Oversight
Federal performance officers stretched too thin, study says
PIOs don’t have adequate resources or time to identify poor-performing employees, report finds.
Oversight
Van Hollen rips Ryan budget
Maryland House member gives few details of Dems' alternative but vows to restore Clinton-era tax rates.
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Budget cutting a difficult task
Composition of cuts in budget agreement shows the difficulties of reducing spending for the White House and Congress.
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What's in the spending bill?
Labor, health, and education programs were cut by $5.5 billion; Defense got a raise.
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Death Wish?
Republicans pushing to revamp Medicare could find themselves voted out of office in the next election.
Oversight
Legislation would reorganize Federal Acquisition Institute
Bipartisan bill has FAI reporting directly to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
Defense
Drug cartels seek to exploit corrupt federal agents
Homeland Security has enough challenges in border enforcement without officers taking bribes.
Oversight
Lawmaker proposes extending probation for new federal employees
Rep. Ross would double current one-year period and define performance criteria more precisely.
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Budget deal faces one last hurdle
Lawmakers still have to formally vote on handshake agreement reached at midnight Friday to fund agencies for the rest of fiscal 2011.
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Under OMB order, agencies stayed open despite late House vote
Memo was designed to make sure agencies didn't begin shutting down at midnight.
Oversight
Done deal: Congress, White House keep government open
Negotiators reach last-minute agreement on funding deal for rest of fiscal 2011.
Defense
Shutdown could spell trouble for contractors
Contracts not related to exempt activities or funded through annual appropriations could be halted.
Oversight
Nuclear agency expected to stay open during any government shutdown
Contractors and federal employees would continue to work, Energy Department says.
Oversight
Muted abortion response speaks volumes about budget talks
The GOP reaction suggested a shrugging acceptance of one more round of talking points before the final brokering.
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Cantor says short-term funding bill likely needed after any deal
House majority leader says 'bridge' is a possibility to keep government from shutting down.
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Would you have been furloughed?
Federal employees sent updates Friday on their status and that of other employees in their agencies.
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Where the cuts would have come: agency-by-agency furlough counts
Estimates show large numbers of employees would not have been permitted to work if government had shut down.
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Brink of a shutdown: How did it get to this point?
Those Americans who disdain government in the abstract are about to have their contempt put to the test.
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Political insiders view shutdown as likely
As of Thursday afternoon, Capitol Hill operatives think both sides still had reason to hold their ground.
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