Defense
Obama: 'Lone wolf' attack is biggest concern
Guarding against someone being able to carry out a massacre with a with a single-weapon is a main focus right now.
News
Play of the Day -- Jon Stewart on Rick Perry: 'Dial back the Texas a notch'
A daily roundup of late-night video.
Management
Ditching the Drama
Authors Kaley Klemp and Jim Warner offer advice on steering your team away from drama and toward productivity.
Defense
Military faces stark choices in coming budget battles
Rising personnel and health care costs are forcing painful management decisions, leaders say.
News
Library of Congress looks to reshape workforce through buyouts, early outs
Hundreds of employees at legislative agency could be eligible for early departure.
News
Agencies turn to buyouts in tough budget environment
More than a dozen agencies currently are offering the incentives or seeking authority to do so.
Defense
From Nextgov: VA promotes social media use with new policy
Department wants to give veterans the opportunity to communicate directly with its employees.
Defense
Panetta and Clinton wade into domestic politics
The secretaries of Defense and State are pushing for a 'balanced' debt-reduction deal that doesn't fall disproportionately on their two departments.
News
Play of the Day -- Ron Paul doesn't make the GOP 'top tier'; Iowa voters steal money from Bachmann
A daily roundup of late-night video.
News
Fitch affirms U.S. AAA credit rating
Announcement comes 11 days after Standard & Poor's downgraded U.S. credit.
Defense
Deficit debate drags military into political fray
The Pentagon is understandably nervous that the congressional deficit-reduction super committee will fail, automatically triggering as much as $1 trillion in cuts to defense spending.
News
Obama seeks plan to keep federal role in mortgage market
A small team has been directed to develop a proposal to maintain the federal government's role as the insurer for most homeowners' mortgages.
Oversight
Common Sense
There are some interesting takeaways from the Ames, Iowa, straw vote, some of which feel a little Shakespearean.
Defense
Army secretary creates commission to simplify bureaucracy
But John McHugh acknowledged that large-scale institutional change can take years.
Defense