Defense
Coast Guard investigates animal testing video
Medical training practices provoke outrage from PETA and director Oliver Stone.
Oversight
TSA chief says 30 percent or 40 percent staff cut wouldn’t fly
Downsizing would hamper security efforts and lengthen wait times, Pistole tells GOP lawmaker.
Pay & Benefits
House considers yet another pay freeze measure
Bill would deny Homeland Security civilians a salary hike in 2013.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- Scott Walker wins in Wisconsin
Wisconsin gubernatorial recall elections are a topic for late-night comedy.
Tech
Labor’s new approach to jobs data sparks outcry
Media groups and House Republicans call changes intrusive, propagandistic.
Oversight
House Democratic leader wants to cancel next week's recess
There is too much unfinished business, Pelosi argues.
Oversight
Who is Mike Leavitt, the man leading Romney's transition team?
The former Bush Administration official has been tapped to lead the transition.
Oversight
Lab directors urged plutonium facility delay, former Biden aide charges
The proposal to delay building the facility has since drawn Republican fire.
Oversight
GSA asked to justify $750,000 in travel for high-level telecommuters
Buildings Service incurred these costs in nine months for 95 ‘virtual workers.’
Oversight
Play of the Day -- Congress is getting dumber and George W. Bush gets his portrait
Late night shows returned to the airwaves to riff on Congress and George W. Bush.
Oversight
Trouble for Obama
Dig into the polling numbers and you'll find some warning signs for the president heading into the general election.
Oversight
Erupting urinal soaks House press gallery
U.S. Capitol personnel mop up mess with newspapers and magazines.
Oversight
GSA bonuses prompt senator to ask broader questions
Separate survey shows agency as government’s most generous.
Oversight
What if Mitt Romney visited Solyndra and no one noticed?
The presidential candidate's visit was overshadowed in the news cycle.
Oversight
House bid to merge Homeland Security WMD offices draws cautious praise
House panel applauds 'responsible consolidations.'
Management
OMB should involve more agencies in priority goals, auditors say
GAO details progress on crossagency themes in government performance law.
Pay & Benefits
Republicans propose federal pension hikes to fund student loan program
Union leaders urge President Obama to reject the offer.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- Obama's 'hit list'
Colbert takes aim at the White House's recently uncovered program.
Oversight