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HHS regulations follow Obama waiver endorsement
Rules leave room for states to jigger the health care law's 'essential benefits' package.
Oversight
Analysis: and the winner of the pay debate is . . .
Wednesday's House panel hearing on whether federal workers are underpaid or overpaid laid bare a possible route to reform of the GS system.
Oversight
House subcommittee votes to curb EPA authority
Plan would reduce the agency's ability to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.
Oversight
Report: Innovation in developing leaders is crucial in a time of tight resources
Leadership development should be narrow and focused on specific qualities, observers say.
Oversight
Wisconsin Senate limits collective-bargaining rights of public unions
A conference committee stripped all of the spending measures out of the bill and sent it back to the Senate.
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Dems still looking for path on spending
Both the House-passed Republican and the Senate Democratic budget plans, as predicted, failed in the Senate on Wednesday.
Oversight
Army skeptical of fixed-price contracts
Service’s top acquisition official tells industry group he prefers cost-type contracts so that vendors share in the financial risk.
Oversight
OPM looks to boost hiring of military spouses
Proposed rule expands noncompetitive appointment eligibility for spouses when service members are disabled or killed.
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Wednesday's spending votes will lay markers
Senate plan would cut $57 billion from current discretionary spending levels.
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OPM’s Berry grilled by lawmakers on pay freeze
Conservative analysts tell panel federal workers earn more than private sector counterparts, but call Obama’s two-year freeze badly targeted.
Oversight
SEC's Shapiro comes under fire for general counsel's Madoff conflict
Lawmakers ask for details about the hiring of David Becker, who received $2 million from a Madoff investment, according to a New York Times report.
Oversight
Patent bill passes Senate, House hurdles lie ahead
If enacted, the legislation would be the first major overhaul of the patent system in more than half a century.
Oversight
Study shows health IT efforts worthwhile
The review of 154 other studies found that 92 percent were positive overall.
Oversight
Some tax preparers continue to resist the IRS e-filing system
Agency’s target is for 80 percent of returns to be filed electronically.
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OMB not moving to implement ‘high road’ contracting policy
Heather Higginbottom, nominated as OMB’s deputy director, tells a Senate panel the controversial proposal isn't currently moving forward.
Oversight
The rocky road to reorganization, from Nixon to Obama
Management experts argue that overhauls of government usually fail and rarely result in cost savings.
Oversight
State Department’s training program taken to task
GAO cites need for a more systematic and data-driven approach at hearing in which possibility of budget cuts loomed large.
Oversight
Enforcement chief pleads for political support from state prosecutors
Speech highlights Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's fragile political position as it faces intense opposition from many parts of the financial industry.
Defense
Gates says U.S. may stay in Afghanistan past 2014 deadline
Transferring security control to local forces will take some time, Pentagon chief says.
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