Oversight
Perry: Fannie and Freddie are Bonnie and Clyde
The presidential candidate drew loud applause in Iowa with calls for constitutional amendments to mandate a balanced budget and a part-time Congress.
Oversight
Main Treasury building garners top green certification
Official ties LEED status to Obama energy-efficiency push.
Defense
Congress calls on Defense to revamp investment review boards
Pentagon officials will shoot for a transparent, cross-functional approach.
Pay & Benefits
Standoff on payroll tax holiday extension continues
Top aides say the Senate majority leader remains adamant and will not relent to House GOP demands to appoint conferees and resolve differences.
Defense
Funding cuts threaten public health disaster preparedness, study finds
The economic downturn is eroding a decade's worth of improvements, advocacy group's director says.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- Happy Hanukkah! The return of the Rick Perry menorah dance video
A daily roundup of late-night video.
Management
Looking the Wrong Way
When agency watchdogs miss the point, they stifle innovation, increase risk and perpetuate waste.
Pay & Benefits
Groups still worried about possible extended federal pay freeze
Employee advocates warily eye last-minute debate over tax holiday.
Defense
Beyond the fog of war: 10 innovations changing national defense
A special report on IT innovations and other breakthroughs in the national security realm.
Defense
Union calls TSA contract negotiations ‘very discouraging’
AFGE president says the agency’s definition of third-party review of employee grievances does not pass ‘smell test.’
Tech
Interior highlights moves on renewable energy
Solar and wind projects on public lands are ahead of schedule, officials say.
Defense
Feds involved in Manning prosecution enter hackers' crosshairs
In public chat rooms, WikiLeaks' supporters plot retribution against investigator, technical expert.
Oversight
GOP senator’s latest report on government waste pokes Congress
Coburn labels 100 federal expenditures totaling $6.5 billion as unnecessary, duplicative or low priority.
Pay & Benefits
Obama signs into law a bill providing flags to relatives of fallen federal employees
Congress passed the final measure without opposition.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- Romney does Letterman; Plus: Kim Jong Il remembered
A daily roundup of late-night video.
Oversight