Defense
Insiders: Pentagon's budget cuts are pragmatic for changing times
Experts say NATO should end combat role in Afghanistan in 2014 as scheduled.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- Was Mitt Romney the real star of the Super Bowl?
A daily roundup of late-night video.
Pay & Benefits
Senators express frustration over OPM backlog of retirement claims
In letter to OMB, three lawmakers from Virginia and Maryland seek new safeguard procedures.
Oversight
Improving Fortunes
President Obama's reelection prospects aren't looking as dim as they did a few months ago.
Defense
Defense must increase availability and awareness of child care, GAO says
Department is addressing space issues and stepping up outreach.
Pay & Benefits
Employee groups assail proposal to increase pension contributions
House committee will mark up bill Tuesday requiring feds to contribute a total of 1.5 percent to their defined benefit plans over three years beginning in 2013.
Management
Survey says only 2.3 percent of college students want federal jobs
Government should overhaul its pay system to help generate more interest in vacancies, nonprofit says.
Oversight
Head of Postal Regulatory Commission traveled much as USPS struggled financially, the Post reports
Ruth Goldway spent more than $70,000 and hundreds of days on the road, the paper says.
Management
Leadership Lessons: Inez Moore Tenenbaum, Consumer Product Safety Commission
CPSC chief opens lines of communication.
Management
U.S. withdraws staff from Syrian embassy
Deteriorating Syrian security situation shows 'Assad is losing control of the country,' U.S. official says.
Management
Obama: We are moving 'in the right direction'
President touts his administration's accomplishments in the face of a gridlocked Congress during NBC interview.
Defense
Clinton: Bin Laden killing helps Obama deflect Romney critique
If the GOP candidate continues to call Obama an 'appeaser,' it could cost him the election, Clinton contends.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- Leno: Trump Broke His Promise to Gingrich
A daily roundup of late-night video.
Management
Gingrich defends lunar ambitions
GOP contender says talk in Florida of building a moon base "was not some slip."
Tech
Telework Failures
Agencies having difficulty establishing telework policies and quantifying savings should look to success stories such as USDA, GSA and the Patent and Trade Office.
Management
White House names new procurement policy chief
Joseph Jordan is a former contracting official at the Small Business Administration.
Defense
Buyouts, early outs could be part of Army plan to cut 80,000 soldiers and officers
Service may use authority granted in recent law, National Journal reports.
Oversight
Momentum builds to require feds to disclose stock trades
Office of Government Ethics still determining how many would be affected.
Oversight