Oversight
Misconduct could cost SEC its building leasing authority
House panel pursues reports of waste and criminal acts in abandoned bid to make Constitution Center the agency’s headquarters.
Oversight
Environmentalists hail Grand Canyon ruling
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's plan bans uranium mining on more than one million acres around the Arizona site.
Defense
Gen. Petraeus would endorse 30,000 troops home by end of 2012
The commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan is expected to be confirmed by September as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Oversight
Golf gives insights into presidential character
Obama is set to play 18 holes with House Speaker John Boehner this weekend.
Defense
Senate panel cuts $6.4 billion from Pentagon request
Cut represents a modest portion of the $682.5 billion authorization plan.
Defense
Case closed: District court dismisses bin Laden charges after nearly 13 years
Bin Laden had been wanted for more than a decade in New York.
Oversight
Biden deficit group gives itself July 1 deadline
The six lawmakers are aiming to either reach an agreement or decide their differences are too substantial to reconcile.
Oversight
SBA called slow to kill duplicative programs and curb improper payments
Administrator defends progress against criticisms from the agency’s IG and a GAO specialist.
Defense
Appropriators back $1 billion decrease in nuclear agency budget
Figure is $1.1 billion below Obama's initial $11.7 billion request for NNSA.
Defense
House Committee slashes conventional "global strike" funds
Defense officials say a small number of these arms are necessary as an alternative to some nuclear weapons.
Oversight
Influential federal CIO to step down
Vivek Kundra is credited with saving taxpayers $3 billion through smart tech policies.
Oversight
Labor-management council urges closer look at delinquent agencies
Those that have failed to develop partnerships should not get off easy, union leaders say.
Defense
Pentagon in search of 'secret' farmers for Afghanistan
Why is the U.S. sending farmers with high security clearance to Afghanistan?
Oversight
Social Security has been doling out $8 billion to the wrong people
IG says most payments were made to people not reporting all their resources.
Oversight
OMB controller cites government’s ‘low learning curve’ on analytics
Danny Werfel praises Recovery Board’s data tools to detect fraud and cut improper payments as model for agencies.
Oversight
Chief officers want more collaboration among interagency councils
A panel of top federal leaders in IT, human capital and financial management say cross-pollination among groups would improve government operations.
Defense
Pentagon: No more big defense mergers
Acquisition chief predicts industry will go through a period of profound change as it adjusts to a new era of austerity.
Defense
U.S. needs effective counter-WMD strategy, Defense official says
President Obama has identified countering WMD threats as a top national security goal.
Defense
White House Afghan review unlikely to alter slow drawdown
This time, Petraeus and the White House will keep deliberations process quiet and brief.
Defense