Defense
Perry: Attorney general should resign
GOP candidate criticizes Holder and the Obama administration for botched arms-trafficking investigation.
Oversight
Obama: 'I will veto any effort' to undo automatic cuts
President vows to keep up pressure for bipartisan deal on deficit reduction.
Oversight
Too Much Exposure
Simple math suggests Republicans have that predicament in the House, while Democrats face it in the Senate.
Defense
Sequester fight is on the horizon
Republicans are talking about rewriting the rules for across-the-board cuts to soften the blow for Defense; Obama has suggested he could veto such attempts.
Oversight
Super committee failure helps feds in short term
But automatic spending cuts governmentwide ultimately will hurt agencies and workers.
Oversight
White House inaction stalls FOIA recommendations
New guidance has awaited OMB approval for nine months, official says.
Oversight
Aides: Kerry deficit proposal on table; failure announcement still expected
Prewritten news releases announcing the super committee's failure are on hold pending a GOP review of the Democratic offer.
Defense
Deficit reduction talks break down
Super committee is likely to miss its deadline, triggering automatic cuts of $1.2 trillion, half of which target the Pentagon.
Oversight
OMB performance specialist demands 'more mission for the money'
Shelley Metzenbaum offers rundown of agencies embracing data to save money and boost accountability.
Oversight
Financially ailing Postal Service gets a reprieve
Measure keeping government open also allows USPS to defer multibillion-dollar retiree health benefit payment.
Oversight
Federal budget managers stay upbeat despite challenges
Seventy-one percent of survey respondents are satisfied or very satisfied with their jobs.
Oversight
Senators consider British approach to regulatory review
Warner examines proposal to create CBO-like body to gauge costs of rules.
Defense
House report slams 10-year-old TSA
Republican lawmakers blast agency as ineffective and offer recommendations to alter its course.
Oversight
Council moves forward on performance management plan
Labor-management group recommends better training for supervisors and more feedback between employees and their bosses.
Oversight
Lawmakers, OMB push to ban more 'bad-actor' contractors
Reasons for agency reluctance include lack of awareness of the rules and difficulty recognizing contractor's names in a database, panelist says.
Oversight
Postal Service will resume FERS retirement contributions next month
USPS lost $5.1 billion in fiscal 2011 and expects to run out of money in fiscal 2012.
Oversight
OMB touts $17.6 billion in savings from Campaign to Cut Waste
The reduction in the governmentwide payment error rate puts the administration on track to prevent $50 billion in improper payements by 2012.
Oversight
Bad-Hand Barack
The president didn’t create the bad economy. But now he owns it, whether he likes it or not.
Oversight
HHS accelerates grants to create health care jobs
Sebelius welcomes Supreme Court decision to rule on health care law, saying it will help states engage in implementation.
Oversight