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.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- Mitt Romney loves Valentine's Day

A daily roundup of late-night video.

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.

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

Budget reflects scaled-back vision for clean energy

Plan would take the Energy Department’s renewables spending up to $2.3 billion.