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What Does Running the VA Have to Do With Selling Soap?

From Procter & Gamble to one of government’s biggest bureaucracies.

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Treasury Posts Proof That Obama Kept Promise to Give Up 5 Percent of His Salary

Department shows the president followed through on 2013 sequester promise.

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Obama: Vast Majority of Federal Employees Are Not Boneheads

Only 1 percent of workforce is screwing up at any given moment, president estimates.

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Why Issa Says He Stage-Directed the IRS Chief's Oath

The House Oversight panel chairman startled many with his critique of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen's posture.

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EPA Employees Told to Stop Pooping in the Hallway

Agency hires consultant to tell it to watch out for misplaced bowel movements.

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DoJ to Federal Judge: Dismiss Insane Clown Posse's Lawsuit

Justice doesn't want to be in the business of fighting Juggalos.

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Is the IRS Chief a Quitter?

Lawmaker predicts Koskinen will be gone 'within several months or a year;' commissioner says he will serve out his term.

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Vanity Portraits: Not Much of a Drain on the Budget

It turns out agencies don’t spend much on paintings of their leaders.

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Firing Feds, Private Sector-Style

A cautionary tale about swift terminations.

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Accomplishments: Amazing. Bonuses: $0

The Senior Executives Association honors high-performing executives in a year without formal awards.

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At Least Eric Shinseki Didn’t Get Choked by the President

That was the fate suffered by the first head of the Veterans Bureau.

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Shutdowns, Base Closings and Other True Stories of Suburban Federal Life

A new book chronicles life in Arlington, Va.

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Bad News for Agency Budgets

Spending on nondefense investments is nearing historic lows.

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EPA Employee Spent 2-6 Hours per Day at Work Watching Porn

Federal worker kept 7,000 pornographic files on agency server.

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Do You Work in One of the 20 Most Elegant Federal Buildings?

GSA names best-designed offices.

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You Could Be on the Pitcher's Mound With a Member of Obama's Team

Five feds will be chosen to accompany OPM Director Katherine Archuleta onto the field May 6 at Nationals Park in Washington.

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Smithsonian Boosts Hipster Credentials to Save Endangered Species

National Zoo enlists indie band to make rare recording.

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No, the Postal Service Is Not 'Hoarding' Ammunition

USPS sets the record straight.

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Did Big Government End Slavery?

The size-of-government debate takes a turn for the absurd.

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A Symbolic Victory for Open Office Setups

New York's new mayor is keeping Bloomberg's famous bullpen arrangement.