Pay & Benefits
August Leave
Brush up on the rules for taking annual and sick leave -- and tell us how you use yours.
News
TSA chief sketches out the future of airline passenger screening
John Pistole also offers preview of issues likely to come up in collective bargaining talks this fall.
News
From Nextgov: NASA awards $10 million flight services contract to seven firms
Deal marks the start of a new commercial era for the U.S. space program.
Oversight
Makeup of deficit-cutting committee may doom it to gridlock
Deadlock would trigger painful and unpopular across-the-board spending cuts.
Pay & Benefits
Despite rate hike, many federal long-term care enrollees hold on to benefit
Program management has improved during the past few years, GAO finds.
Defense
Lawmaker wants probe of help given to makers of bin Laden movie
Rep. Peter King asks the Pentagon and CIA to investigate reports the Obama administration let filmmakers see classified information.
Oversight
GOP leaders name deficit reduction panel members
Debt deal asks bipartisan super committee to come up with cuts by Nov. 23.
Oversight
Obama's manufacturing adviser and former car czar leaving White House
Bloom was instrumental in administration’s effort to set first-ever fuel economy standards for big trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles.
Defense
Senator pushes Robert Ford as ambassador to Syria
Lieberman changes his stance on the appointment because of Ford's work to build ties with the Syrian people revolting against President Bashar al-Assad.
Oversight
Source: Democrats Murray, Baucus, Kerry on deficit reduction committee
Under debt deal, bipartisan panel must find additional cuts by Nov. 23.
Tech
From Nextgov: Large solar flare likely disrupted radio systems in the Mideast
That and a separate event that forced officials to reroute commercial flights foreshadow future problems, scientist says.
News
White House still reviewing plan for disclosing contractor campaign gifts
Pressure intensifies with House Democrats’ letter urging Obama to issue executive order opposed by Republicans.
Defense
Obama clears schedule to meet returned bodies of fallen troops
President honors the 22 Navy SEALs and eight other American troops killed in Afghanistan on Saturday when an insurgent shot down their helicopter.
Defense
Pentagon appoints Army general to investigate fatal crash in Afghanistan
Helicopter downing caused the biggest single-day loss of life for American forces in the war.
Oversight
Employees rank NASA as most innovative agency
Nonprofit looks at how federal workers view creativity in their jobs.
Oversight