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.
Management
Obama would restore recent cuts in IRS budget
Agency and union argue new hires bring in more revenue.
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