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  1. How the CIA grows tech

    When scientists at Redlen Technologies invented a new manufacturing process for a specialized semiconductor, they knew the medical industry would be intrigued.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
  2. The Office of Management and Budget claims that a new approach to reviewing troubled government information technology projects has saved the government $4 billion in 2010 and 2011. File photo

    GAO questions $4 billion in IT savings

    The Office of Management and Budget claims that a new approach to reviewing troubled government information technology projects has saved the government $4 billion in 2010 and 2011.

    • Jun. 13, 2013
  3. The consulting business of former Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., reaped more than $450,000 from four Energy Department research facilities despite scant documentation of the work done in return, according to an audit released Tuesday by the agency's inspector general. Win McNamee / Getty Images

    DOE made $450,000 in questionable payments to former lawmaker's firm

    A former congresswoman's consulting business reaped almost a half-million dollars from the Energy Department for questionable work, according to a new inspector general's audit.

    • Jun. 11, 2013

  4. Sen. Wyden suggests military, intel officials lied about PRISM

    A key U.S. senator on Tuesday slammed senior intelligence and Pentagon officials, suggesting they knowingly lied to Congress about domestic spying efforts by a military agency.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  5. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., expresses outrage over IRS spending on conferences at a hearing. H. Darr Beiser/USA Today

    Blasted by Congress, IRS apologizes for lavish events

    The tax official responsible for a lavish, $4.1 million conference in Anaheim apologized to Congress for spending at the conference — and for his performance as Mr. Spock in a 'Star Trek' parody video.

    • Jun. 6, 2013
  6. Faulty and improper security practices among the Veterans Affairs Department's senior ranks have exposed VA's most sensitive systems and databases to 'unchallenged and unfettered access' by nearly a dozen state-sponsored attackers, according to scathing testimony from VA's former chief security officer. Staff

    VA networks besieged by foreign attackers, IG says

    Foreign attackers have repeatedly penetrated Veterans Affairs Department networks for at least the past three years, potentially gaining access to millions of unencrypted veterans records and other sensitive databases, according to House lawmakers and VA

    • Jun. 4, 2013
  7. House-planned cuts in fiscal 2014 budgets 'would multiply the damage of sequestration,' Education Secretary Arne Duncan said at a hearing late last month. Thomas Brown / Staff

    Deeper cuts are threatened in 2014

    As agencies wrestle with the fallout from this year's sequester-related budget cuts, many face an even steeper round of reductions starting in October under a recently approved blueprint by the House Appropriations Committee.

    • Jun. 2, 2013

  8. Agencies respond to tornado under shadow of sequester

    Federal agencies snapped to respond Tuesday to the devastating Oklahoma tornadoes, the first major natural disaster to strike since sequester-related budget cuts took effect in March.

    • May. 21, 2013
  9. Steven Miller, then-deputy IRS commissioner, testifies in 2010 in front of a House Oversight subcommittee. Miller has resigned as acting commissioner of the IRS as a scandal surrounding the agency grows. Colin Kelly / Staff

    IRS acting commissioner resigns in wake of scandal

    The top official at the Internal Revenue Service stepped down Wednesday amid a fast-building scandal over agency employees allegedly targeting for excessive scrutiny conservative groups who were seeking tax-exempt status.

    • May. 16, 2013
  10. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, called the agency's actions appalling and said the additional information requested was far too onerous. Mike Morones / Staff

    Justice Department launches criminal probe at IRS

    The IRS inspector general blamed 'ineffective management' for the targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status by IRS employees in a report released late Tuesday.

    • May. 15, 2013
  11. Federal employees at civilian intelligence agencies will most likely be spared furloughs this year, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Tuesday. SAUL LOEB/Saul Loeb / AFP

    DNI Clapper: No furloughs for civilian intel workers

    Federal employees at civilian intelligence agencies will most likely be spared furloughs this year, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Tuesday.

    • May. 15, 2013

  12. Report: Recruit more science and tech talent

    Federal agencies must creatively and aggressively recruit science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medical employees to keep up with rising demand and competition from the private sector, according to a new report that will be released Thursday.

    • May. 15, 2013
  13. A Forest Service firefighter walks on a fire break line as the 2009 Station Fire burns in the Angeles National Forest in California. Kevork Djansezian//Getty Images

    As wildfire season looms, sequester cuts firefighters

    The sequester will cost the Forest Service about 500 firefighters and 50 fire engines this year, even as the agency expects another rough season of drought-fueled wildfires.

    • May. 14, 2013

  14. FBI to investigate Tea Party tax affair

    Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he's opened a criminal inquiry into the Internal Revenue Service's handling of applications for tax-exempt status by Tea Party groups.

    • May. 14, 2013

  15. GOP reaction in IRS case targeting tea party groups spurs calls for probe, apology

    President Obama should apologize for the admission by the IRS that it singled out conservative tea party groups for extra scrutiny as they applied for non-profit status, Republican members of Congress said Sunday.

    • May. 12, 2013

  16. Obama directs agencies to make more data public

    Agencies are under more pressure to release government data to the public and ensure it is packaged in formats that promote widespread use and dissemination.

    • May. 9, 2013
  17. President Obama announces Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx, left, as his nominee for Secretary of Transportation during an April 29 news conference at the White House. Win McNamee /Getty Images

    Obama taps Charlotte mayor to head Transportation

    President Obama announced Monday his choice of Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to be his next Transportation secretary, heralding the young mayor for revitalizing his city with critical investments in its transportation infrastructure.

    • Apr. 30, 2013
  18. NASA has been ranked the most innovative large agency for three consecutive years in an analysis by the Partnership for Public Service. Pictured: NASA employees celebrate as the first pictures appear on screen after a successful landing of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover on Aug. 5. Brian van der Brug/Getty Images, pool

    Feds feel less empowered to innovate, survey finds

    Most federal employees look for ways to be innovative and do their jobs better, but an increasing number of feds don't feel empowered to do that, according to a new analysis by the Partnership for Public Service.

    • Apr. 29, 2013
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