Oversight
Republicans to ask Justice about Obama's recess appointments
Sen. Grassley prepares letter asking the attorney general if the White House sought his agency's legal advice.
Oversight
Agency stimulus spending slightly higher than predicted
HHS, Education and Treasury spent the most in Recovery Act funds, according to CBO.
Oversight
Postal reform bills could see action early this year
Pay and benefits changes are included in both House and Senate legislation.
Defense
Pentagon plan will affect personnel; details to come in budget request
Benefits will be protected, but department has an obligation to control costs, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says.
Oversight
The Week in Comments: Cordray, buyouts and a military pay raise
The best in reader reaction to recent articles.
Defense
Obama unveils defense strategy for a changing, austere world
Plan is a reflection of the new budgetary realities facing the military after a decade of steady growth.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- Jon Stewart: Rick Santorum is the guy Mitt Romney is pretending to be
A daily roundup of late-night video.
Pay & Benefits
On Defense
Pay and benefits talk returns in Washington and this time it’s focused on the military.
Oversight
Obama’s consumer bureau appointment raises political, legal stakes
Naming Richard Cordray as CFPB head during recess thrills activists, angers Republicans.
Oversight
NOAA moves to cloud-based email
Weather-tracking agency is the largest to fully make the shift so far.
Oversight
Obama reelection strategy seen in Cordray appointment
The move marks a new step in a procedural arms race in which both parties, while professing outrage, counter each other’s obstruction with new procedural tactics.
Oversight
IRS management is relatively diverse, IG finds
More senior executives at the Internal Revenue Service come from varied backgrounds than their counterparts at other federal agencies, report says.
Oversight
Obama makes three more recess appointments, all NLRB
The NLRB appointments follow Obama's controversial recess appointment of Richard Cordray to a new consumer board.
Defense
Obama to make rare visit to Pentagon for rollout of new strategy
President will discuss plan for handling emerging threats amid budget cuts.
Defense
Air Force to offer second round of buyouts
Move is part of an effort to return to 2010 civilian funding levels.
Oversight