Management
GSA scandal lends urgency to data transparency measure
House set to consider bill requiring agencies to standardize and post spending data.
Pay & Benefits
Pay and benefits feature prominently in postal reform bill
Senate will consider amendments Tuesday, including one that would require eligible employees to retire.
Oversight
Social Security can sustain benefits for only 20 more years, Geithner says
The estimate is three years earlier than the program trustees' last prediction.
Oversight
GSA Roundup: Want to steal money from GSA? Turns out it’s pretty easy
Daily highlights in the wake of the agency’s extravagant conference spending.
Defense
Report: Colombia prostitute stayed at same hotel as Obama
Agent brought the prostitute to the Hilton Hotel in Cartagena just days ahead of president's arrival, law enforcement official says.
Oversight
Lawmakers weigh in on GSA, Secret Service scandals
Both took center stage on Sunday's political talk shows.
Tech
Telework Data and Defense
OPM may have trouble reporting telework progress; Pentagon unveils new telework policy.
Oversight
GOP lawmaker steps up bid to evict FTC from headquarters
Transportation panel chair seeks GSA floor plan for proposal to turn prestigious space over to art gallery.
Oversight
Measure would encourage lawmakers to ask once, nicely
Bipartisan resolutions aim to stamp out bills that create duplicative federal programs.
Tech
FDA issues draft guidance on nano-food
Nano-chocolate dusted on diet foods and microscopic particles of silver to keep food smelling fresh will receive individual regulation.
Oversight
Republican seeks to cut lawmakers’ pay
Rep. Kevin Yoder of Kansas introduces bill to reduce congressional salaries by 5 percent.
Management
No leeway on contractor campaign gifts
Judge denies request to ease ban on donations to candidates.
Oversight
Secret Service scandal will 'pale' compared to GSA activities, lawmaker says
Rep. Mica says 'there's much more to come' from GSA saga.
Pay & Benefits
Defense asks Congress to improve civilian danger-zone benefits
Request is included in the annual Defense Authorization legislation.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- Secret Service: The Movie?
Jimmy Kimmel has an idea for a romantic comedy.
Oversight
Secret Service supervisors identified in prostitution scandal
Senior supervisors were on duty during night of heavy drinking and prostitutes.
Defense
CNN: Blackhawk helicopter crashed in Afghanistan, 4 presumed dead
An official said U.S. believes the helicopter went down during bad weather.
Pay & Benefits