Pay & Benefits
Groups still worried about possible extended federal pay freeze
Employee advocates warily eye last-minute debate over tax holiday.
Defense
Beyond the fog of war: 10 innovations changing national defense
A special report on IT innovations and other breakthroughs in the national security realm.
Defense
Union calls TSA contract negotiations ‘very discouraging’
AFGE president says the agency’s definition of third-party review of employee grievances does not pass ‘smell test.’
Tech
Interior highlights moves on renewable energy
Solar and wind projects on public lands are ahead of schedule, officials say.
Defense
Feds involved in Manning prosecution enter hackers' crosshairs
In public chat rooms, WikiLeaks' supporters plot retribution against investigator, technical expert.
Oversight
GOP senator’s latest report on government waste pokes Congress
Coburn labels 100 federal expenditures totaling $6.5 billion as unnecessary, duplicative or low priority.
Pay & Benefits
Obama signs into law a bill providing flags to relatives of fallen federal employees
Congress passed the final measure without opposition.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- Romney does Letterman; Plus: Kim Jong Il remembered
A daily roundup of late-night video.
Oversight
Glimmer of Hope?
The jobless rate is virtually the same as it was a year before Ronald Reagan was reelected in a landslide.
Oversight
House delays payroll tax deal vote until Tuesday
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Senate Democrats must come back to Washington and admit their bill is dead.
Tech
Only half of dot-gov sites are active, GSA reports
Fewer than half of the surveyed agencies have developed an agencywide Web strategy and most say they manage their websites in a highly decentralized way.
Oversight
HUD responds to attacks on block grant program
Proposed rule would tighten oversight of low-income home construction.
Oversight
Stimulus money to weatherize houses has been well-spent, GAO finds
The positive report follows previous findings of waste in the Energy Department program to help low-income families.
Pay & Benefits
TSP participation declining
Separations and ‘hardship withdrawals’ are among the factors cited.
Oversight
HHS names 32 health care providers as ‘pioneers’
Groups in 18 states chosen for innovations in forming Accountable Care Organizations.
Oversight