Pay & Benefits
HUD secretary focuses on employee morale
Shaun Donovan aims to pull up a department that has ranked low in worker satisfaction.
Tech
Most federal IT funding expected to escape super committee's knife
Industry leaders say the need to upgrade and secure networks will not diminish, and may even accelerate.
News
Alleged White House shooter charged with assassination attempt
Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 21, of Idaho Falls, was charged on Thursday in federal court.
Oversight
Federal budget managers stay upbeat despite challenges
Seventy-one percent of survey respondents are satisfied or very satisfied with their jobs.
Oversight
Senators consider British approach to regulatory review
Warner examines proposal to create CBO-like body to gauge costs of rules.
News
The Week in Comments: Cuts, buyouts and benefits
The best in reader reaction to recent articles.
News
Obama threatens veto of defense authorization bill
The move is a sharp escalation of the administration's battle with Congress over the future course of the war on terror.
News
Energy Secretary says politics did not influence Solyndra loan
Steven Chu also says he didn't know his department urged the company to delay announcing layoffs until after the November 2010 elections.
News
House repeals contractor withholding tax
The legislation was lauded by lawmakers from both parties and the White House.
News
Play of the Day -- Super committee is superbad and Congress asks if pizza is a vegetable
A daily roundup of late-night video.
Pay & Benefits
Super Committee Countdown
Will federal pay and benefits take a hit in the panel’s deficit reduction plan?
Defense
House report slams 10-year-old TSA
Republican lawmakers blast agency as ineffective and offer recommendations to alter its course.
Defense
Android is expected to soon win approval for use on military networks
Certification for unclassified Defense networks is predicted by year's end, for Secret networks by April 2012.
Oversight
Council moves forward on performance management plan
Labor-management group recommends better training for supervisors and more feedback between employees and their bosses.
Oversight
Lawmakers, OMB push to ban more 'bad-actor' contractors
Reasons for agency reluctance include lack of awareness of the rules and difficulty recognizing contractor's names in a database, panelist says.
News
Emails suggest Energy Department put politics above economics with Solyndra
The agency, the struggling solar power company and its private investors were considering restructuring at the time of the newly released correspondence.
News
Ron Paul takes End the Fed campaign to Washington
The presidential candidate decries 'the endless fearmongering to scare the people and the Congress into spending money.'
Defense
Obama to deploy up to 250 Marines to Australia next year under new pact
Move sends a signal the United States is stepping up its commitment to the Asia Pacific region.
Defense