News

The Futility of Resolving to Stop Overeating

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The Road Goes on Forever

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Independence Day at Stars and Stripes

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Defense

Military health funding a down payment on full budget request

Congress will address full supplemental funding request in the spring.

News

Headline of the Day

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Show Me the $700 Hammer

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Defense

Spending bill puts restrictions on FBI case management project

Funding partially withheld until agency reports on independent reviews of Sentinel program.

Pay & Benefits

President signs $516 billion omnibus spending bill

Measure includes 3.5 percent pay increase for white-collar federal employees, enhanced benefits.

News

TSA Gets Localized

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Civil Servant Santa

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Oversight

Probe of HUD chief heats up

Contracting decisions and deputy chief of staff remain at center of investigation.

Defense

As military begins to draw down, National Guard ramps up

Overall force levels in Iraq returning to pre-surge levels, but Guard units are mobilizing in large numbers.

Oversight

Federal tech spending gets more scrutiny

Omnibus spending bill would impose new reporting requirements on "centers of excellence" -- operations within one agency that handle back-office functions for several agencies.

Pay & Benefits

Annual Retirement Quiz

Testing your retirement IQ.

News

A federal holiday poem

Observing what has been a holiday tradition at GovernmentExecutive.com since 1998, we present our annual ode to federal employees.

News

Military Christmas Toy Recall

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Defense

Funding is reserved for UAVs to monitor borders

Vehicles would be purchased with $82 million included in $2.7 billion budget for border security.

Tech

DHS readies contract to outsource data center services

Utility-based model designed to shift risk from government to industry.

Defense

Congress slashes Defense health supplemental funding request

Former military health officials, veterans groups decry the move.

Defense

Reports warn of impending Army budget crisis

Costs of fighting wars, creating new units and buying future equipment are rapidly adding up.