Pay & Benefits
OPM issues guidance on workforce restructuring
Buyouts, early outs, layoffs and other management tools addressed in memo from Director John Berry.
Defense
Perry: Attorney general should resign
GOP candidate criticizes Holder and the Obama administration for botched arms-trafficking investigation.
Oversight
Obama: 'I will veto any effort' to undo automatic cuts
President vows to keep up pressure for bipartisan deal on deficit reduction.
Oversight
Too Much Exposure
Simple math suggests Republicans have that predicament in the House, while Democrats face it in the Senate.
Defense
Sequester fight is on the horizon
Republicans are talking about rewriting the rules for across-the-board cuts to soften the blow for Defense; Obama has suggested he could veto such attempts.
Oversight
Super committee failure helps feds in short term
But automatic spending cuts governmentwide ultimately will hurt agencies and workers.
Oversight
White House inaction stalls FOIA recommendations
New guidance has awaited OMB approval for nine months, official says.
Oversight
Aides: Kerry deficit proposal on table; failure announcement still expected
Prewritten news releases announcing the super committee's failure are on hold pending a GOP review of the Democratic offer.
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