News
Obama gives House speaker cost estimates for seven regulations
Letter to Boehner rebuts Republican arguments that the White House has issued harmful rules.
News
Contractor protest derails work on Army ground combat vehicle
One bid for the new 60-ton armored personnel carrier would use hybrid-electric drive technology.
News
Fight brewing over replenishing FEMA’s emergency funds after Hurricane Irene
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s call for budgetary offsets is a challenge to Obama and regional interests.
Defense
Homeland Security purchase card oversight not up to snuff, watchdog finds
Most transactions fail to meet OMB standards, partly due to confusing and incomplete guidance from the department, IG finds.
Defense
OPM drops time limit to boost military spouse hiring
Final rule offers indefinite noncompetitive eligibility for government jobs to husbands and wives of disabled or deceased troops.
Defense
Acting head of ATF reassigned
Kenneth Melson will be replaced by U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota B. Todd Jones.
Defense
White House issues 9/11 guidelines ahead of anniversary
The documents warn citizens to be prepared for another attack and call on officials to memorialize those who died.
Defense
August is deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan
In total, 66 U.S. troops died this month -- 30 of them in the Chinook helicopter crash on Aug. 6.
Defense
Latest WikiLeaks State Department cable dump names confidential sources
The recent release is “in accordance with WikiLeaks’s commitment to maximizing impact and making information available to all,” the group says.
News
Play of the Day -- Dick Cheney's new memoir ... Read at your own risk
A daily roundup of late-night video.
Oversight
America's Summer of Discontent
Voters nationwide are disillusioned, regardless of their political party.
Defense
Government’s post-9/11 reorganization called ‘worth the effort’
Four lessons offered by Partnership for Public Service include winning senior executive buy-in and respecting legacy cultures.
Tech