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.
Defense
Pentagon Delaying Furlough Notices for Two Weeks
Department to analyze impact of spending bill Congress just passed.
Pay & Benefits
Congress Agrees to Extend Pay Freeze for Third Year
Legislation that avoids a government shutdown now heads to President Obama.
Oversight