Pay & Benefits
Boehner: Make It Easier to Fire VA Execs
House speaker gets behind a GOP effort to hold managers more accountable for their job performance.
Defense
Senate Takes First Step to Declassify Report on CIA Interrogations
The next step: bringing the massive report to the public.
Pay & Benefits
Your Mass Transit Benefits Could Soon Double
Legislative provision bringing benefits back to their 2013 levels would apply retroactively to Jan. 1.
Defense
How Can Government Battle a 'Suicide Epidemic' Among Veterans?
One hurdle is paying for measures improving mental health care.
Oversight
Analysis: Want Effective Government? Then You Have to Pay Better
Civil servants face a brain drain if Congress persists with pay freezes, benefit cuts, and badmouthing dedicated employees.
Nextgov
Republicans Fear Obama Will Let Russia Seize Internet Power
The administration insists no government will gain new influence over the Internet.
Pay & Benefits
House Panel Approves Plan to Increase Feds’ Pension Contributions
Republican fiscal 2015 budget resolution would require feds to contribute up to 5.5 percentage points more to their retirement benefit.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Phone Call Heard Round The World
Fallon lampoons Vladimir Putin, Sarah Palin and the NSA in one comedy bit.
Oversight
Civil Service Reform Might Not Be a Pipe Dream
Political climate is favorable for acting on proposed changes, observers say.
Defense
CIA Fires Back at Congress' Benghazi Theories
Former top agency official says he didn't let politics influence his editing of now-controversial talking points.
Pay & Benefits
House GOP Budget Would Cut Compensation for Postal Workers
Republican plan would slash jobs at several agencies.
Oversight
Play of the Day: What Obamacare Enrollment Numbers Really Mean
Stephen Colbert looks at the actual number of people who signed up.
Defense
John McCain: Classified Senate Report on Torture 'Chilling'
Some aspects of the report are too upsetting to repeat, the GOP senator says.
Management
Good-Government Gurus Embrace, Expand on Obama Management Agenda
Ex-OMB performance leader questions GOP plan for inventory of federal programs.
Defense
Ryan Budget Calls for Return to Pre-Sequester Defense Spending
Budget chairman takes from nondefense to boost defense spending beyond Obama.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Bridgegate Solved
Chris Christie's report exonerates the New Jersey governor.
Oversight
Republican Budget Asks Federal Employees to Contribute More to Pensions
The fiscal 2015 blueprint also would shrink the workforce through attrition and eliminate the student loan repayment benefit.
Oversight
Republicans Increasingly Willing to Brag About Bringing Home Bacon
After spending years on the defensive over earmarks, the establishment is beginning to fight back.
Oversight
How 2014 Could Give the GOP False Hope
Republicans could win the midterms without fixing the party's problems.
Pay & Benefits