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
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
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
Obama budget forecasts $1.33 trillion deficit for fiscal 2012
Projected deficit is higher than 2011's $1.296 trillion figure.
Management
State Department gets mixed review on Keystone pipeline process
Inspector general finds no conflicts of interest but faults depth of technical expertise.
Management