Management

USPS to Close Three Capitol Hill Post Offices

Lawmakers praise decision to shutter the doors on seldom-used retail spaces.

Management

Paying Contractors No More Than Biden Makes Could Save $440M a Year

New GAO numbers on contractor salary reimbursement rekindle debate.

Oversight

Transportation Safety Panel Asked to Look Again at 1996 Plane Crash

Former investigators say they were silenced about the real cause of the disaster.

Oversight

Play of the Day: ‘Ich Bin Ein Kenyan’

What did Obama really say at Brandenburg Gate?

Pay & Benefits

IRS Employees to Receive $70 Million in Bonuses

Agency could renegotiate with union reduce the expense, senator says.

Oversight

Oversight Panel Leaders Fight Over Release of IRS Transcripts

Sides are arguing over whether there was a White House link to the scandal.

Oversight

Play of the Day: The Behemoth Immigration Bill

With legislation coming from the Senate, The Daily Show explains its path.

Oversight

After an Easy Hearing, the NSA and FBI Are Ready for a Drink

Post-hearing exchange caught on mic.

Management

Unions Slam Proposed Efficiency Board As ‘Offensive’ and ‘Unwise’

House oversight hearing examines potential updates to 'reinventing government.'

Tech

Analysis: Are 50 Foiled Terrorist Plots Worth Your Privacy?

NSA director's testimony doesn't answer critics' charges about the potential for abuse.

Defense

The Taliban Is Ready for Peace Talks

Qatar to host direct negotiations among the Taliban, the Karzai government and the U.S.

Defense

Analysis: Why Are People So Distrustful of Big Government?

For some, it's a long history of abuses carried out in the name of national security.

Defense

Analysis: President Obama's Uphill Defense of the NSA Surveillance

Trust us, because ... trust us.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Farewell, Ahmadinejad

The Iranian president is term-limited out and David Letterman is curious about what is next.

Pay & Benefits

How Many Times Can You Retire From Government?

Senator reveals not one, not two, but three public pensions atop his salary.

Oversight

Federal Employees Increasingly Under Attack on Public Lands

Park Police report 43 percent rise in violent attacks in 2012.

Oversight

Why Obama’s Approval Rating Isn’t Higher

Controversies could prevent him from getting credit for the improving economy.

Oversight

IRS Supervisor Clarifies Washington Role in Tax-Exempt Targeting

Paz tells Hill investigators she scrutinized some applications.

Oversight

House Oversight Leader's Plan to Resuscitate the IRS Scandal

Rep. Darrell Issa is committed to keeping the scandal in the spotlight.

Oversight

In Rare Interview, Cheney Champions NSA Surveillance

But he doesn't quite throw his support to President Obama.