Management
Saving More, Duplicating Less: GAO Gets Specific With Agencies
Auditors find 31 new areas of agency overlap and potential savings.
Management
Budget Will Propose Program Cuts, Consolidations to Save $25B
Plan to curb duplication and waste will 'go further' than past requests, official says.
Management
IRS Saves $1 Billion by Cutting Staff, Travel, Office Space and Contracts
Agency touts strategic priorities amid budget uncertainty.
Management
Ex-Regulatory Chief Sunstein Touts Obama Accomplishments
Agency rulemakers’ reliance on hard numbers drew critics left and right, he says during book tour.
Management
FAA Delays Sequester-Related Closure of Contract Towers
Transportation chief says extra time will better prepare communities and pilots.
Oversight
Top Lawyers Debate Fate of Obama Recess Appointments
Labor relations board and Consumer Bureau have much at stake.
Management
'Cassandras' of Financial Crisis Blast Justice, Treasury Departments
Former TARP and CFTC leaders decry failure to prosecute Wall Street.
Management
OMB Warns Agencies Not to Be Short-Sighted About Sequestration
New memo addresses shifting of funds, IG independence and limits on bonuses.
Defense
Hagel Vows to Trim Military Benefits and Modernize Strategy
In first speech, Pentagon chief stresses cooperation with other agencies.
Oversight
House Small Business Chair Questions SBA Handling of Sequester
Graves demands plans for funding loan program, estimates of travel costs.
Management
Obama Picks Veteran of Economic Team for No. 2 Spot at OMB
National Economic Council deputy will face Senate confirmation vote.
Management
Lawsuits to Block FAA Contract Tower Closures Multiply
Industry sees closures as a White House-driven strategy to make sequestration seem painful.
Management
House Republicans Challenge TSA’s $50 Million Clothing Order
Contract for uniforms is poorly timed since it coincides with sequestration, lawmakers say.
Features
What Reinvention Wrought
Two decades ago, Al Gore set out to remake government. How did that work out?
Briefing
War Zone Watchdog
Special IG John Sopko faces trouble head on to pull Afghanistan reconstruction contracts back on track.
Management
Agencies Take Concrete Steps Now That Sequester Is Law
From EPA to Secret Service, moves range from furloughs to curbing travel.
Defense
A Growing Consensus for Shrinking the Defense Budget?
Sequestration’s cuts should be part of larger drawdown, progressive panelists agree.
Management
Critics Cut Homeland Security a Break on 10th Anniversary
Senators and auditors praise progress on management reforms.
News
The Bullpen and the Future of Office Space
GSA has adopted New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's model, but it may not survive his administration.
Management