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  1. 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
  2. Patrick McFarland, Office of Personnel Management inspector general, left, and Kenneth Zawodny, OPM associate director of retirement services, testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on federal workforce. OPM is failing to chase down suspected pension fraud in its quest to speed up pension processing, McFarlan said Thursday. Thomas Brown / Staff

    IG frustrated by OPM's handling of improper payments to dead retirees

    The Office of Personnel Management is failing to chase down suspected pension fraud in its quest to speed up pension processing, the agency's inspector general testified Thursday.

    • May. 9, 2013
  3. Pension accuracy slips as OPM picks up pace

    The accuracy of the Office of Personnel Management's calculation of new federal pensions has slipped as it has worked to speed up its retirement processes, the agency's inspector general is set to testify Thursday.

    • May. 8, 2013
  4. Republicans praise Obama’s proposal to adopt ‘chained CPI’

    The White House’s inclusion of the so-called chained CPI, or consumer price index, in its fiscal 2014 budget gave House Republicans ammunition Thursday as they called for adopting a less-generous measure of inflation.

    • Apr. 18, 2013
  5. Risks remain high at bioterror labs, agencies say

    The United States is at increased risk for accidents at laboratories conducting research on potential bioterror germs, such as anthrax, because federal officials have failed to develop national standards for lab design, construction and operation, according to a report to be released Monday by the Government Accountability Office. The GAO called for the standards more than three years ago.

    • Mar. 25, 2013
  6. NASA probing Chinese access to sensitive data

    Visitors from China and several other suspect countries will be denied access to NASA facilities until the agency finishes investigating its cybersecurity measures involving foreign nationals, NASA’s administrator told congressional lawmakers Tuesday.

    • Mar. 21, 2013
  7. The 2013 spending bill sustains Customs and Border Protection staffing levels at more than 40,000 officers. Getty Images

    House approves 2013 spending bill, freezes feds' pay

    With House approval Thursday, a bill to keep the government running through the end of September now heads to the White House to be signed by President Obama.

    • Mar. 21, 2013
  8. House panel passes bill to curb travel spending

    A House panel voted Wednesday to curb federal travel spending by capping agency spending on conferences — at $500,000 per event — and require quarterly reports itemizing travel, lodging, meals and other conference costs.

    • Mar. 20, 2013
  9. GAO: Contract program for vet-owned vendors vulnerable to fraud

    The Veterans Affairs Department awarded nearly $4 billion in veteran set-aside contracts in 2012, but a congressional watchdog said Tuesday that officials aren’t doing enough to beef up how the department verifies contractor eligibility.

    • Mar. 20, 2013
  10. Michael Young, director of USDA's Office of Budget and Program Analysis, said the agency has limited authority to transfer up to 7 percent of money within an agency. Mike Morones/Federal Times

    USDA outlines furlough actions to lawmakers

    The Agriculture Department told lawmakers Tuesday that there is little it can do to avoid painful furloughs of food safety inspectors and other employees due to the sequester’s budget cuts.

    • Mar. 19, 2013
  11. CR could reduce furloughs, other cuts

    Congress is racing to pass a 2013 spending bill needed to avert a partial government shutdown when the current stopgap funding measure expires next week.

    • Mar. 17, 2013
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