Defense
8 Ways a Shutdown Would Damage Homeland Security
Most employees would still work, but operations would be disrupted significantly.
Oversight
Lawmakers Want to Guarantee Back Pay For All DHS Employees if Agency Shuts Down
Bipartisan bill would provide retroactive pay to about 30,000 furloughed workers.
Pay & Benefits
17,000 Federal Employees Earned More Than $200K Last Year
See which agencies employ the federal workforce’s highest earners.
News
VA Employees Get Some Recognition at the Oscars
Film on the department’s suicide prevention hotline wins Best Documentary Short.
Defense
The Homeland Security Department Is Starting Shutdown Prep
More than 85 percent of the department’s employees would have to report to work without pay, based on 2013 plans.
Defense
Who Would Be Forced to Work During a DHS Shutdown?
A look at which parts of the department would have the most employees still on the job, based on 2013 plans.
Management
IRS Paid Identity Thieves $5.8 Billion in 2013, Blames Budget Cuts
Smaller budgets have prevented the agency from properly preventing identity thieves from collecting fraudulent tax returns.
Management
Despite Scandal, VA Firings Nosedived in 2014
VA secretary’s numbers on firings related to data manipulation don't match report to Congress.
Pay & Benefits
Transit Benefits, Cutting Contractor Pay, Collective Bargaining and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Management
Postal Groups’ New Lethal Weapon? Danny Glover
Emergent alliance hopes celebrity support can save the U.S. Postal Service.
Management
Embattled Secret Service Spent Just 25 Minutes Training the Average Officer in 2013
Congressional oversight leaders expect bipartisan reform in the near future.
Management
Obama: Progress on Ebola Proves the Need to Invest in the Federal Workforce
Statement comes as White House moves to new phase of fight against outbreak.
Oversight
House Votes to Bolster Airport Security, Reduce Pay for Many TSA Agents
It's unclear whether the measures – now headed to the Senate -- would save money.
Management
'Rude' Postal Employees Could Cost USPS $300 Million This Year
USPS management calls IG's findings "irrelevant."
Oversight
Federal Employee Union Vows to 'Open a Can of Whoop Ass' on Unfriendly Lawmakers
Some lawmakers agree it's time to change the message on feds.
Management
11 Major Agency Reforms in Obama’s Budget
Consolidations, expansions and staffing change proposals in the fiscal 2016 blueprint.
Management
Liabilities Overshadow Postal Service’s ‘Fantastic Quarter’
USPS loses $754 million to start fiscal 2015, despite massive revenue growth.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Push to Repeal Feds' Pension Contribution Hikes
Democrats introduce a bill that would reverse two recent increases.
Oversight
Oversight Leaders From Both Parties Endorse Pay Raise for Feds
But agreement over treatment of federal workforce largely stops there.
Oversight