Oversight

Obama makes recess appointments

President blames move on Republican obstruction.

Defense

Firms begin offering faster airport screening

Two companies are vying to resurrect the Registered Traveler program, which collapsed abruptly last summer.

News

Navy recommends discharge for former astronaut

Panel recommends discharge of “other than honorable” for Lisa Nowak.

Pay & Benefits

The Next Adventure

Deciding when to move on -- and what to do -- is an intensely personal process.

News

Flooding in Pakistan

Pay & Benefits

More feds are benefiting from student loan repayments

Total amount paid out to employees is also growing.

Defense

Industry to Pentagon: Fix relationship between oversight agencies

Reforming roles of Defense audit and contract management agencies is one of many recommendations.

Oversight

From Nextgov.com: Saving 9 cents a day per computer adds up for the Air Force

A software program that turns off PCs at night combined with energy-efficient equipment reduces IT operating costs by $17 million a year.

Defense

Military plans to test new helicopter alert threat system

The Pentagon is about to deploy a experimental system intended to help helicopters evade deadly small-arms fire.

Defense

Lawmaker demands data on amount of spilled oil

Democrat says recently disclosed findings from NOAA might be giving the public "a false sense of confidence."

Pay & Benefits

Analysis: The great federal pay debate

It’s all about benchmarking salary on a job-for-job basis, says a leading federal compensation analyst.

Defense

Watchdog raps Homeland Security for conference fees

Inspector general instructs department to return more than $200,000 to the Treasury.

News

The Week in Comments: Belt-tightening, insourcing and the politics of religion

The best in reader reaction to recent articles.

Defense

Border Patrol suicides are on the rise

Agents and family members say stress and changes in the nature of the job might be to blame.

Oversight

Deficit estimate dips slightly this year, rises in 2011

This year's shortfall is projected to represent 9.1 percent of the gross domestic product, second only to last year's 9.9 percent mark.

Pay & Benefits

So Yesterday

Human capital officers trash the General Schedule in a new survey.

News

Reform Laws: Long in the Tooth?