A look at how President's Obama's fiscal 2013 plan would affect major departments.
News
Where Are All the Government Workers?
The Atlantic's Derek Thompson notes that a new Gallup survey shows that nationwide, one in six people work for government at the local, state or federal levels. And no state has fewer than one in nine.
Defense
Budget request includes TRICARE cut, military retirement details
Proposal increases pay by 1.7 percent, but would slow raises after 2014.
Management
Obama sticks to same Medicare cost-savers
Overall HHS funding request up $7 billion from fiscal 2012.
Oversight
Interior budget boosts oversight of offshore drilling
Obama again proposes ending tax breaks for oil and gas companies.
Tech