Oversight
Canceled benefit renews political fight over health care law
Long-term care provision was always a steep climb, say backers of Affordable Care Act.
Oversight
Elouise Cobell, champion in landmark Indian lawsuit, dies
Blackfeet woman netted $3.4 billion for Native Americans in settlement over Interior’s handling of trust fund.
Defense
Flooded Walter Reed clinics to reopen Friday
Patients scheduled for treatment in the damaged clinics were relocated during the cleanup.
Pay & Benefits
TSP participants look for safe investment choices
After several tough months, funds appear to be bouncing back as enrollees weather the storm.
Defense
Iraq war ends with a whimper, not a bang
Failure to agree on troop extension brings a quiet end to the conflict.
Defense
Report: U.S. abandoning plans to keep troops in Iraq next year
Pentagon was considering keeping up to 5,000 troops in Iraq in 2012, in order to train Iraqi forces.
Pay & Benefits
Postal workers hire former Obama 'car czar'
Union argues cuts aren't enough to resolve the agency's financial problems and is considering proposals to tap new sources of revenue.
Tech
Top Tech Pay
Private sector IT workers are likely to ring in the New Year with healthy salary increases.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers push extended pay freeze, increased pension contributions
Recommendations to super committee call for additional sacrifices from feds.
Defense
Pentagon cancels $15.9 billion battlefield radio program
Officials seek industry-developed replacement for broadband system after spiraling costs trigger termination.
Oversight
FAA failing to keep airport terminal safety incidents grounded, GAO reports
Air traffic controller errors and other incident types are on the rise, auditors find.
Oversight
HHS drops controversial long-term care program
Staff at the CLASS office were reassigned last month.
Oversight
Homeland Security cracks down on workers’ outside employment
Proposed rules would require employees to get permission before agreeing to outside work including teaching, speaking and consulting.
Oversight
Senior execs get more help starting off on the right foot
Pilot program tempers the expectation that new SES members should walk in the door knowing everything.
Oversight
EPA chief: Agency feeling heat from right and left
Lisa Jackson says agency moves have angered people on both sides of the political aisle.
Defense
Obama deploys 100 U.S. military personnel to central Africa
Troops will advise forces fighting to remove Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army.
Oversight
House Democrats focus on Solyndra legal memo
Democrats say document shows the administration’s legal rationale for restructuring the $535 million federal loan guarantee of the now-defunct solar manufacturer.
Defense
Bill caps Veterans Affairs bonuses
House approves legislation that limits the amount the department can pay in performance awards to senior staff.
News
Poll: State of Anxiety
Tell us how you've coped with threats of government shutdowns and budget cuts.
Pay & Benefits