Oversight

Audit faults Energy’s oversight of uranium production program

Government failed to collect more than $700,000 in royalties.

Oversight

Senate Budget panel grills OMB chief over budget proposal

War costs, tax cuts and rise in national debt among Democrats' concerns.

Defense

Intelligence chiefs: Waterboarding legal in certain circumstances

CIA director says technique only used three times in agency's history.

Defense

GSA seeks funding boost for DHS headquarters project

Discretionary budget to more than double to cover costs for the proposed 1.2 million-square-foot facility.

Defense

Budget breakdown: How agencies, programs fared

Winners and losers in President Bush's fiscal 2009 budget proposal.

Oversight

New campaign introduces students to public service

Partnership for Public Service helps schools get the word out about careers in federal government.

Oversight

Senator says White House is trying to undermine FOIA law

President's budget calls for shifting recently created FOIA oversight office from the National Archives to the Justice Department.

Oversight

The Middle Man

In politics, like in nature, something always fills a vacuum.

Defense

Homeland Security seeks to bolster management, border security

Bush administration’s 2009 budget request represents almost 7 percent increase over this year’s spending.

Oversight

FDA seeks budget increase for food, medical product inspections

Request comes amid Hill’s call for an investigation into agency operations.

Oversight

Bush's $3.1 trillion budget projects $400 billion deficit

But administration's plan predicts a surplus by fiscal 2012.

Oversight

Budget boosts and cuts, agency by agency

A comparison of the Bush administration's proposals for fiscal 2008 and 2009.

Oversight

Energy Department restructures clean coal program

Industrial alliance and lawmakers criticize decision to overhaul FutureGen program.

Oversight

Plain language bill clears house subcommittee

Measure would require federal agencies to use simple language in commonly used forms.

Defense

Lawmakers, Chertoff press for border funding

Homeland Security Department chief says he will request $12 billion for border security.

Oversight

Agencies' management grades continue to rise

In latest Bush administration score card, three agencies reach highest grades possible, 87 percent rate at least moderately acceptable.

Oversight

Bill would press agencies to reduce improper payments

Programs could face financial penalties for not reporting benefits paid out in error.

Defense

DHS chief eases enforcement of new border crossing rules

Agents will give travelers without the correct documents a warning, still allowing them into the country without delay.

Oversight

Oversight committee hopefuls enter the spotlight

Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., appears to have the inside track to replace Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., as the top Republican on the House panel.

Oversight

FDA reverses course, will not close field laboratories

Agency officials had said closing the labs would consolidate efforts and make testing more efficient.