Management

Wondering 'Am I a Good Leader?'

Over the past six months Ive read a number of profiles on the COO of Facebook and, based on what Ive learned about her, have come up with three questions that can help determine if youre a good leader:

Management

Video: Low expectations for President Obama's budget request

Election-year proposal likely to be a 'tame document.'

Defense

White House budget to expand clean energy programs through Pentagon

Putting the increases in the Defense budget makes them a less likely target for Republican lawmakers.

Oversight

Santorum defends critique of move to shift women to front lines

Candidate cites men's emotions as a concern.

Management

Federal budget proposal will spare entitlements, WSJ reports

Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security funding largely unchanged, paper says.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- Who wore a mustache better: Obama or Romney?

A daily roundup of late-night video.

Pay & Benefits

Processing Problems

What you can do to make the retirement system move more quickly.

Defense

Defense opens 14,000 new roles to military women

Certain female specialists now may serve within battalions.

Management

Postal Service ends first quarter of fiscal 2012 in the red

Losses of $3.3 billion come during what is typically the strongest time of year due to holiday mail volume.

News

An Ad Blitz to Protect Pay

Viewers of the Sunday talk shows this weekend can expect to witness the opening salvo in an ad campaign rushed out during budget season by the American Federation of Government Employees.

Oversight

GAO employees join union

Hundreds of professional support staff at congressional watchdog vote for bargaining unit.

Oversight

IRS settles whistleblower suit, special counsel reports

Groups applaud protection of employees who report abuse by contractors.

Tech

U.S. approves first new nuclear reactors in decades

Atlanta-based Southern Company gets green light to begin construction of two new reactors at its Vogtle plant in Georgia.

Oversight

House passes STOCK Act requiring disclosure by federal employees

Ethics office provides numbers on who would be affected by insider trading curb.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- Romney's new campaign slogan: 'What happened?'

A daily roundup of late-night video.

News

It's Budget Time!

The Obama administration's fiscal 2013 budget is already rolling off the presses at the Government Printing Office, in preparation for it's official release on Tuesday.

Pay & Benefits

Pay and Benefits Roundup

A look at the most recent legislative proposals targeting federal compensation.

Defense

Budget debate pits military retiree interests against those in active duty, analysts warn

Personnel costs are the '600-pound gorilla,' CSBA president says.