Management

This Is Why People Hate the Government

One guy in an office sat on Tea Party tax-exempt applications for 13 months after they were improperly selected for review.

Management

Obama Taps OMB Veteran as Acting IRS Commissioner

Controller Danny Werfel has spent much of the past year dealing with sequestration.

Management

Government Should Run Like a Business—But Not in the Way You Think

Regimes around the world are under pressure to deliver more and cost less. Here's a plan for how to actually make that work.

Management

The Myth of Presidential Leadership

Many Washington pundits are critical of the president’s ability to wrangle concessions out of Congress, but they forget that his power has limits.

Management

What Chris Christie's Got: Crossover Appeal

The N.J. governor is the GOP's best 2016 presidential candidate, numbers suggest.

Oversight

The Justice Department Did Not Wiretap the House Cloakroom

Rep. Devin Nunes of California dropped an explosive allegation -- an almost certainly incorrect one.

Management

Analysis: How Obama Could Start Fixing the IRS

Step one, name a Republican—preferably a prominent one—to head the agency.

Oversight

Acting IRS Commissioner Resigns Amidst Scandal

President calls conduct by agency officials in targeting conservative groups for special scrutiny "inexcusable."

Defense

Next Year’s Defense Furlough Prospects Uncertain

Officials aim to avoid unpaid leave in 2014, but ‘can’t know the future fully.’

Management

Political Pressures Harden as IRS Management Issues Grow Clearer

With congressional hearings, agency may find opportunity to clarify practices.

Management

With the IRS Scandal Ablaze, How Does that Special-Prosecutor Thing Work?

An explainer of how Eric Holder could appoint someone to pursue the case.

Management

4 Takeaways from the IRS Inspector General's Report

Report says there's a culture of incompetence within the tax-collecting agency.

Nextgov

Lawsuit Says IRS Illegally Seized 60 Million Health Records

Agents scooped up e-records in a tax case, violating health privacy laws, California suit alleges.

Oversight

Eric Holder in the Hot Seat as Lawmakers Probe Scandals

Wednesday hearing promises a fireworks show unlike any seen in this Congress so far.

Oversight

Report Details IRS Targeting of Conservative Groups, Calls for Reforms

President Obama calls actions "intolerable and inexcusable."

Management

Al Gore and More: EIG 2013 as Told by Your Tweets

A review of this year's Excellence in Government Conference, told via Twitter.