Oversight
Caroline Kennedy Headed to Japan as New Ambassador
The Obama administration is sending Kennedy to Tokyo.
Oversight
USPS Should Charge More Where It Can, Report Says
Discounts for presorting cost more than they save.
Oversight
Sasha and Malia's Spring Break Will Not Ruin the Republic
Presidents pay for their vacations, taxpayers pay for security.
Defense
Analysis: Paying the Costs of Iraq, for Decades to Come
The wars are ending; the obligations, just beginning now.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Same-Sex Marriage and North Korea
Perceived threats to the United States dot the late-night landscape.
Defense
Pentagon Scales Back Furloughs, Calls for Additional Flexibility
Spending deal fixed some but not all the department's sequestration problems, Hagel says.
Oversight
Senate Backs Amendment to Boost IGs' Power
Provision would increase personnel, training and authority for inspectors general across government.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Many Views of Marriage
As the Supremes debate same sex marriage, late-night jokes.
Tech
Energy Dept. Overpays Contractor Executives
Oak Ridge, Tenn., officials sign off on salary that’s 80 percent too high, IG says.
Management
OPM to Senior Execs: Tell Us How You Really Feel
Agency wants honest feedback from top career civil servants who leave their jobs.
Management
Short-Term Flexibility Won't Help Long-Term Impact of Sequestration
Greater control doesn't change the dollars and cents of the equation.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Effects of the Sequester
Letterman recounts the timeline of different crises in Washington.
Oversight
Play of the Day: A Passover Victory for Obama
The president’s diplomatic skills in Israel were fair game Monday.
Oversight
Analysis: Sequestration Shows That Congress Needs to Be Fixed
Time to reform the institutional dysfunction that led us to crude budget cuts.
Defense
Have Americans Forgotten Afghanistan?
As the U.S. grapples with sequestration, the economy, and other policy battles, the war has fallen (even farther) from view.
Nextgov
Relive President Obama's Drone War, in Under 10 Seconds
More than 3,000 people have died as a result of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan since 2004.
Management
CBO Chief on the Impossible Job of Gauging How Much Legislation Costs
Elmendorf explains discrepancies in Recovery Act estimates.
Oversight
Armed With Excuses, Lawmakers Head Home to Sequester Complaints
Reversing sequestration this year is a 'longshot,' senator says.
Oversight