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  1. President Obama plans to nominate acting GSA Administrator Dan Tangherlini to become the agency's permanent chief. Mike Morones / Staff

    Obama taps Tangherlini to be permanent GSA chief

    President Obama said Wednesday he plans to nominate acting administrator Dan Tangherlini to become the official head of the General Services Administration.

    • May. 22, 2013
  2. OMB's director has asked U.S. Chief Information Officer Steve VanRoekel to lead OMB's management team on an interim basis. Thomas Brown/Staff

    VanRoekel to lead OMB's management team

    Steven VanRoekel will lead the Office of Management and Budget's management team, following the departure of OMB's No. 2 official this month.

    • May. 21, 2013
  3. Outgoing acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller (left) and former IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman arrive May 21 at a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Brendan Smialowski / AFP

    Former IRS head says he didn't know of Tea Party affair

    Former Internal Revenue Service commissioner Douglas Shulman said he was 'dismayed and saddened' by revelations that his agency targeted conservative political groups for extra scrutiny, and said he had been unaware of it.

    • May. 21, 2013

  4. News Briefs: May 20, 2013

    Federal agencies have closed 420 data centers and aim to shutter more than 500 others by December 2015, but plans to save billions of dollars through the consolidation effort so far appear to be falling short.

    • May. 19, 2013
  5. Former acting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Steve Miller (right) and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, J. Russell George testify May 17 before a full House Ways and Means Committee hearing in Washington on 'Internal Revenue Service Targeting Conservative Groups.' President Obama sacked the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service on May 15 over a scandal sparked when officials unfairly targeted conservative groups. Nicholas Kamm / AFP

    IRS draws bipartisan fire at hearing

    The nation's top tax official apologized for the agency's treatment of conservative groups, denied he lied to Congress about it, and insisted that politics did not motivate the agency's decision to give Tea Party groups extra scrutiny.

    • May. 17, 2013
  6. 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
  7. 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

  8. 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
  9. The White House on Friday ordered agencies to start studying ways to narrow the pay gap between men and women in the federal government. JEWEL SAMAD/Jewel Samad / AFP

    Obama orders gender pay gap study

    The White House on Friday ordered agencies to start studying ways to narrow the pay gap between men and women in the federal government.

    • May. 10, 2013

  10. 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
  11. President Obama is seen with Tom Perez on March 18 at the White House. Jewel Samad / AFP

    Obama faces battle over Labor secretary nominee

    President Obama faces a potentially big Senate battle over his nominee for labor secretary, Thomas Perez.

    • May. 9, 2013
  12. OPM's Elaine Kaplan, left, and GSA's Dan Tangherlini are in 'acting' positions while their agencies await permanent leaders. They joined new Interior Secretary Sally Jewell at a recent announcement of GSA's hybrid vehicle initiative. Mike Morones/Staff

    High-level vacancies dot the Obama administration

    Barely three months into its second term, the Obama administration is confronting an epidemic of empty desks.

    • May. 7, 2013
  13. A Border Patrol agent guards a suspect caught along the Rio Grande River in Texas. John Moore/Getty Images

    Federal employees focus on mission in face of adversity

    Federal Times invited readers to reflect on the state of public service and on what, if anything, should be done to improve it. Following are excerpts.

    • May. 6, 2013
  14. Jeff Zients has stepped down as the No. 2 official at the Office of Management and Budget. He had been OMB deputy director for management since June 2009 and served as the agency's acting chief since January 2012. Thomas Brown / Staff

    Zients steps down as OMB deputy director

    Jeff Zients has stepped down as the No. 2 official at the Office of Management and Budget. He had been OMB deputy director for management since June 2009 and served as the agency's acting chief since January 2012.

    • May. 3, 2013

  15. Government employees celebrate Public Service Recognition Week

    Federal, state and local government employees celebrate Public Service Recognition Week this year from May 5-11.

    • May. 3, 2013
  16. Penny Pritzker, President Obama's choice as Commerce Secretary, as seen in July 2012. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

    Obama makes Commerce, trade representative picks

    President Obama plans to fill out his economic team on Thursday, nominating a long-time supporter and a top aide for the jobs of Commerce secretary and U.S. trade representative.

    • May. 2, 2013
  17. 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
  18. The Secret Service is investigating a suspicious letter sent to the president, officials said Wednesday. AFP

    Initial tests show ricin in letter to Obama

    WASHINGTON — The Secret Service is investigating a letter containing a “suspicious substance” that was addressed to President Obama, the agency confirmed Wednesday, and at least three U.S. senators also reported receiving suspicious mail.

    • Apr. 17, 2013
  19. President Obama makes a statement in the White House briefing room about the bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday in Washington. The two blasts, near the finish line, killed three people and injured scores more. Win McNamee/Getty Images

    After Boston blasts, Obama vows to get answers

    President Obama vowed Monday night to get to the bottom of who is behind a pair of deadly explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, but he warned Americans not to jump to any conclusions.

    • Apr. 16, 2013
  20. The Obama administration's 2014 Pentagon budget request ignores sequestration. Experts call it a purely political document. It's going nowhere, but that's the point. AFP

    2014 DoD budget a step toward ‘grand bargain’

    WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s 2014 Pentagon budget request ignores sequestration. Experts call it a purely political document. It’s going nowhere — and that’s the plan.

    • Apr. 13, 2013
  21. Government Printing Office employee Don Bowman feeds copies of President Obama's Fiscal Year 2014 budget through a binding machine in Washington, D.C., on April 8. Thomas Brown / Federal Times

    The 2014 budget request: agency by agency

    Highlights of major agencies’ 2014 budget requests. Discretionary spending figures — from Office of Management and Budget budget summary tables — compare the 2014 budget requests with 2012 actual budgets, which more closely reflect agencies’ actual funding in 2013 under the continuing resolution than do the 2013 budget requests.

    • Apr. 10, 2013
  22. Projected savings related to 215 program cuts and consolidations in the president's budget proposal would amount to more than $25 billion in savings next year, OMB Controller Danny Werfel said in a Tuesday post on the agency's official blog. Military Times

    Obama budget to propose 215 program cuts, consolidations

    The Obama administration will propose 215 program cuts, consolidations and other savings as part of its fiscal 2014 budget request set for release Wednesday, according to the Office of Management and Budget.

    • Apr. 10, 2013
  23. President Obama is set to release his budget proposal Wednesday, and it already is drawing criticism from both parties. AFP / Getty Images

    On left and right, Obama’s budget anticipated as a dud

    WASHINGTON — President Obama will unveil his budget later Wednesday, offering a fiscal plan that even before it’s officially released is eliciting groans from his conservative opponents as well as his backers on the left.

    • Apr. 10, 2013
  24. The White House next week is expected to propose $35 billion in cuts to federal retirement benefits and reductions in retirees' future pension increases as part of the fiscal 2014 budget. AFP

    Obama to propose cuts in retirement benefits

    The White House on Wednesday will propose $35 billion in cuts to federal retirement benefits and reductions in retirees’ future pension increases as part of the fiscal 2014 budget.

    • Apr. 5, 2013
  25. President Obama waves as he makes his to board Marine One on April 3 in Washington, D.C. Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images

    Obama takes pay cut in show of solidarity with furloughed feds

    President Obama will voluntarily return 5 percent of his annual salary in a show of solidarity with at least 1 million furloughed federal workers.

    • Apr. 3, 2013
  26. Headed by Jonathan Powers, the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive is responsible for promoting sustainability and environmental stewardship throughout Federal government operations. Jack Gruber / USA TODAY

    Exchanging life in camo for eco initiatives

    Saying the government should “lead by example,” President Obama has ordered federal agencies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent by 2020. The man he put in charge of the effort a year ago is Jonathan Powers, 34, an Iraq War veteran.

    • Apr. 2, 2013

  27. Obama nominates economic aide as OMB deputy director

    President Obama is looking to promote one of his longest serving economic aides, nominating Brian Deese to be deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget.

    • Apr. 2, 2013
  28. President Obama on Tuesday signed a temporary spending bill that headed off a government shutdown. Getty Images file

    Obama signs spending bill, avoids government shutdown

    President Obama made it official Tuesday, signing a temporary spending bill that headed off a government shutdown.

    • Mar. 27, 2013
  29. The White House last week quietly unveiled details of President Obama's plan to further shrink the federal deficit by $1.8 trillion. AFP

    GOP shows openness to Obama budget plan

    Key congressional Republicans are calling a comprehensive White House deficit-reduction plan a solid first step toward striking the kind of bipartisan deal that would substantially lessen defense spending cuts.

    • Mar. 25, 2013
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