Tech

Energy Dept. Overpays Contractor Executives

Oak Ridge, Tenn., officials sign off on salary that’s 80 percent too high, IG says.

Management

OPM to Senior Execs: Tell Us How You Really Feel

Agency wants honest feedback from top career civil servants who leave their jobs.

Management

Short-Term Flexibility Won't Help Long-Term Impact of Sequestration

Greater control doesn't change the dollars and cents of the equation.

Oversight

Play of the Day: The Effects of the Sequester

Letterman recounts the timeline of different crises in Washington.

Oversight

Play of the Day: A Passover Victory for Obama

The president’s diplomatic skills in Israel were fair game Monday.

Oversight

Analysis: Sequestration Shows That Congress Needs to Be Fixed

Time to reform the institutional dysfunction that led us to crude budget cuts.

Defense

Have Americans Forgotten Afghanistan?

As the U.S. grapples with sequestration, the economy, and other policy battles, the war has fallen (even farther) from view.

Nextgov

Relive President Obama's Drone War, in Under 10 Seconds

More than 3,000 people have died as a result of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan since 2004.

Management

CBO Chief on the Impossible Job of Gauging How Much Legislation Costs

Elmendorf explains discrepancies in Recovery Act estimates.

Oversight

Armed With Excuses, Lawmakers Head Home to Sequester Complaints

Reversing sequestration this year is a 'longshot,' senator says.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Obama’s Israel Trip

Bill Maher comments on the Holy Land’s history on Real Time.

Oversight

Senate Passes 2014 Budget That Would Reverse Sequestration

Move presages months of clashes with House.

Management

USPS Ranks Last Among Postal Services Worldwide, Report Finds

The U.S. agency is burdened by legacy costs and lack of innovation.

Oversight

How a 'Vote-a-rama' Could Be the Key to Funding Government

Senators hope the old procedure can help them pass a new budget.

Oversight

Play of the Day: George W. Bush the Painter

Jimmy Kimmel on the former president’s hobby: It “tickles me to no end.”

Oversight

GAO to USPS: You Still Have to Deliver Mail Six Days a Week

What the decision means for a plan to drop Saturday mail in August remains unclear.

Oversight

House Clears GOP Plan to Shrink Government, Balance Budget

Vote on partisan lines for nonbinding proposal sets up clash with Senate.