GOP lawmakers eye federal-retiree benefits
FEDERAL EYE | GOP leaders and the White House have proposed increased contributions from federal employees, but many Democrats in both chambers of Congress oppose the plans.
Federal Diary
Government has history of computer problems
Government computer ailments have made life difficult for federal workers, but there are lessons in the misery.
Worker morale still recovering from shutdown
The government shutdown is over, but it opened a slow-healing wound that eroded trust and hurt morale.
OMB head says more employee furloughs possible
OMB director discusses trust in government, employee morale and more furloughs following shutdown.
Issa slams VA; VA slams The Loop
A new House oversight committee report finds a “culture of mismanagement and reckless spending” at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Trouble for Mel Watt’s nomination?
Conservative Club for Growth reminding them that it’s closely watching the vote on the nominee to head the Federal Housing Financing Agency.
Reid to push White House nominees
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sets in motion a series of votes on a handful of key White House picks.
The High Court
At Supreme Court, tradition trumps technology
A panel last week looked at how the justices’ stubbornness goes beyond barring cameras in the courtroom.
Supreme Court continues to scrutinize affirmative action
Case asks justices whether Michigan’s ban on preferences can violate guarantee of equal protection.
Supreme Court’s Baby Veronica ruling only the beginning
THE HIGH COURT | The little girl’s future is still in doubt, despite the ruling that an Indian adoption law doesn’t apply.
Fine Print
Fine Print: Retired Marine general discusses U.S. resolve
How does the United States provide global leadership without both a carrot and a stick?
Fine Print: HealthCare.gov’s tech troubles aren’t unique
Pentagon, for example, has struggled for a while and at quite a cost.
Fine Print: A question of uncertainty and chaos
Can past sins be overcome for Congress and the Pentagon?
Latest Federal News
Okla. abortion-law case ready for Supreme Court review
That state’s high court says a new law would ban medication abortions, setting up a Supreme Court review.
In the Loop: The watchdogs are with us
VA bristled at Loop criticism of its spending. Now it can bristle at the House oversight panel.
Issa slams VA; VA slams The Loop
A new House oversight committee report finds a “culture of mismanagement and reckless spending” at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Trouble for Mel Watt’s nomination?
Conservative Club for Growth reminding them that it’s closely watching the vote on the nominee to head the Federal Housing Financing Agency.
Chiraag Bains: Protecting the rights of defenseless victims
Bains crisscrosses the country interviewing witnesses and trying cases to help protect the rights of some of the country’s most defenseless populations—victims of cross burnings, arrestees beaten by police officers and prisoners abused by guards.
Government has history of computer problems
Government computer ailments have made life difficult for federal workers, but there are lessons in the misery.
Meet Penny Pritzker
In this week’s Background Check, the commerce secretary talks about motherhood and triathlons.
Fine Print: Retired Marine general discusses U.S. resolve
How does the United States provide global leadership without both a carrot and a stick?
Reid to push White House nominees
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sets in motion a series of votes on a handful of key White House picks.
Federal Faces: Chiraag Bains
At Department of Justice, he protects rights of hate crime victims and others who may be on wrong side of the law.
Labor Dept.: No double dipping for furloughed feds
The Labor Department said all states must recoup unemployment payments that went to federal workers during the shutdown, since they are receiving back pay.
Former GSA chief still passionate about leadership in government; pens a new book
Former GSA chief Martha Johnson writes a book about leadership in government.
Another hurdle for nominees
Sen. Lindsey Graham announces he’ll block all nominees. Turns out that’s a long list.
Feds allowed more time for charitable giving
The Office of Personnel Management has extended the deadlineto Jan. 15 as a result of the recent shutdown.
How to overcome workplace misunderstandings
Employees can interpret messages from managers quite differently than intended.
At Supreme Court, tradition trumps technology
A panel last week looked at how the justices’ stubbornness goes beyond barring cameras in the courtroom.
Disclosure could mean new challenge to surveillance law
Uzbek terror suspect informed that U.S. will use evidence gathered without warrant in case against him.
Shutdown tales of the unexpected
The Federal Eye this week offered readers an opportunity to share their experiences with unexpected effects.
Sen. Warner requests study of shutdown impacts
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has called on the Government Accountability Office to take a comprehensive look at the costs.
President Obama’s bench press
Here come the judges? Well, maybe. Obama nominees may face a mixed fate.
The burning of the White House, in the eyes of the Irish and British
Gen. Robert Ross, who burned the White House, is a nearly forgotten figure in his own hometown.
Who is the guy fixing HealthCare.gov?
A little background on the man President Obama tapped to oversee the fixing of Obamacare’s glitchy online exchange.
Bush Iraq aide pens ‘Ideal Qualities of a Successful Diplomat’
Bob Blackwill, a career diplomat who was criticized for his abrasive management style, explains how to be a successful diplomat.
Obama judicial nominees getting to crunch time
Time’s running out for President Obama’s judicial nominees to be confirmed by the Senate
Is GSA ready to make moves with property?
Congress’s nonpartisan Government Accountability says the agency needs more transparency first.
The capture of Washington, through British eyes
The memory of the general who captured and burned the capital is rehabilitated in Northern Ireland.
Mastering media spin, the good and the bad
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara could be called Schumeresque. But to one judge, he sounds like Mighty Mouse.
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