Pay & Benefits
Congress again delays STOCK ACT for senior execs
The public financial disclosure requirement for thousands of high-ranking career employees is postponed until April 15, 2013.
Pay & Benefits
Resolve the fiscal cliff or don’t get paid (or sick), petitioners tell Congress, Obama
Thousands sign on to plea to avert austerity crisis.
Oversight
Discharge petition for extending tax cuts draws 178 Democrats
Former Obama budget chief calls for continuing middle-class breaks only temporarily.
Defense
Analysis: Picking a fight over Susan Rice would not serve the country
Aren't there bigger fish to fry?
Oversight
Obama: 'I will not play that game' on debt ceiling again
President says he will not let the GOP make a habit of using the ceiling as leverage.
Oversight
Susan Rice's Senate opponents voted for resolution on Benghazi protests
The Republicans who object to her claim that protests in Libya preceded four Americans' deaths approved a Senate measure that used similar wording.
Oversight
Coburn adds snow-cone machines, armored-vehicle pumpkin festival protection to his hit list
DHS grants to cities are rife with waste, senator says in new report.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Christmas is up and crime is down
The holiday season is here and late-night takes note.
Oversight
Poll shows ambivalence on fiscal cliff, support for Rice
Public is OK with raising taxes on the wealthy and against entitlement reform, survey finds
Oversight
Boehner's fiscal cliff counter offer doesn't satisfy White House
Plan does not raise enough in revenue, Democrats say.
Oversight
Senate unanimously approves Hatch Act update
Bill would expand the range of possible penalties for employees who violate the law.
Management
The 'Plum Book' is out in print and digital formats
2012 edition features searchable Web app.
Oversight
Pelosi fires up discharge petition to extend middle-class tax cuts
Democrat gives House speaker until Tuesday to agree to take up Senate-passed bill.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Fiscal cliff, thank you cards and a surprise guest
The fiscal cliff looms large over late-night comedy.
Oversight
Few signs of progress toward a fiscal cliff deal
On TV interviews, Geithner and Boehner reveal little indicating policy breakthroughs.
Management
Senate approves wartime contracting reform bill
Move caps Sen. McCaskill’s six-year-effort to curb waste and boost oversight.
Defense
The controversial Africa policy of Susan Rice
America's potential next secretary of state was involved in a major policy shift in Washington's approach toward Africa. But was it a positive one?
Oversight
Analysis: Geithner proposes the second-best debt ceiling solution
The best idea would be to abolish it forever.
Oversight