Management
Bipartisan Team Launches Effort to Better Assess Whether Programs Work
Bill would establish commission to recommend data for judging programs.
Oversight
Senators See Progress on Lynch Nomination
The House turns to cybersecurity—while President Obama meets a foreign dignitary and the New England Patriots.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Trolls, Raccoons and Trial Lawyers
The patent troll problem is truly out of control.
Oversight
Republicans Planning 'Big Fights' on Agency Funding to Rein in Bureaucrats
White House says it hopes to hold GOP to its word that shutdown will be avoided.
Oversight
American Consumers are Spending More on Organic Foods, and so is Their Government
Mandatory spending on organics under the 2002 farm bill totaled $20 million, but by 2014, that number had risen to $167.5 million.
Oversight
A New Satellite for One of the Great Space Programs
Landsat 9 will launch in 2023, and promises the continuity of a critical, long-running database for imagery of the Earth's surface.
Defense
After Gyrocopter Stunt, Lawmakers Want Answers
"This cannot happen again," key members warn.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Gyrocopter Man and Other American Journeys
How effective was the gyrocopter's flight onto the Capitol grounds?
Nextgov
Agencies Botch IT Savings Estimates by $3.8 Billion
Drastic revisions by the departments of Defense and Homeland Security accounted for most of the savings discrepancy.
Pay & Benefits
A Potential Breakthrough for Paid Parental Leave for Feds
Bipartisan pair of House members high-five each other to make their support for work-life balance measures official.
Management
Lawmakers in Both Parties Promise to Be Nicer to Feds
But kinder rhetoric is only one step on a long road to boosting employee morale.
Defense
The House Wants to Let You Bring a Gun to Army Corps Land
Spending bill includes another attempt to lift Army Corps ban on firearms.
Oversight
House Uses Tax Day to Pass Restraints on IRS
Bills range from bans on private email use to “preventing targeting.”
Defense
The War Against the Islamic State Will Go Undeclared
Congress won't approve President Obama's proposed authorization of military force, but it won't limit him either.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Clinton's Travels in Iowa
The inevitability tour continues in the Hawkeye State.
Oversight
House Republicans Fail in Effort to Fire All Tax Delinquent Feds
Democrats say bill disparaged the federal workforce and wasn't necessary.
Defense
U.S. Hostages from 1979 Iranian Revolution May Finally Be Compensated
Senate bill on Iran nuclear deal includes funding source for restitution.
Oversight
Paul Attacks Loretta Lynch on Civil Asset Forfeiture
At a hearing Wednesday, the senator tested a new argument in his case against Lynch’s confirmation.
Defense
It Just Got Easier to Contest Inclusion on the No Fly List
For starters, DHS will now tell people if they’re on the list; ACLU says new procedures aren’t enough.
Oversight