Management

Video: Obama says budget has 'difficult cuts'

In a Northern Virginia speech Monday, Obama says his fiscal 2013 budget includes many reductions.

Management

Budget recommends greater flexibility for Postal Service

Plan would restructure retirement obligations and reduce mail delivery to five days.

Oversight

EPA faces third straight year of cuts

Budget barely acknowledges the agency’s plans to regulate power-plant emissions.

Defense

Homeland security spending request holds level

Request of $39.5 billion is just a slight decrease from current spending.

Management

State Department budget request only slightly higher than 2012

Increase is especially small considering the agency's growing responsibilities.

Management

White House seeks Treasury savings through streamlining

Proposed new fee on large financial firms would compensate Americans and discourage future risk taking.

Management

Education budget focuses on college affordability

Plan increases Pell Grants and asks Congress to stop a interest-rate hike on student loans from going into effect in July.

Defense

President requests 'more disciplined' $613 billion Defense budget

White House wants $525.4 billion for regular defense and $88.5 billion for war account.

Pay & Benefits

President's budget makes pay raise proposal official

Obama also calls for an increase in the amount employees contribute to their pensions.

Oversight

Romney, Huffington and Eastwood impersonated on SNL

A daily roundup of late-night video.

Oversight

Obama chief of staff: 'Congress needs to get its work done'

Jack Lew puts the ball in lawmakers' court on fiscal 2013 budget and payroll tax cut extension.

Oversight

House budget chairman puts emphasis on spending cuts

Democrats fail to take fiscal instability seriously, says Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

Management

Budget day arrives with low expectations

If history is a guide, the judgment that President Obama's budget is dead on arrival is probably accurate.

News

Subsidizing Contractor Retirements?

News

Putting the Postal Service's Losses in Perspective

This week's announcement that the U.S. Postal service had a less than happy holiday season, ending 2011 in the red, didn't quite tell the whole story.

Management

OPM sends acceptance notices to the wrong fellowship applicants

About 300 PMF semifinalists received the faulty decisions.

Pay & Benefits

CBO: Pension bill would save government billions

Federal retirement changes would reduce the deficit by $44 billion over next decade, agency estimates.

Management

State Department gets mixed review on Keystone pipeline process

Inspector general finds no conflicts of interest but faults depth of technical expertise.

Management

GAO faults Pentagon data measuring insourcing

Defense officials say continuing effort furthers strategic workforce goals.