Tech
NIH initiative boosts biomedical workforce diversity
A $50 million investment starts with graduate school applicants.
Management
Congress has outsized influence over Obama's Cabinet
President's picks are getting Borked.
Management
White House wavers on Hagel, considers others for Defense
Nebraska Republican’s Pentagon nomination appears to be failing because of his blunt advocacy of unpopular positions.
Pay & Benefits
SAVE Award winner announced
Education’s Fred Winter proposes cutting costs of transit benefit without reducing appeal.
Management
Defense bill’s contractor provisions please advocates of all stripes
Backers of small businesses, human rights and women-owned firms voice approval.
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