Pay & Benefits
Grow Your Savings
In honor of Financial Literacy Month, some guidance about securing your retirement.
Oversight
As debt ceiling nears, Washington gropes for agreement on budget tool
Debt-reduction package could allow politicians to save face and punt the consequences of future disagreements.
Defense
In face of budget cuts, Gates still wants $35B Air Force tankers
Pentagon has begun a review of all spending, officials say.
Oversight
Agencies to begin filing quarterly reports on length of hiring process
The information will be used to monitor progress in reducing average hiring time, OPM says.
Tech
From Nextgov.com: Feds follow digital money trail to halt online poker
Gaming operators allegedly duped banks into processing illegal payments.
News
The Week in Comments: Budget, performance and Wikileaks
The best in reader reaction to recent articles.
Oversight
Administration set to order contractors to disclose campaign contributions
Proposed executive order would require contractors to list political spending to agency procurement officials.
Oversight
FAA orders supervisors to handle flights of first lady, vice president
News came after National Transportation Safety Board said it would investigate aborted landing of plane carrying Michelle Obama.
Oversight
Jury still out on deficit-reduction group
It's not clear yet when a group of lawmakers, led by Vice President Joe Biden, will unveil its plan, or how it will figure into the legislative process.
Pay & Benefits
Waitin’ on a Claim
OPM says it has reduced the time it takes to process retirement payments.
Defense
Pentagon more likely to tweak than cut weapons programs
Official says 'We’re not out there to kill programs.'
News
From Nextgov.com: New terror alert system aims for wide exposure via Web
Homeland Security replaces color-coded categories with simpler tiers that might include threat locations.
Pay & Benefits
TSA union election heads to a runoff
Results show a close race between AFGE and NTEU.
News
Relying on continuing resolutions wasted billions, says Pentagon acquisition chief
Ashton Carter suggests Congress’s failure to pass permanent budget for first half of fiscal year proved costly for taxpayers.
Pay & Benefits