Management

Analysis: Government's Moneyball Moment

With data and analytics, agencies can put together winning programs on a shoestring.

Oversight

Environmental groups drop six figures to applaud EPA, Obama

Ads will run on social media and local news websites in four states key to the debate over emissions and the 2012 election.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- First lady creams Fallon in fitness fight

A daily roundup of late-night video.

Management

Romney runs into speed bump named Santorum

Conservative challenger upends front-runner in contests in Missouri, Colorado and Minnesota.

Pay & Benefits

House panel votes to increase amount feds contribute to pensions

The bill, which also asks lawmakers to chip in more for retirement benefits, heads to the floor.

Management

House passes bill to create BRAC-like federal property board

White House prefers its own version; homelessness groups object.

Pay & Benefits

Payroll conferees debate federal pay freeze

Democrats resist linking congressional and federal salary freezes.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- Was Mitt Romney the real star of the Super Bowl?

A daily roundup of late-night video.

Pay & Benefits

Senators express frustration over OPM backlog of retirement claims

In letter to OMB, three lawmakers from Virginia and Maryland seek new safeguard procedures.

Oversight

Improving Fortunes

President Obama's reelection prospects aren't looking as dim as they did a few months ago.

Oversight

Head of Postal Regulatory Commission traveled much as USPS struggled financially, the Post reports

Ruth Goldway spent more than $70,000 and hundreds of days on the road, the paper says.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- Leno: Trump Broke His Promise to Gingrich

A daily roundup of late-night video.

Management

White House names new procurement policy chief

Joseph Jordan is a former contracting official at the Small Business Administration.

Oversight

Momentum builds to require feds to disclose stock trades

Office of Government Ethics still determining how many would be affected.

Oversight

Senator steps up scrutiny of FDA over whistleblower treatment

Grassley opens investigation into surveillance of emails, including correspondence with his office.

Pay & Benefits

Bill would prohibit step increases for feds through 2012

Federal pay takes another hit in legislation aimed at improving transparency within the annual budget process.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- Trump's Romney endorsement bridges class divide

A daily roundup of late-night video.

Pay & Benefits

Senate Republicans call for two-year pay freeze extension

Bill also would reduce the federal workforce by 5 percent through attrition.

Management

House Republican seeks to curb 'deceitful' subcontracting

Bill is aimed at fighting unjustified insourcing in federal procurement.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- Jon Stewart on safety nets: 'Something has gone terribly, terribly wrong'

A daily roundup of late-night video.