Defense
Budget request includes TRICARE cut, military retirement details
Proposal increases pay by 1.7 percent, but would slow raises after 2014.
Management
Obama sticks to same Medicare cost-savers
Overall HHS funding request up $7 billion from fiscal 2012.
Oversight
Interior budget boosts oversight of offshore drilling
Obama again proposes ending tax breaks for oil and gas companies.
Tech
Budget reflects scaled-back vision for clean energy
Plan would take the Energy Department’s renewables spending up to $2.3 billion.
Management
Video: Obama says budget has 'difficult cuts'
In a Northern Virginia speech Monday, Obama says his fiscal 2013 budget includes many reductions.
Management
Budget recommends greater flexibility for Postal Service
Plan would restructure retirement obligations and reduce mail delivery to five days.
Oversight
EPA faces third straight year of cuts
Budget barely acknowledges the agency’s plans to regulate power-plant emissions.
Management
State Department budget request only slightly higher than 2012
Increase is especially small considering the agency's growing responsibilities.
Management
White House seeks Treasury savings through streamlining
Proposed new fee on large financial firms would compensate Americans and discourage future risk taking.
Management
Education budget focuses on college affordability
Plan increases Pell Grants and asks Congress to stop a interest-rate hike on student loans from going into effect in July.
Defense
President requests 'more disciplined' $613 billion Defense budget
White House wants $525.4 billion for regular defense and $88.5 billion for war account.
Oversight
Obama chief of staff: 'Congress needs to get its work done'
Jack Lew puts the ball in lawmakers' court on fiscal 2013 budget and payroll tax cut extension.
Oversight
House budget chairman puts emphasis on spending cuts
Democrats fail to take fiscal instability seriously, says Paul Ryan, R-Wis.
Management
Budget day arrives with low expectations
If history is a guide, the judgment that President Obama's budget is dead on arrival is probably accurate.
News
Putting the Postal Service's Losses in Perspective
This week's announcement that the U.S. Postal service had a less than happy holiday season, ending 2011 in the red, didn't quite tell the whole story.
Management
OPM sends acceptance notices to the wrong fellowship applicants
About 300 PMF semifinalists received the faulty decisions.
Management
Obama budget forecasts $1.33 trillion deficit for fiscal 2012
Projected deficit is higher than 2011's $1.296 trillion figure.
Management
State Department gets mixed review on Keystone pipeline process
Inspector general finds no conflicts of interest but faults depth of technical expertise.
Management
GAO faults Pentagon data measuring insourcing
Defense officials say continuing effort furthers strategic workforce goals.
Oversight