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  1. 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. 13, 2013
  2. The Postal Service reported a $3.1 billion loss for first half of 2013. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

    Postal Service reports $3.1 billion loss for first half of 2013

    Postal Service reports latest financial quarterly results

    • May. 10, 2013

  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Cyclist Lance Armstrong speaks with Oprah Winfrey during an interview in January. The Justice Department filed a 28-page complaint against the seven-time Tour de France winner who had his titles stripped following claims Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs while sponsored by the U.S. Postal Service. George Burns / Oprah Winfrey Network via Getty Ima

    Justice says Lance Armstrong was ‘unjustly enriched’

    The federal government filed a 28-page complaint against Lance Armstrong on Tuesday that details several years of lying, cheating and manipulating by the former cyclist for the sake of winning and financial reward.

    • Apr. 24, 2013
  7. The entrance to the office of Sen. Roger Wicker is shown in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. An envelope addressed to Wicker tested positive for ricin was found at the U.S. Capitol's off-site mail facility. Drew Angerer / Getty Images

    FBI makes arrest in ricin case

    WASHINGTON — Details were beginning to emerge Thursday about the Mississippi man the FBI said it “believed to be responsible” for mailing letters that tested positive for poisonous ricin to President Obama, a senator and another official.

    • Apr. 18, 2013
  8. A U.S. Postal Service employee delivers an Express Mail package in Los Angeles. Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images

    Lawmaker: Postal reform bill coming ‘very soon’

    A key lawmaker plans to introduce comprehensive postal legislation soon, with hopes for final passage by October.

    • Apr. 17, 2013

  9. Lawmakers to explore options to keep USPS in business

    Following the collapse of plans for ending Saturday mail delivery, the U.S. Postal Service will explore the possibility of an emergency rate increase and seek additional cost-cutting concessions from its employees. But as both options quickly came under attack, the odds of success on either front seemed dim.

    • Apr. 16, 2013
  10. The Postal Service's Board of Governors said that the recently passed continuing resolution does not allow it to carry out its plan to halt Saturday mail delivery later this year. Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images

    Postal Service halts plans to end Saturday mail delivery

    The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday it will cancel plans to halt Saturday delivery.

    • Apr. 10, 2013
  11. On top of 100 mail processing plants already slated for consolidation this year, the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service is adding 53 others that were previously supposed to be downsized next year. Brian Kersey / Getty Images

    USPS accelerates plant consolidations

    The U.S. Postal Service is again trying to get smaller, faster.

    • Mar. 27, 2013

  12. Parceling out old post offices

    The U.S. Postal Service is trying to sell many of its historical buildings to private developers as it looks for ways to cut losses that reached a record $15.9 billion in 2012.

    • Mar. 21, 2013
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