Oversight
OPM unveils new emergency operating statuses
Policy comes in response to several unusual weather events during the past year, including a January midday storm that left many commuters stranded.
Oversight
Recovery Board chairman to step down
Earl Devaney has had a long career in federal oversight efforts.
Oversight
Justice’s grant to ACORN-related group misused, says watchdog
New York organization did not comply with requirements on documenting recruitment of students.
Oversight
Agencies improve management through analytics, report says
Nonprofit’s study of seven programs finds focus on data boosts quality and transparency.
Oversight
HHS rolls out new grants for state health care exchanges
Rhode Island becomes first to receive more advanced Level 2 award.
Oversight
Media Sideshow
The deficit panel’s travails are far less chronicled than the debt-ceiling saga as the 2012 GOP presidential contest grips the nation’s attention.
Oversight
White House looks to beef up management of electronic records
The government lacks a uniform system for preserving emails, blog posts and social media activity.
Oversight
Super committee GOPer: Automatic cuts must be reconfigured
Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania says President Obama's threat to veto efforts to get rid of cuts was not "categorical."
Oversight
Interior’s planned bureau merger irks lawmakers, industry
Salazar begins consolidating surface mining and land management functions to remove duplication.
Oversight
Can Obama's war on waste make a difference?
Presidential promises to make government more efficient are not new.
Oversight
Obama keeps 'change agent' mantle in wake of super committee defeat
White House is determined not to let the congressional failure be judged a presidential failure as well.
Oversight
House gears up for votes on far-reaching regulatory reforms
Advocacy groups campaign to derail bills requiring increased cost-benefit analysis.
Defense
Perry: Attorney general should resign
GOP candidate criticizes Holder and the Obama administration for botched arms-trafficking investigation.
Oversight
Obama: 'I will veto any effort' to undo automatic cuts
President vows to keep up pressure for bipartisan deal on deficit reduction.
Oversight
Too Much Exposure
Simple math suggests Republicans have that predicament in the House, while Democrats face it in the Senate.
Defense
Sequester fight is on the horizon
Republicans are talking about rewriting the rules for across-the-board cuts to soften the blow for Defense; Obama has suggested he could veto such attempts.
Oversight
Super committee failure helps feds in short term
But automatic spending cuts governmentwide ultimately will hurt agencies and workers.
Oversight
White House inaction stalls FOIA recommendations
New guidance has awaited OMB approval for nine months, official says.
Oversight
Aides: Kerry deficit proposal on table; failure announcement still expected
Prewritten news releases announcing the super committee's failure are on hold pending a GOP review of the Democratic offer.
Defense