Oversight
Analysis: How to cut costs and improve performance
Recently, the focus has been on the choice between draconian spending cuts and tax increases. But there’s a better way.
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Americans disagree on government role in wealth distribution
About 70 percent of Democrats support higher taxes on the rich to spread out wealth; about the same percentage of Republicans oppose that policy.
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Moody's threatens U.S. debt downgrade
Rating agency's call for "substantial deficit reduction” fuels arguments that budget cuts should be added to debt ceiling vote.
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Departing Commerce secretary laments government's 'aversion to failure'
Gary Locke calls for quantitative measures of program success.
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Mullen: Clock ticking for decision on Afghanistan troop withdrawal numbers
President Obama has committed to start removing U.S. forces from Afghanistan in July.
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USDA scraps food pyramid for a plate
New nutrition icon is easier for busy families to digest, first lady and Agriculture chief say.
Defense
Progress in Iraq called 'precarious as it is positive'
Lawmakers express concern over the timetable for complete withdrawal of U.S. troops.
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National Science Foundation nears decision on moving
Tight on space and adequate conference rooms, 2,100-employee agency mulls leaving Arlington for Alexandria.
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Price tag of official time spent on union activities grows
Labor officials and Republican lawmakers debate whether that time is well spent.
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Space shuttle Endeavour makes its final landing
Mission was the second-to-last for the U.S. shuttle program.
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House rejects hike in debt ceiling
Symbolic vote on measure with no spending cuts plays out predictably.
Defense
Space shuttle Endeavour gets set to attempt its final landing
Shuttle program will end after Atlantis mission in July.
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Efforts to bring jobs in-house may be losing momentum
Contractors welcome House-passed Defense bill that would lift Obama’s two-year-old moratorium on Pentagon outsourcing.
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Former Obama Secret Service agent running for senate in Maryland
It's a rare move for a member of the president's security detail.
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Obama to name former utility executive as Commerce chief
John Bryson would inherit a department expected to be at the center of efforts to overhaul government.
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Room for One More
Watch for Michele Bachmann or Rick Perry to try to fill a void in the GOP presidential race.
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From Nextgov: Government performance website may not meet Hill requirements
After losing more than three-quarters of its e-gov budget, OMB says it may not be able to complete the congressionally mandated project by October 2012.
Oversight
Senior executives give low marks to Obama appointees
Top career managers rate the president’s political leaders as less effective than those in the Bush or Clinton administrations.
Defense