Oversight
Senator to USDA: Cancel Wine Tastings Before Furloughing Food Inspectors
Republican says conferences should be cut before employee salaries.
Oversight
Republicans Take Aim at Obama’s EPA Nominee
Most energy observers expect McCarthy to be confirmed, but her nomination still sets the stage for high drama.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Sequester and the Worm
How can Dennis Rodman travel to North Korea when we have a budget crisis in the United States?
Oversight
Analysis: Sequestration May Be a Bad Idea Whose Time Has Come
Our government has lurched from one near disaster to another, doing just enough to prevent a cataclysm.
Oversight
House GOP Spending Plan Continues Sequester, Federal Pay Freeze
Proposal makes exceptions to mitigate across-the-board cuts for the Pentagon, VA, FBI and several other agencies.
Management
Obama’s Pick for Budget Director Greeted Warmly, If Politically
Sylvia Mathews Burwell’s nomination renews GOP calls for debt reduction.
News
Obama: 'We Can Manage Through' Sequester
President says with "outstanding leadership" agencies can figure out how to make cuts.
Management
GSA Seeing Some Success in Selling Real State, Efficient Leasing
Georgetown Heating Plant draws multiple private bids, hits $19 million.
Oversight
Issa Goes Directly to Agencies to Specify Spending Cuts
Letters to heads of 17 departments seek alternatives to sequester.
Oversight
Why Obama's Energy and EPA Nominees Could Get Held Up, Too
Both may face tough questions in the Senate.
Oversight
Obama Picks Head of Walmart Foundation to Be Budget Chief
Sylvia Mathews Burwell's name has been circulating for at least a month.
Oversight
EPA Funding Reductions Kneecap Environmental Enforcement
In two years, Congress cut EPA’s budget by a whopping 18 percent, from $10.3 billion to $8.5 billion.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Sequester is Here. Now What?
SNL’s cold open features “the human cost” of the sequester.
Management
Obama Issues Order Implementing Sequester
Now the process begins of implementing the cuts.
Oversight
Furlough Solidarity: Officials and Lawmakers Offer Voluntary Pay Cuts
A list of people who say they would give up part of their salaries if any feds are furloughed.
Defense
Defense Can Handle Sequestration, Specialists Say
Long-term budget can come down without harming readiness, trio agrees.
Pay & Benefits
Bill Would Cut Fed Workforce by 10 Percent in Three Years
Proposal limits agencies to one new hire for every three vacated spots.
Oversight
Fitch to U.S.: Debt Ceiling Shenanigans Will Hurt Your Credit Rating
After sequestration and budget talks this month, the debt limit debate will return.
Oversight
Play of the Day: All Sequester, All the Time
Comedians try to explain -- and loudly mock -- the sequester.
Management