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

Secret Service: Bullet hit White House, stopped by glass

U.S. Park Police issued a warrant for Oscar Ortega-Hernandez, 21, based off of evidence obtained from an abandoned car near the scene.

News

Play of the Day -- Comedians love Cain's long pause on Libya

A daily roundup of late-night video.

Management

The Waiting Game

Now is the time to get out in front of budget cuts.

News

A 19th-Century Fed Gets His Due

Management

Put Your Own Mask on First

Defense

DHS might adopt Defense tech for border surveillance, and hire vets to run it

With the drawdown of troops overseas, the Pentagon will have excess equipment and extra personnel to offer.

Oversight

Postal Service will resume FERS retirement contributions next month

USPS lost $5.1 billion in fiscal 2011 and expects to run out of money in fiscal 2012.

Pay & Benefits

Thrift Savings Plan staff gears up to launch Roth option

Program allowing employees to invest income that already has been taxed will be operational in spring 2012.

Pay & Benefits

Lawmakers lambast OPM for jobs site glitches, slow retirement processing

Agency chief John Berry again defends decision to bring USAJobs in-house and promises a business plan for speedier handling of retirement claims.