Management
Watchdog: Pentagon’s Efficiency Effort Lacks Proper Metrics
Budget crunch constrains Defense’s ability to adequately track project aimed at saving the department $100 billion.
Management
Interior Department Snags Capitol Hill Vet for Outreach Gig
John Blair, a former aide to Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee of Michigan, is now the department's director of intergovernmental and external affairs.
Oversight
Obamacare Is a Powerful New Crime-Fighting Tool
An astonishing two-thirds of the 730,000 prisoners released each year have substance abuse or mental health problems. But no one has been willing to pay for their treatment—until now.
Oversight
Play of the Day: NSA Reform Is Doomed
The Daily Show is skeptical about the possibility of reform.
Oversight
IRS Training Guidance Doesn’t Appear to Have a Smoking Gun
Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act cover period before agency’s mishandling of applications.
Management
Obama: NSA Reforms Should Give Americans 'Greater Confidence'
But will they be enough to satisfy critics?
Oversight
Play of the Day: How to Get Off the NSA's Grid
Stephen Colbert has tips to avoid the surveillance.
Oversight
Crusader Against Government Waste Cuts Senate Career Short
Tom Coburn, R-Okla., is battling a recurrence of cancer.
Oversight
Congress Pushes Forward on Security Clearance Reform Bill
Legislation provides more oversight of government and contract investigators.
Management
Federal Contractors Saw Available Work Shrink in 2013
New York Times analysis says awards fell 11 percent.
Oversight
Agency Watchdogs Could Get More Freedom to Roam
IGs tell House panel they need exemptions from privacy and paperwork laws to expedite investigations.
Management
West Virginia Water Contamination Prompts Federal Response
U.S. Chemical Safety Board investigates accident as lawmakers, environmentalists call for answers.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Advertising America
The United States has majestic landscapes, diverse people, and the best kept national secret: eagle paragliding.
Nextgov
Quit Wasting Money on e-Health Records, Congress Tells Defense and VA
Lawmakers want both departments to focus on interoperability.
Management
Why the Spending Bill Would Ban Official Portraits
Federal officials have a history of commissioning expensive oil paintings for tens of thousands of dollars.
Management
House Passes Fiscal 2014 Spending Package
Senate has to vote by Saturday on the measure funding federal agencies through Sept. 30.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Employee Groups Lament Loss of Congressional Advocate
Retiring House Democrat Jim Moran spent his 23-year career steering appropriations to Northern Virginia and protecting federal workers.
Oversight
We Now Know Whom to Blame for Benghazi
A Senate intelligence committee report released Wednesday assigns the blame for the confusion surrounding the 2012 terrorist attacks, but questions remain.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Keepers of Political Hit Lists
One of the entries on Hillary Clinton's list might be a surprise.
Nextgov