Oversight
Cut contracting costs by 15 percent, agencies are told
OMB sets goal of saving $6 billion on management support services as part of campaign to ‘buy smarter and buy less.’
Oversight
HUD rebuts charge of illegal grant to ACORN
Judiciary Watch says housing money violated congressional ban on funding for dismantled community action group.
Oversight
SEC chief agrees to give up facility leasing authority
Chairwoman Mary Schapiro accepts House panel criticisms of mishandled bid to expand office space.
Oversight
Pentagon says it will comply with court order on 'don't ask'
Defense is reviewing the latest court ruling with the Justice Department.
Oversight
Clock ticks on recess-appointed Medicare official
Senate has yet to confirm Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Donald Berwick.
Oversight
Postmaster general attempts to steer USPS out of the red
With revenues in freefall and a complex business mandate, Patrick Donahoe has his work cut out for him.
Defense
President reverses condolence letter policy to include troop suicides
Change signifies a new understanding of the wounds of war.
Defense
Army opens court-martial proceedings against suspected Fort Hood shooter
Maj. Nidal Hasan faces death if convicted of 2009 shootings.
Defense
U.S. to shift troops in Afghanistan
Troops will shift from southern Afghanistan to the country’s violent eastern provinces, general says.
Defense
GOP lawmakers accuse Justice of gunrunner coverup
Citing ATF's Kenneth Melson, congressmen say the department concealed information -- including FBI and DEA involvement.
Oversight
Obama to leaders: 'Leave rhetoric at the door'
President urges both sides to come to debt ceiling talks without political gamesmanship.
Oversight
Feds to have freedom for nonprofit service
Ethics office proposes repeal of prohibition on government workers acting as nonprofit officers or directors.
Oversight
After Geithner, a weak economics bench
An opening at the top of the Treasury Department would hurt at a time of limited resources and other lingering or impending vacancies.
Oversight
Worries on All Sides
The 2012 elections could be the first in 20 years in which voters dump big numbers of both Republicans and Democrats.
Oversight
Vote to streamline appointments could give agencies clarity
Observers welcome bipartisan effort to reduce nominees needing Senate confirmation.
Oversight
Over 100 people earn in the six figures at White House
Administration released searchable salary report Friday.
Oversight
FAA, controllers' union reach agreement on guidelines to combat fatigue
Plan comes after a number of reports of controllers falling asleep during overnight shifts.
Defense
Obama to name new counterrorism chief
Matthew Olsen is currently the general counsel for the National Security Agency.
Defense
Analysis: Defining down war
Obama is already adept at going to war without saying so, but the team of Panetta and Petraeus is likely to turn this age-old deception into an art form.
Oversight