Pay & Benefits
SAVE Award winner announced
Education’s Fred Winter proposes cutting costs of transit benefit without reducing appeal.
Defense
Congress approves Defense measure
Bill with provisions on military pay and benefits, civilian jobs heads to Obama.
Management
Analysis: Ambition and anguish drive John Kerry
He will likely pursue an activist agenda as secretary of State.
Pay & Benefits
Obama gives feds Christmas Eve off
Federal employees receive extra paid holiday and a four-day weekend.
Management
Obama to tap Kerry as secretary of State
Appointment has been anticipated since Susan Rice withdrew her name.
Oversight
Play of the Day: It's the end of the world as we know it
It's holiday -- and apocalypse -- time on late night.
Oversight
Why a fiscal cliff deal is still possible
The best time to negotiate may be when the Capitol is empty.
Oversight
How Boehner's Plan B vote imploded
In the end, the House Speaker couldn't win the support of his own conference.
Pay & Benefits
House passes bill requiring feds to pay more for retirement
Legislation passes before GOP leader pulls tax bill from floor for lack of support.
Management
Boehner fails to get GOP to back Plan B; House recesses
Status of fiscal cliff negotiations grow murkier.
Pay & Benefits
House approves military pay raise
Defense authorization conference report also directs Pentagon to shrink its workforce.
Management
GSA reimagines federal building cluster near National Mall
Agency plans to shrink federal footprint, boost neighborhood.
Defense
Defense auditors’ focus on riskiest contracts lacks plan, GAO finds
DCAA’s initiative is promising but not fully developed, watchdog says.
Management
OMB: Furloughs are a last resort under sequestration
Administration says agencies won’t furlough employees immediately if spending cuts hit Jan. 2.
Defense
Defense secretary possibility made name opposing global warming accord
Forget about his Israel comments. Chuck Hagel's record on the environment is the real problem.
Oversight
Analysis: Veterans no longer dominate American politics
After Inouye, still fewer military vets in the Senate.
Oversight
GOP Plan B lowers taxes on certain wealthy households
Those earning between $200,000 and $1 million would see reduced burden, experts say.
Oversight
Congress approves Hatch Act update
Some state and local officials will be able to run for partisan elected office.
Oversight
Obama wants recommendations from new gun task force next month
President urges Congress to move quickly on tightening restrictions.
Management