Defense
$30 billion worth of F-15s sold to Saudi Arabia, White House announces
The deal also includes munitions, spare parts, training, maintenance and logistical support.
Oversight
Criminal charges for Gulf spill reportedly readied against BP
Charges would be focused on BP employees, including several Houston-based engineers, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Oversight
Analysis: Too big to succeed
Continued government growth without a transformation plan is a recipe for failure.
Defense
Perry: Obama should have held parade to honor Iraq troops
Texas governor wonders if politics is behind the lack of a celebration.
Oversight
Poll: Obama most admired man in the country
Secretary of State Clinton is most admired woman in survey.
Tech
Occupy Wall Street plus Anonymous may equal city computer outages
In 2012, hacktivists and offline activists could unite to attack critical infrastructure systems, according to researchers at security firms.
Oversight
Reports: Obama to seek another increase in debt ceiling
Raise automatically goes into effect unless Congress votes to block it.
Pay & Benefits
Federal salaries see worst growth in a decade, analysis finds
Government employees still fared slightly better than private sector, USA Today reports.
Oversight
Deep freeze: The top stories of 2011
The ongoing pay freeze, several near-government shutdowns and the looming prospect of retirement benefit cuts dominated federal news this year.
Defense
Photo Gallery: Raiders of the Lost Art
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations unit has recovered and returned more than 2,500 stolen artifacts to more than 21 countries since 2007.
Defense
Iraq war has ended, but logistical battle still under way
Job of moving equipment out of the country won't be over until March.
Pay & Benefits
Obama thanks Congress for passing bill, says more work ahead
'This is some good news, just in the nick of time for the holidays,' he said.
Oversight
White House names new Recovery Board chief
Kathleen Tighe is inspector general at the Education Department.
Defense
Congress passes Afghanistan-Pakistan study group measure opposed by Panetta, Dempsey
Panel would be modeled after the 2006 Iraq Study Group.
Tech
Open government: A new window on the world
More than 40 nations have joined a partnership to promote transparency; what that means depends on where you live.
Defense
Gingrich, citing unnamed CIA official, accuses Obama of historic number of leaks
He also blasts a 1994 ad in which Mitt Romney appealed to Sen. Edward Kennedy to stop running negative ads.
Defense