Oversight
White House touts progress fighting waste, announces new initiatives
Efforts will include limiting production of presidential coins to the collectors market and cracking down on abuse of prescription drugs.
Pay & Benefits
About 130 employees take SBA buyouts, early outs
The offers were extended to about 300 Small Business Administration employees.
Tech
LightSquared cedes some authority, ditches power plan to save network
The company says it will give agencies veto power over its operation in upper bandwidth in return for a green light from FCC to operate in lower bands.
Pay & Benefits
Reid wants passage of payroll tax package before recess
The Senate leader may also be tying the fate of a separate $900 billion-plus spending plan to the tax break.
Oversight
Appropriators reach spending deal
Announcement suggests lawmakers are close to clearing a major obstacle to leaving town for the holiday recess.
Oversight
Not Sold on Newt
Campaign fundamentals still matter. And, at least so far, Newt Gingrich hasn’t mastered them.
Pay & Benefits
GAO recommends OPM improve group life insurance disclosures
Incomplete information could lead federal employees to pass up FEGLI for the wrong reasons, watchdog finds.
Pay & Benefits
House vote expected Tuesday on bill containing pay freeze
Legislation extending payroll tax holiday also would increase amount feds contribute to their pensions.
Tech
LightSquared plans to quadruple power of its network
Company omitted plans in letter to Defense and Commerce departments complaining about test leak.
Oversight
GAO coaches lawmakers on maximizing cross-agency performance
As 2010 law is implemented, auditors offer case studies of successful congressional oversight.
Pay & Benefits
USPS hopes for another deferral on mandatory payment
The cash-strapped agency owes $5.5 billion to prefund retirees’ health benefits.
Tech
Ten technology trends shaping the future of federal work
From cloud computing to green IT, here's an overview of the technology trends that will shape the way federal work gets done for years to come.
Defense
Congressman calls NRC an agency in crisis
Issa discusses the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on MSNBC.
Defense
Senate minority leader accuses Justice of misleading Congress
Republican lawmakers say Attorney General Eric Holder withheld key evidence about a sting operation that ended in the murder of a Border Patrol agent.
Oversight
Obama: 'It doesn't really matter' who GOP nominates
'The core philosophy that they’re expressing is the same,' he told CBS.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- Newt Gingrich endorsed by the voices in Glenn Beck's head
A daily roundup of late-night video.
Tech