Oversight
House panel approves bill to shrink federal workforce
Oversight committee amends legislation to include contractors.
News
The Week in Comments: Muffin scandal, attrition and telework
The best in reader reaction to recent articles.
Defense
Defense offered buyouts to 35 senior executives
Incentives were part of a purging of 200 senior positions in August and September.
Defense
Agencies blasted for ignoring contractor role in human trafficking
Defense, State departments scolded by House panelists for meager number of prosecutions, debarments.
Defense
Poll: Majority back Obama's decision to withdraw troops from Iraq
Three-quarters of Americans support the plan, Gallup finds.
Defense
Report: U.S. discussing shift to advisory role in Afghanistan
A formal agreement could come as early as May.
Pay & Benefits
Playing Defense
The issue of military compensation reform continues to percolate amid talk of Defense budget cuts.
Defense
Pentagon explains Panetta’s warning that sequestration would cost 1.5 million jobs
Officials plugged some numbers into an established forecasting model and fed the data to a simulation of the U.S. economy hit with across-the-board spending cuts.
News
Lawmakers announce bipartisan plan to reform Postal Service
Legislation could save USPS $8 billion a year, sponsors say.
Defense
Flaws in SEC document-shredding policy affirmed by watchdog
Whistleblower’s charges of inconsistency are borne out, but IG finds no basis for prosecution.
Defense
TSA mum on missing deadline for 100 percent cargo screening
One year after planes nearly shipped printer-bombs stateside, feds don't comply with law to inspect all parcels aboard international passenger flights.
Pay & Benefits
House approves bill giving flags to families of deceased federal employees
Civilian Service Recognition Act to honor public servants killed in the line of duty passes unanimously.
Pay & Benefits
Panel considers bill to shrink federal workforce through attrition
House committee is set to mark up Rep. Mick Mulvaney's measure to reduce government workforce by 10 percent over three years.
Oversight
Energy stimulus money mired in investigations, bad management, IG says
The federal government’s efforts to jump-start the clean-energy economy are stymied.
News
Obama at Key Bridge: Stalling infrastructure bill 'makes absolutely no sense'
The legislation is expected to be blocked in the Senate.
Oversight
OMB procurement chief leaving administration
Dan Gordon is taking a post at the George Washington University Law School.
Defense