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
Refreshing COLA
The lowdown on the first cost-of-living adjustment in retirement benefits in two years.
News
For affable LaHood, Transportation chief will be last public job
The moderate Republican tells the Chicago Tribune he likely will stay for only one term.
News
Lawmakers caution super committee to leave federal pay and benefits alone
Government employees have sacrificed enough and shouldn’t be subject to further cuts, Democrats say.
News