Management
Bernanke warns of dire risk from fiscal cliff inaction
Fed chief cites need to rein in deficit but also consider fragile recovery.
Oversight
Senator blasts GOP resistance to a budget deal that includes taxes
Patty Murray voices hope for grand bargain to avoid ‘fiscal cliff.'
Defense
Pentagon releases funding for Fort Belvoir road project
Money will be used to widen major commuting corridor.
Oversight
House to debate Defense bills with pay, job implications for feds
Lawmakers and administration differ on civilian salaries.
Management
TRICARE contractor drops challenge to award
TriWest cites uncertainty, cost as reasons behind decision.
Defense
Enough! Study finds voters overwhelmingly want big Defense cuts
Both Republicans and Democrats support substantial decreases.
Oversight
Foreign Service officers join STOCK Act resistance
Public financial disclosure database could endanger employees, group says.
Oversight
Top Secret or Secret? Agencies could save big by choosing wisely
Watchdog finds inconsistent security clearance designations governmentwide.
Pay & Benefits
Service members weigh in on pay versus benefits
Survey finds compensation preferences vary among the ranks.
Pay & Benefits
Navy rejects benefits for laid-off sailors
Congressman’s plea to delay layoffs for 172 sailors nearing retirement benefit-eligibility is turned down.
Management
Some Defense civilians likely to lose jobs, with or without sequestration
Proposals to avoid automatic cuts involve downsizing.
Management
OMB plans for automatic cuts, urges Congress to find sequestration alternative
The cuts ‘would be terrible for our country,’ Jeff Zients says.
Pay & Benefits
White House takes appropriators to task on pay, TRICARE
Obama threatens to veto yet another spending bill that omits a civilian pay raise.
Defense
Six U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan attack
Attacks also kill 16 civilians, five policemen and two coalition members on Sunday.
Defense
Navy revamps sexual assault training
New policy requires personnel to complete program by the end of the year.
Defense
Homeland Security chief talks cyberthreats, immigration, and baseball
Aviation and computer security are two areas that keep Janet Napolitano up at night.
Defense
Analysis: Educating the brass
The nation’s elite defense universities could be losing their shine.
Pay & Benefits
VA temporarily halts employee pay downgrades
Decision comes less than a month after protest.
Defense
Photo Gallery: Colorado wildfires
The fires have forced more than 30,000 residents to evacuate.
Defense