Defense

Panetta: Graphic photos 'absolutely' violate military regulations, core values

Defense Secretary says he regrets the images were published.

Pay & Benefits

House panel approves part-time retirement for feds

Bill also would let retiring employees apply unused annual leave to their TSP accounts.

Management

Romney pins GSA scandal on Obama but gives him a pass on Secret Service

Candidate says he would 'clean house' if he were president.

Oversight

You helped Jeff Neely pay for his wife's 'birfday' vacation to Hawaii

Neely was at the center of organizing GSA's over-the-top 2010 Las Vegas conference.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- Tax Day is here

Comedians mock the tax man in their monologues.

Defense

Obama 'has confidence' in Secret Service chief

President trusts Mark Sullivan to investigate of Colombia sex scandal, press secretary says.

Defense

U.S. soldiers reportedly pose with dead Afghan suicide bombers

The Army has launched an investigation.

Management

Welcoming Wellness

Managers can make or break health programs.

Pay & Benefits

Senate to weigh measure delaying postal facility closures

Amendment to reform bill up for debate this week also would encourage creative suggestions for getting USPS out of the red.

News

No 'Easy' Tax Day for Lionel Richie

If you think your Tax Day was bad, be glad you didn't get hit with a $1.1 million lien from the IRS.

Oversight

No taxes, no travel: Why the IRS wants the right to seize your passport

Does the Tax Man have the right to prevent us from traveling, even without a formal charge of evasion or another crime? Maybe we're about to find out.

Defense

One-time critic tapped to head Defense Intelligence Agency

Pentagon nominates Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as its next intelligence chief.

Management

Three Questions They Should Have Asked at GSA

The GSA scandal story has taken off, I think, because most of us cannot believe that any federal manager would approve a budget that included $8,000 for a mind reader, $75,000 for a bicycle building team building exercise and $44 a person breakfasts.

Defense

FBI needs long-term plan for counterterrorism vacancies, watchdog says

Targeted recruitment and other incentives have helped, GAO finds.

Oversight

Las Vegas conference billed as the exception to the rule

Despite assurances the event was an ‘aberration,’ GOP lawmaker warns he is prepared to pull GSA apart to see if the agency is ‘needed at all.’

Oversight

GSA report 'just the tip of the iceberg,' Issa says

Jeff Neely 'may be facing prison time' for taking the Fifth Amendment at a hearing.

Defense

Panetta regrets costly flights home

The Defense Secretary's travel is significantly more frequent than two of his predecessors.

Defense

Military elevates handling of sex crimes

Higher-level officers will handle allegations of rape, sexual assault and other offenses.