Management

Infographic: Five Steps to Manage Government Regulations for Contractors

How to deal with an audit, how to ensure compliance and more ways to stick the landing.

Oversight

There Is No 'Party of Ideas'

Anyone looking for fresh public-policy approaches from Democrats, Republicans, or reform conservatives is bound to be disappointed.

Oversight

How to Eliminate Almost Every Federal Agency

A look at some of the tactics leveraged in the war on big government.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Is Hillary Trying To Distance Herself From Obama?

Jimmy Fallon has some new footage of the two.

Oversight

Does Obama Know Something We Don't About Supreme Court Retirements?

Speculation about the 81-year-old Ginsburg has been raging in political circles since shortly after Obama's re-election.

Oversight

Helicopter Crashes in Iraq After Delivering Aid to Yazidis

The only Yazidi member of the Iraqi parliament was reportedly among the injured.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Anthony Weiner's Life After Politics

Jimmy Fallon looks at the former Congressman's new venture.

Oversight

What Hillary Can Learn From LBJ

In a country ruled by political paralysis, people are drawn to the image of a leader who could force Washington into action.

Oversight

Bitcoin Users, You're 'On Your Own'

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Monday it will start taking bitcoin-related complaints.

Oversight

Why Incumbents Shouldn't Feel Safe

They might still be defeating their challengers, but the margins are slipping.

Management

Report: Agency Leaders Protected Teleworkers Who Lied About Their Hours

Patent Office's vaunted telecommuting program has a credibility problem.

Management

Despite Revenue Gains, Postal Service Loses Another $2 Billion

Congressionally mandated obligations are keeping USPS from getting back into the black.

Oversight

Play of the Day: How Payday Lenders Outsmart The Government

Regulating them is a lot like playing a sad game of Whac-A-Mole.

Nextgov

Will The Government Shred Your Contract After a Hack?

OPM and DHS, in a first, halted work with a background investigator after it disclosed a breach.

Oversight

Congress Divided Over Iraq Strikes

Some on the Hill support the move, others say Obama needs a more comprehensive strategy.

News

What Government Never Could Have Expected from President Nixon

The president who tried to leverage the bureaucracy to “screw” his opponents resigned 40 years ago.

Oversight

Whatever Happened to the Benghazi Select Committee?

The lack of news is by design, Republicans say.

Oversight

Four Reasons Why This Ebola Outbreak Is Different

Outbreak has spread to city centers, and is in an area where there is a distrust of Western medicine.

Oversight

Play of the Day: What Obama Has In Common With Flat Stanley

Mitch McConnell is not good at making fun of the president.

Oversight

Parents Need to Talk to Their Kids … About Federal Service

Federal employee union looks to recruit young people who aren't yet thinking about a career for Uncle Sam.