Defense
IG: Iraq logistics contractor marked up prices as much as 12,000 percent
Auditor questions nearly 40 percent of company’s billings, among them $900 for a $7 control switch.
Oversight
End to FAA mess in sight
Senate considers House-passed bill -- including GOP provisions -- to fund the aviation agency into September.
Oversight
Obama signs debt deal, turns to job creation
To all those caught up in the frenzy of the debt-ceiling fight in Washington these past few weeks, it seemed like a moment of relief, but it was only the “first step,” as Obama called it.
Defense
Ashton Carter named as new deputy secretary of Defense
The physicist currently serves as the undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics.
Oversight
LaHood: FAA funding failure has 'enormous' ripple effects
Partial shutdown will hurt construction workers as well as agency employees, Transportation chief says.
Defense
Mullen presses Iraqis to decide U.S. troop status
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman wants immunity to be part of a withdrawal.
Oversight
A Laughingstock
Members of Congress may not realize it, but they are becoming national jokes.
Oversight
House passes debt deal; action moves to Senate
Bill gains bipartisan support, although 66 Republicans and 95 Democrats voted against it.
Oversight
Cybersecurity: Defense Department
The latest in our series of Best Practices Case Studies.
Oversight
Debt deal reached; major cuts coming
Agreement will cut $1 trillion from U.S. spending immediately and a special committee of lawmakers will seek further decreases by November.
Oversight
House approves speaker's debt plan
Bill now heads to the Senate, where Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has pledged its swift defeat.
Oversight
FAA furloughs unprecedented, officials say
As shutdown enters its second week, thousands of agency employees remain off the job.
Defense
Soldier charged in bomb plot targeting Fort Hood personnel
Case has renewed concerns about the threat posed by so-called lone-wolf extremists.
Oversight
Boehner bill moving to vote; Reid, Obama waiting
The debt ceiling measure was revised overnight and is expected to be defeated in the Senate.
Oversight
Obama: Give me 'something to sign by Tuesday'
President again calls on Americans to contact their representatives in support of a debt deal.
Oversight
No vote on debt plan Thursday; default deadline moves closer
Boehner is still seeking support for Republican proposal.
Oversight