Pay & Benefits
Independent Agency Makes Headway on Furlough Appeals
MSPB begins to consolidate and adjudicate record number of appeals.
Oversight
Play of the Day: ‘Mr. Magoo’ Came Up With the Solution
The Daily Show compares John Kerry's Syrian luck to the 1960s cartoon character.
Oversight
House Stopgap Spending Measure Would Help Agencies Dodge Furloughs
Continuing resolution keeps the government running until Dec. 15 -- and the sequester in place.
Oversight
Will a Busy Fall Congressional Schedule Derail Postal Reform?
Oversight leaders say they are pressing ahead despite several potential roadblocks.
Oversight
Republicans Want Lawmakers, Staff to Foot Obamacare Bill
Legislation would prohibit government from subsidizing cost of congressional health insurance plans on exchanges.
Oversight
Man Who Trained Feds on How to Beat Polygraph Tests Heads to Prison
Two federal contractors with Top Secret Security clearances were among Chad Dixon’s customers.
Oversight
Play of the Day: What to Do With Dictators in Syria and North Korea
Kim and Assad are subjects of late-night humor.
Oversight
House to Vote This Week on Spending Bill to Avoid Shutdown
Continuing resolution would likely keep sequestration in place.
Pay & Benefits
Congressional Staff Leave Their Jobs Because of Low Pay
New report shows legislative employees, like their agency colleagues, love their work, but want better managers.
Oversight
Play of the Day: John Kerry’s Provocative Tongue
David Letterman compares the State Department’s leader to Miley Cyrus.
Oversight
IRS Slashes Spending on Videos by 90 Percent
Agency notes cuts after House Republicans blast a 2011 parody of 'The Apprentice.'
Oversight
Play of the Day: Putin and Obama Are Together Again at the G20
The leaders of Russia and the United States do not appear to be close friends.
Oversight
Lawmakers Highlight Poor-Performing VA Execs Awarded Bonuses
House Veterans' Affairs Committee launches website to hold managers accountable.
Defense
The Democratic Congressman Who Thinks He Can Stop the Syria War
"You're going to see Democrats and Republicans lining up against this," Alan Grayson says.
Oversight
How Syria Will Affect the Sequester Fight
Republicans say we're starving the military of necessary funds; others are less convinced.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Hold On, Secretary Kerry. John McCain Has Two Pair
The Arizona Senator is caught playing poker during a Senate Foreign Relations hearing.
Oversight
Senator Calls $8.7M in Obamacare Ads a 'Blatant Misuse' of Taxpayer Funds
HHS defends campaign as standard educational outreach.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Assad Has The World’s Least Successful Mustache
Syria remains a hot topic on late-night TV.
Oversight
Treasury IG Faces Its Own Lawsuit Alleging FOIA Violations
Government accountability group challenges refusal to confirm or deny documents' existence.
Defense