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.

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.

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

Lawmakers Read Mean Tweets

Paul Ryan and others embrace some of the nastiest insults they've seen on Twitter.

Oversight

FBI Press Leak Indicates No Prosecutions for IRS Targeting

House Republicans protest “politically motivated” hint of no criminal charges.

Management

Agency Conference Spending Down But Senators Still Want Tighter Controls

OMB deputy cites progress in changing culture of waste while preserving valuable face time.

Pay & Benefits

What the Spending Bill Means for Federal Employees

Blue-collar workers get a raise, but travel, conference and bonuses are rolled back.

Oversight

If You Want Obama to Rein In the NSA, You're About to Be Disappointed

The president will embrace some surveillance reforms, but he's not about to scale back the national security state.

Oversight

How the Supreme Court Can Sidestep a Recess-Appointments Dilemma

A dazzling argument by Miguel Estrada shows how the justices can reach a ruling Noel Canning: Just say the Senate decides when it's in recess.