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  1. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. described the government as an overloaded ship, with tighter budgets making it harder to deliver services. 'Absent a true and absolute commitment to bold reform and immediate action, it is only a matter of time before this ship sinks,' Issa said. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    Former GAO chief pitches commission to transform government

    An independent commission could recommend cuts, consolidation or termination of individual government programs to Congress for an up-or-down vote, under a proposal by the former head of the Government Accountability Office.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
  2. NSA whistle-blowers, from left, Thomas Drake, J. Kirk Wiebe and William Binney. H. Darr Beiser / USA TODAY

    3 NSA veterans speak out on whistle-blower: We told you so

    When a National Security Agency contractor revealed top-secret details this month on the government's collection of Americans' phone and Internet records, one select group of intelligence veterans breathed a sigh of relief.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  3. EEOC orders DEA to address bias against female agents

    The Drug Enforcement Administration must take immediate steps to stop discrimination against female special agents seeking assignments abroad, under a new decision in a long-running class-action lawsuit.

    • Jun. 12, 2013
  4. Federal workforce dips 20 percent since May 2010 peak

    The total federal workforce dropped by 14,000 employees in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said June 7, bringing the government's staffing levels to its lowest point in more than five years.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  5. OPM proposes phased retirements

    New rules proposed last week by the Office of Personnel Management will allow federal employees to ease into retirement by working part time while receiving partial pensions — and could transform how managers handle generational shifts in their offices.

    • Jun. 9, 2013
  6. Marines with Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, out of Camp Pendleton, Calif., work on an MATV engine at Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow. Work at the two Marine Corps logistics bases will shut down for a total of 11 days between now and the end of September as civilians are furloughed. Cpl. Thomas Bricker / Marine Corps

    Furlough days mean Marine logistics bases to go dark

    Work at the Marines' two major logistics bases will effectively shut down on days this summer when civilian workers are furloughed, the chief of Marine Corps Installations and Logistics said.

    • Jun. 7, 2013
  7. OPM to offer buyouts, early outs

    The Office of Personnel Management is planning to offer buyouts and early retirements to nearly 300 employees — and some of those buyouts are likely to result in slower pension processing times.

    • Jun. 4, 2013
  8. Volunteers sift through the remains of homes damaged by a tornado in Moore, Okla, Sunday. Civilian employees at Tinker Air Force Base whose homes were destroyed or left uninhabitable by the May 20 and 31 tornadoes will be excepted from Defense Department furloughs, the Air Force said. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

    Air Force lifts furloughs for Oklahoma tornado victims

    The Air Force said June 3 it will cancel furloughs for its civilian employees who were affected by the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma.

    • Jun. 4, 2013
  9. Union urges probe of health hazards at 2 VA facilities

    The American Federation of Government Employees is calling for an investigation into high levels of a potentially deadly bacterium at two Veterans Affairs Department facilities.

    • Jun. 4, 2013
  10. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel meets with the media at the Pentagon earlier this year. Thomas Brown / Staff file photo

    Pentagon, Regional Staffs Growing Despite Orders to Trim Personnel

    The size of the Pentagon's vast oversight organizations grew by more than 15 percent from 2010 to 2012, despite efforts to pare down the Defense Department's bureaucracy, an analysis by sister publication Defense News has found.

    • Jun. 3, 2013
  11. Think tanks urge more cuts to DoD civilian workforce

    The Defense Department should cut its 800,000-strong civilian workforce as one of several steps to preserve military preparedness during a long-term budget crunch, 25 former government officials and other experts from across the political spectrum said in

    • Jun. 3, 2013
  12. Appeals court considers appeal rights for 'sensitive' jobs

    A federal appellate court heard oral arguments Friday in a case that tests the balance between national security safeguards and civil service protections. The outcome could affect disciplinary appeal rights for hundreds of thousands of federal employees.

    • May. 24, 2013
  13. 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
  14. Passengers line up to a Transportation Security Administration officer at Portland International Airport in Oregon. Because of the sequester, TSA has cut employees' overtime hours. Natalie Behring / Getty Images

    Sequester hits home for federal employees

    Until last year, the Office of Personnel Management's program to process federal employee retirements was a sluggish, bureaucratic morass that left new retirees waiting six months to a year for their full pensions.

    • May. 6, 2013
  15. Police stand guard near New Jersey beach homes that were damaged by Superstorm Sandy in November. Mark DeMaria, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration supervisory meteorologist, is a finalist for a Service to America Medal for his work to improve hurricane forecast models and reduce storm damage. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

    Partnership for Public Service names 31 medal finalists

    The Partnership for Public Service has named 31 federal employees or federal employee teams as Samuel J. Heyman Service to America finalists. They will be honored May 7 in Washington as part of Public Service Recognition Week.

    • May. 5, 2013
  16. 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
  17. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has rebuffed calls to give the military services the flexibility to reduce or eliminate furloughs for civilian workers on their own. Jim Watson / AFP

    Hagel: Furloughs must be consistent across DoD

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has rebuffed calls to give the military services the flexibility to reduce or eliminate furloughs for civilian workers on their own.

    • 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
  19. The Federal Aviation Administration should use newly approved budget latitude to cancel furloughs for all agency employees, not just air traffic controllers, the head the FAA Managers Association urged Friday. Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images

    Group presses for end to all furloughs at FAA

    The Federal Aviation Administration should use newly approved budget latitude to cancel furloughs for all agency employees, not just air traffic controllers, the head of the FAA Managers Association urged Friday.

    • Apr. 26, 2013
  20. After the current downsizing is complete, every state will still have at least one field office, according to HUD. File

    900 HUD employees affected in plan to close 16 field offices

    Nine hundred Housing and Urban Development Department employees may have to move or change jobs under a restructuring that will close 16 of 80 field offices by this fall.

    • Apr. 25, 2013
  21. Defense Secreary Chuck Hagel said last week that DoD officials were “probably a couple of weeks away” from making a final decision on the number of furlough days that will be needed. Mark Wilson / Getty Images

    Lawmakers press DoD to avoid furloughs

    The Defense Department should rethink its plans for furloughs and other cutbacks to its civilian workforce, a bipartisan group of 126 House members said in a letter Tuesday to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

    • Apr. 24, 2013
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