Nextgov

Thousands of Weather Satellite Bugs Won’t Be Fixed For Years

IG slams Raytheon and NOAA for failing to fix security holes on ground control system.

Management

Issa Attacks Labor Department's Elevator Posters, PR Contests

'Wasteful' practices included hiring Nationals mascot, publishing employee magazine.

Oversight

John Boehner's Greatest Acts as a Wind-Up Monkey

The Speaker of the House says he is little more than a toy monkey operated by his staff.

Defense

How Obama Plans to Fix Veterans’ Mental Health Care

The White House boasts progress on improving services, but Republicans aren’t impressed.

Management

It Could Get a Lot Harder for Social Security to Close Field Offices

Senator introduces bill that would require a public comment period on planned closures and a report to Congress.

Oversight

Democrats Are (Slowly) Learning to Love Obamacare

Democrats are getting more comfortable talking about the law, but don’t expect them to make it a central part of their campaigns.

Oversight

House Hires Lawyer for Obama Lawsuit

Contract caps legal fees at $350,000.

Oversight

Paul Ryan Says His Big Ideas Will Have to Wait

Ryan's far-reaching plans for overhauling entitlement programs and the tax code are likely going to stay in the development stage for another two years.

Oversight

Play of the Day: The Problem With Internet Headlines

Last Week Tonight's John Oliver literally destroys something, instead of using words.

Oversight

How the White House Is Changing Obamacare to Comply With Hobby Lobby

HHS released new regulations on the law’s contraception mandate

Oversight

The Senate's Scattershot Approach to Ferguson

Lawmakers are pursuing a subcommittee hearing, a bill, and review of a Defense program, but nothing is expected to pass when senators return in September.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Paul Ryan Really Wants To Drive A Bus

What is the Wisconsin representative's true calling?

Oversight

Two Americans Have Beaten Ebola, but We Don’t Know How

The two infected aid workers have been released from the hospital.

Oversight

Clintonphobia: Why No Democrat Wants to Run Against Hillary

Given the Clintons' reputation for retaliating for betrayals, it's just not worth it in 2016.

Oversight

CDC Counts 68 Ebola Scares in United States

Agency works closely with hospitals and clinics to determine whether or not patients should be tested.

Oversight

Fight Brews Over How Long a Shutdown-Avoiding Measure Should Last

Some want all 2015 spending issues to be pushed into the next Congress.

Oversight

Play of the Day: The 2016 Contender Everyone Wants To Forget About

Is Mitt Romney waiting in the wings?

Tech

McConnell Promises Spending Standoff Over Obama’s Green Agenda

The GOP leader stopped short of an explicit shutdown threat, but he did say a Republican majority would use the budget to go after EPA’s environmental rules.

Oversight

Darrell Issa to Investigate 'Do-Nothing' Patent Office Employees

Move over, IRS. Oversight committee chairman has a new enemy.

Oversight

Having a Daughter Won't Make You Vote Democratic (or Republican)

A new study challenges previous conclusions about how parenthood changes politics.