Oversight
House GOP plans symbolic passage of shutdown prevention measure
Plan would have no impact on actual shutdown.
Oversight
Democrats say only $6 billion separates sides in budget talks
Senate leader Reid says sides are ready to find common ground.
Pay & Benefits
Obama solicits ideas from federal workers for government reform
In video, president suggests that help can come from workers themselves.
Oversight
What happens if the government shuts down?
A look at some federal services that shut down in 1995-96 -- and could again.
Oversight
Lawmaker wants HHS to take closer look at doctor pay
Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., wants to require the federal government to give Medicare reimbursement rates a closer look.
Oversight
With revolt brewing, House GOP backs off budget deal
Tea party wing rejects tentative deal to cut roughly $30 billion in cuts from current spending levels, boosting odds of a shutdown.
Oversight
Obama’s Advantage
GOP strategists privately admit that the president has a good chance of winning reelection in 2012.
Defense
Pentagon resists automatic suspension of indicted contractors
Agency officials need flexibility and discretion, Defense acquisition official Ashton Carter tells the Commission on Wartime Contracting.
Oversight
Incentives grow for agencies to prevent and recover overpayments
A fledgling law is aimed at holding the government more accountable for waste, fraud and abuse.
Oversight
Short-term funding measures have agency budget officials finding ways to save
They have held off on filling some vacancies and slowed grants and contracts that require up-front funding.
Defense
Gates, Clinton can't predict when U.S. role in Libya ends
Interviews leave many basic questions unanswered about the mission's duration, point and endgame.
Oversight
Lights, camera, action in the 'Temple of Secrets'
Federal Reserve makes a dramatic move toward openness by inviting the media.
Oversight
Union demands concessions in the event of a government shutdown
AFGE deploys its members to fight for retroactive administrative leave, continued health care benefits.
Defense
Two former Republican EPA administrators warn of 'siege' against agency
Defunding the EPA would prevent it from protecting our air and water, they say.
Oversight
Former Amtrak inspector general accused of inappropriate lobbying
Fred Weiderhold's removal from his position in 2009 has been the subject of a congressional investigation.
Defense
Pentagon moves to stop work on second engine
Makers of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, GE and Rolls Royce, vow to keep the program alive until supporters in Congress can weigh in again.
Oversight
Intelligence community calls for clearer organizational conflict-of-interest rules
Intelligence and National Security Alliance report argues consistent guidance is needed from the Director of National Intelligence.
Oversight
FAA suspends controller who failed to respond to aircraft
Two commercial jets on final approach to Washington’s Reagan National Airport were forced to land without getting information from the control tower.
Oversight
Treasury slams proposal for tax holiday on foreign corporate profits
Official calls the idea a distraction from planned broader corporate tax reform.
Defense