News
Homesick Panetta?
The Defense Secretary's regular visits to his home in Monterey, Calif., have cost the Pentagon as much as $860,000, AP reports.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement claims backlog is down since January
OPM made more of a dent in March than it expected to, despite an increase in new applications.
Management
Senate appropriations chief pledges GSA conference investigation
Illinois Democrat says Las Vegas conference was 'absolutely outrageous expenditure of taxpayer money.'
Oversight
Lawmaker urges both parties to end hyped up war rhetoric
Cleaver says the alleged 'wars' on religion and women are damaging exaggerations.
Defense
Afghan forces to lead special operations under new agreement
Deal gives the Afghan military more control over controversial night raids
Oversight
Play of the Day -- Romney appeals to voters over the holiday weekend
Different religions bring different pitches, says Leno.
Management
Former GSA public buildings chief calls conference scandal fallout unfair
Bush appointee Joseph Moravec says event was ‘ridiculous,’ but bemoans damage to ousted officials’ careers.
Oversight
Pricey awards program paraded as new example of GSA excess
Agency gave away $438,750 in iPods and other swag over four years, IG finds.
Management
Viewpoint: Watching the Money
Agencies could stop millions of dollars in losses to financial fraud with real-time oversight.
Defense
Alaska base overhaul circumvents BRAC, lawmakers say
The Pentagon says it doesn’t need Congress’ blessing to realign military installations.
Defense
Fighter jet crashes in Virginia Beach
'Significant damage' reported in the residential apartment complex where the jet crashed.
Management
Government unemployment on the rise
Federal, state, and local organizations have dropped more than half a million workers in the last three years.
Management
GSA spending spree prompts greater scrutiny of other agencies
Cause of Action has filed FOIA requests for 28 agencies’ spending records, The Hill reports.
Oversight
How Congress gets away with not paying its interns
Unpaid congressional intern labor is legal because lawmakers made it that way.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- The Daily Show takes on the GSA scandal
Jon Stewart says he wishes GSA could spend the money on cool stuff.
Management
The man at the heart of the GSA scandal
Jeffrey Neely told Government Executive in 2005 his job was to 'create energy in a group of people.'
Pay & Benefits