Pay & Benefits
USPS, unions still negotiating over pay and benefits
Postmaster general is optimistic that labor and management will agree on new contracts.
Pay & Benefits
Hispanic hiring efforts buoyed by broader diversity initiatives
Council plans to take advantage of August executive order and veterans’ programs.
News
OMB highlights report card of clean audits
Defense, Homeland Security and State are only departments with financial records in question.
News
Gingrich: Super committee collapse ‘good for America’
As presidential candidate, the former House speaker says he would resolve the decades-long problem of political gridlock in Congress.
News
Deficit reduction panel concedes defeat
$1.2 trillion in automatic cuts will be triggered in January 2013, including military spending.
Tech
Telework Disconnect
Managers trust their employees to work remotely, but in many cases it still isn't happening.
Defense
NYC suspect arrested in plot to attack government workers
Jose Pimentel is thought to have been targeting government offices, including post offices.
Defense
Deficit reduction talks break down
Super committee is likely to miss its deadline, triggering automatic cuts of $1.2 trillion, half of which target the Pentagon.
News
Senators propose new cap on contractor pay
Reimbursement ceiling of $400,000 would compromise between White House plan and current law.
News
Balanced-budget amendment fails in House
The proposed Constitutional amendment came in 23 votes shy of the two-thirds majority required.
Tech
E-waste and telework are part of effort to reduce the government’s environmental footprint
Federal offices shed 10,000 computers a week on average, GSA chief Martha Johnson says.
Oversight
OMB performance specialist demands 'more mission for the money'
Shelley Metzenbaum offers rundown of agencies embracing data to save money and boost accountability.
Oversight
Financially ailing Postal Service gets a reprieve
Measure keeping government open also allows USPS to defer multibillion-dollar retiree health benefit payment.
News
DHS to start vetting virtual fence contractors by February
The Homeland Security Department plans as soon as January to open bidding on a 10-year contract to replace a failed $1 billion border surveillance project, according to DHS officials.
Pay & Benefits
NASA employee wins cost-cutting competition
Idea to create a lending library for specialized tools will be incorporated in President Obamas fiscal 2013 budget request.
News
Perry says his plan would make super committee unnecessary
Texas Republican says Obama is ‘AWOL’ in Asia while Congress dithers on cuts.
News
President signs bill funding five departments and keeping other agencies open
Measure provides full-year funding for many agencies and extends temporary funding through Dec. 16 for the rest of government.
News
Play of the Day -- How many times can Herman Cain say 'Herman Cain'? Plus: Ron Paul, new front-runner?
A daily roundup of late-night video.
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