Oversight
Play of the Day: ATF and its YouTube channel
The Daily Show gets to the heart of the bureau's operations.
Defense
Analysis: Legalize sex to reduce sexual assaults at military academies
Distinction is hard to teach under total ban.
Tech
Meet Todd Jones, Obama's nominee for ATF director
He would be the first confirmed head of the agency.
Pay & Benefits
New bill would extend fed pay freeze through 2013
House will consider legislation next week.
Oversight
John Kerry's 'problematic' wealth could delay confirmation
Ruling out conflict of interest in the nominee's complex investments is tricky.
Oversight
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is leaving the cabinet in March
Salazar's announcement follows the departures of many other cabinet members.
Oversight
Poll: Country divided over debt ceiling, deficit feduction
Respondents split on whether there should be a mixture of tax hikes and spending cuts.
Management
Fiscal 2014 budget delayed, OMB confirms, citing uncertainty
House Budget Chairman Ryan mocks Obama for past tardiness.
Nextgov
What the NRA should fear most from government action: Research
Tasking the CDC with a scientific study of gun violence would be enlightening.
Defense
Analysis: How Chuck Schumer saved Chuck Hagel
Key Senator gives Defense secretary nominee the nod.
Oversight
Analysis: Next fiscal fight shifts focus to spending cuts
Now that the tax battle is over, Democrats will be in the hot seat.
Oversight
Play of the Day: How to protect yourself from the government
Stephen Colbert devotes an entire segment to gun control with his "Double Barrel Blam-o-Rama."
Pay & Benefits
Freshman lawmaker on pay, benefits: None for me, thanks
New GOP member says he wants to show his commitment to reform.
Management
OMB: Consider hiring freeze, dropping temps
New guidance asks federal managers to ‘intensify’ contingency plans for sequestration.
Oversight
Rep. Cuellar hopes to influence agency management from appropriations post
Author of government performance act working with Sen. Warner on improving customer service.
Management
Obama's chief of staff will be the most important appointment of his term
For many practical purposes, it is the White House operations boss -- and not the vice president -- who serves as the nation's deputy president.
Management
Treasury has options on debt ceiling but all of them are ugly
Report highlights four ideas and why they won't help avoid hitting the nation's borrowing limit next month.
Oversight
Report: House GOP 'seriously entertaining' debt default idea
With coin idea done, Republicans are considering default
Oversight
DEA agents linked to Secret Service prostitution scandal
Report finds drug officers stationed in Colombia assisted in setting up encounters.
Management