Management

Stepping Stones

The Four Cs are crucial for managing in this budget environment.

News

What's an Agency 'Horse Blanket'?

News

Working for the Weekend

Defense

Expert Dialogue: Ten Years After 9/11

Here's your chance to participate in a dialogue about how the performance and management of government has changed in the past decade.

Defense

Senate bill provides $6 billion in disaster aid

That's more than double what the House passed for disaster relief.

News

TSA to speed screening for frequent fliers in October

Enrolled participants at several airports will bypass shoe and laptop removal and pass through a dedicated screening lane for swift boarding.

News

USPS to see $10 billion deficit this month

The White House plans to address the Postal Service’s crisis in conjunction with his deficit reduction package, OPM’s John Berry says.

Pay & Benefits

Employees punished for political activity

More government workers violate the Hatch Act.

Defense

Petraeus takes up new post as CIA director

Vice President Joe Biden swore in the now-retired General in a private ceremony.

Defense

House Republicans continue demanding Obama disaster-spending plan

OMB Director Jack Lew estimates relief from Hurricane Irene will require new $1.5 billion.

Defense

Legislation would mandate military custody of all terror suspects

The controversial change would have significant legal repercussions for the ongoing war on terror.

News

'Super committee' timeline to reduce the budget deficit

Key dates for the joint select committee, which begins its work in earnest this week.

Oversight

Obama’s Anchor

Whether we technically end up in another recession is a distinction without much of a difference for the president.

Oversight

Grumblings persist over demise of Statistical Abstract

Librarians hold out hope Census Bureau’s plan to kill data compendium will be reversed this fall.

Defense

Fraudsters exploit leaked dot-mil addresses

Scammers are using Pentagon email accounts that were exposed when hackers cracked a defense contractor's computer system to make fake online orders.

Oversight

FAA falls down on workforce planning

Hiring and training for acquisition staff are inadequate to meet agency needs, audit finds.

Oversight

'Super committee' to hold first organizational meeting on Thursday

Meeting will be followed by the deficit-cutting panel's first public hearing on Sept. 13.

News

OMB sends Congress preliminary budget number for disaster relief

Budget Director Jack Lew cites flexibility under debt-ceiling deal; estimates on damage from Irene still pending.