News

Play of the Day -- The Grinch who stole Herman Cain's Christmas; Plus: Blitzer beatboxes!

A daily roundup of late-night video.

Oversight

Media Sideshow

The deficit panel’s travails are far less chronicled than the debt-ceiling saga as the 2012 GOP presidential contest grips the nation’s attention.

Management

Four Ways to Build Your Willpower

News

Happy Budget Passback Day

Oversight

White House looks to beef up management of electronic records

The government lacks a uniform system for preserving emails, blog posts and social media activity.

Defense

Navy’s amphibious fleet could fall short of goals, CBO says

Main vehicle for delivering Marines to combat might be scaled back by tightened budgets.

Tech

We the People draws a curious crowd

Legalization of marijuana and animal cruelty top petitioners' concerns; the economy and national security, not so much.

News

New CMS nominee known as a pragmatist

Down-to-earth attitude could help Tavenner avoid the controversy that has dogged outgoing chief Donald Berwick.

News

Poll: Sequestration Anxiety

Tell us how upcoming across-the-board spending cuts could affect your job.

Defense

A hot flash in the cold war with Pakistan

Attack that errantly killed at least 24 Pakistanis on Friday further inflames tensions.

Oversight

Super committee GOPer: Automatic cuts must be reconfigured

Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania says President Obama's threat to veto efforts to get rid of cuts was not "categorical."

News

NASA launches mission to Mars

Probe aims to determine whether life ever survived on Mars.

Tech

Certified Payoffs

Obtaining IT certifications can boost your paycheck, career and bottom line, survey finds.

News

Baseball on the Space Station

Oversight

Interior’s planned bureau merger irks lawmakers, industry

Salazar begins consolidating surface mining and land management functions to remove duplication.

News

Say goodbye to that personal printer

With an eye toward savings, the Veterans Affairs Department wants to cut 45,000 printers over the next five years.

Defense

Some TRICARE enrollees will save money in 2012

The monthly premiums for young adults in the military’s health care system will be $10 to $12 less next year.

News

Obama nominates new Medicare chief

Marilyn Tavenner would replace Donald Berwick, who has never won the support of Congress.