Oversight

Geithner reminds that 2012 debt limit fight is likely

Strength of recovery will determine if ceiling is reached before or after the election.

Oversight

Video: Arne Duncan appears on The Daily Show

Secretary of Education talks Race to the Top, other initiatives with Jon Stewart.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- Jon Stewart on driving Mitt Romney

<i>The Daily Show</i> skewers Romney's new ad in Michigan.

Management

Postal Service announces five-year business plan

USPS hopes to save $22 billion by 2016, end Saturday delivery, shed jobs through attrition.

Oversight

OSC: Reports of FDA whistleblower surveillance are ‘extraordinary’

Monitoring employee correspondence with OSC is not a government trend, spokeswoman says.

Pay & Benefits

Senior executives group opposes STOCK Act disclosure requirements

Letter urges lawmakers to remove provisions affecting executive branch.

Pay & Benefits

Current feds are still at risk despite payroll deal, unions warn

New hires will have to contribute more to their government pensions, but existing government workers spared -- for now.

Management

Obama sends up draft bill for reorganization authority

OMB letter to House speaker promises Congress a continuing role in consolidation effort.

Oversight

Congress urged to seize opportunity to reorganize government

Hearing on federal 'obesity' suggests Obama trade overhaul could be coupled with GOP efforts to shrink workforce.

Pay & Benefits

Tax cut deal boosts retirement contributions for new feds

Democrats stave off proposal that would have required all employees to contribute more to their pensions to pay for unemployment insurance extension.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- The Daily Show takes on the STOCK Act

Jon Stewart mocks "honest grafts" happening in Congress.

Oversight

New agency performance goals called helpful but incomplete

Stewards of government modernization act call for more specific data on progress, more consultation with Congress.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- Obama's porn platform and Gingrich's new tune

Conan O'Brien speculates on a new path to reelection for the president.

Pay & Benefits

Democrats seek to strip retirement provisions from highway bill

GOP wants to break out pension bill as stand-alone legislation after tucking it into transportation funding measure.

Oversight

Former FDA chief leads push to reform his old agency

Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach calls on Congress to 'remake -- not merely tweak' the agency.

Management

HHS and Justice tout collaboration to combat Medicare fraud

In report to Congress, Holder and Sebelius praise health care reform law.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- Mitt Romney loves Valentine's Day

A daily roundup of late-night video.

Oversight

Right and Wrong

A prolonged primary could force Mitt Romney to tack even more to the right, which would hurt him in November.

Management

Obama budget seeks savings via management reforms

Investments in research and green technology are coupled with consolidation and data-based evaluations.