Management
Video: Another fiscal cliff scenario, as predicted by 'Saturday Night Live'
Late-night show skewers Boehner, Obama.
Management
Analysis: Ambition and anguish drive John Kerry
He will likely pursue an activist agenda as secretary of State.
Management
Analysis: Stop Using Feds as Pawns in Fiscal Cliff Negotiations
Rather than weaken and discourage federal public service, we need to invest in the people of our government.
Pay & Benefits
Obama gives feds Christmas Eve off
Federal employees receive extra paid holiday and a four-day weekend.
Defense
NRA chief calls for corps of armed officers at schools
Force would include active and retired military service personnel.
Management
Obama names two to Federal Labor Relations Authority
Incumbents nominated to agency that adjudicates unfair practice cases.
Management
Obama to tap Kerry as secretary of State
Appointment has been anticipated since Susan Rice withdrew her name.
Management
Boehner fails to get GOP to back Plan B; House recesses
Status of fiscal cliff negotiations grow murkier.
Management
GSA reimagines federal building cluster near National Mall
Agency plans to shrink federal footprint, boost neighborhood.
Management
Updated: Sequestration Watch -- Potential agency-by-agency impacts of across-the-board cuts
Possibilities range from unpaid furloughs to layoffs.
Defense
Defense auditors’ focus on riskiest contracts lacks plan, GAO finds
DCAA’s initiative is promising but not fully developed, watchdog says.
Management
Fiscal cliff stalemate puts 2014 budget submissions in limbo
Annual 'passbacks' stalled while Congress addresses revenues, sequestration threat.
Management
OMB: Furloughs are a last resort under sequestration
Administration says agencies won’t furlough employees immediately if spending cuts hit Jan. 2.
Defense
Defense secretary possibility made name opposing global warming accord
Forget about his Israel comments. Chuck Hagel's record on the environment is the real problem.
Management
Obama unlikely to name Treasury nominee before fiscal cliff resolution
Former OMB chief Jack Lew remains a top contender.
Oversight
Congress approves Hatch Act update
Some state and local officials will be able to run for partisan elected office.
Nextgov
Alaska native firm played role in failed medical review board software project
Contract to build a database for officer candidates is $7 million over budget and behind schedule.
Management
Republicans Turn to An Unlikely Name for Inspiration: George W. Bush
Seeking a message and messenger to resonate with a new generation of voters, one unlikely name has popped up as a role model: former President George W. Bush.
Management
Team of Mentors: Biden, Kerry, and Hagel Are Obama's Senate Mafia
The president's emerging second-term national-security team will likely include a longstanding cabal in place before Obama reached Washington.
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