Management
OMB officials detail reorganization plan and headway against waste
Obama team sees fiscal crunch as mechanism for streamlining business-related agencies.
Management
Federal budget deficit to shrink to $1.1 trillion
Gap is not expected to get much smaller in the coming years if Bush era tax cuts are extended.
Management
White House reopens debate over contractor pay
Acting procurement chief wants reimbursement no higher than salaries of top federal executives.
Management
Lawmaker pushes to boost contractor work
Sam Graves’ bill would deny managers bonuses if goals are not met.
Management
A Gingrich administration could be expensive
Some of the GOP candidate's big plans have big price tags.
Defense
Homeland security and economic growth are linked, Napolitano says
Annual address notes that department handled record number of natural disasters.
Management
Park Service begins no-camping enforcement against Occupy D.C.
Spokeswoman says plans were under way before a Jan. 24 congressional hearing on the agency's handling of protestors.
Management
Leadership Lessons: Patrick Gallagher, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Chief of premier science agency warns that the hardest thing about change is not doing it.
Tech
Former FDA employees sue agency, allege email surveillance
The scientists and doctors say the information gathered on them contributed to harassment and wrongful termination, the Post reports.
Defense
State Department drones still patrolling Iraqi skies
Iraqi officials complain that the drones are an affront to their new nation's sovereignty.
Defense
Pentagon can't account for nearly $2 billion in Iraqi funds
Audit investigated roughly $3 billion the Iraqi government gave the Defense Department to pay bills for reconstruction-related contracts.
Management
Congress not warming to proposed new base-closing commission
Resistance flashed by members of both parties, especially in New England.
Oversight
Recovery Act spurs risk management lessons at Energy
Program that funded now-bankrupt solar firm Solyndra was mostly well managed, IG finds.
Defense
Arlington Cemetery shows much improvement, but problems remain
Despite progress after investigations of mismanagement, operations are still under a watchful eye.
Tech
Gingrich's moon plan finds little love at debate
Rivals criticize idea as pandering to Florida interests, joke about sending politicians to the new colony.
Defense
Administration to request new round of base closures
Defense secretary says there’s ‘no more effective process’ than BRAC, despite failings.
Defense
Budget preview hits Defense contractors on weapons and management
Panetta aims to save $60 billion in five years by ‘improving business practices across the department.’
Pay & Benefits
Federal workers' comp program remains vulnerable to fraud
Several bills are pending in Congress that would tighten up oversight of benefits for feds injured on the job.
Defense