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  1. News Briefs: May 20, 2013

  1. 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.

    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.

  1. Obama names new IRS commissioner

  1. FBI's Mueller expects furloughs next year

  2. IRS acting commissioner resigns in wake of scandal

  3. Justice Department launches criminal probe at IRS

  4. Courts seek $73M in emergency funding

  5. As wildfire season looms, sequester cuts firefighters

  6. FBI to investigate Tea Party tax affair

  7. Planes on the same runway more often, watchdog warns Apr. 19, 2013

  8. OPM cancels benefits conference Apr. 3, 2013

  9. News Briefs: May 13, 2013

  10. Public service: an opportunity, not a burden

  11. Obama orders gender pay gap study

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

Sequester news
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    FBI's Mueller expects furloughs next year

    • May. 17, 2013

    FBI Director Robert Mueller told lawmakers last week he expects the sequester's budget cuts will force him to furlough agents in fiscal 2014.

  1. Courts seek $73M in emergency funding
  2. DoD halts shifting war money into base budget
  3. Leaders fear sequester's impact on recruitment, retention, service
  4. Sequester hits home for federal employees

Blogs

  1. Contract flaws found in GSA Disney trip
  2. MSPB rebuffs union call for advance ruling on DoD furloughs
  3. How do you feel about the unfolding IRS scandal?
  4. Nominee for OMB budget post underscores management issues
  5. Broken toilets, peeling wallpaper … whats wrong with your office?
  6. Lawyer: Postal Service board members risked “removal” over ending Saturday mail delivery

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Pay & Benefits
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  1. 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. SAUL LOEB/Saul Loeb / AFP
    • May. 16, 2013

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

  1. Report: Recruit more science and tech talent
  2. DoD employees to get 11 furlough days
  3. Obama orders gender pay gap study
  4. IG frustrated by OPM's handling of improper payments to dead retirees
  1. More Pay & Benefits
  2. Federal Pay and Performance, Federal Retirement Benefits, Federal Health Care

Departments
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  1. How State Department was duped in $60M fraud scheme

    • May. 19, 2013

    A federal investigation of former State Department contracting specialist Kathleen McGrade has uncovered a treasure trove of luxuries allegedly …

  1. Tangherlini: Tighter budgets mean bigger role for GSA
  2. DoD approves Apple iPhones, iPads for military use
  3. Obama names new IRS commissioner
  4. IRS acting commissioner resigns in wake of scandal
  1. More Departments:
  2. Defense, Postal Service, Homeland Security, OMB

Agency News
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  1. News Briefs: May 20, 2013

    • May. 19, 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 …

  1. IRS draws bipartisan fire at hearing
  2. Obama names new IRS commissioner
  3. FBI's Mueller expects furloughs next year
  4. IRS acting commissioner resigns in wake of scandal
  1. More Agency News:
  2. Federal Budget, Leaders & Agencies, Program Management, White House

Personnel
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  1. Justice Department launches criminal probe at IRS

    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
    • May. 16, 2013

    The IRS inspector general blamed 'ineffective management' for the targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status by IRS employees in a …

  1. Obama orders gender pay gap study
  2. IG frustrated by OPM's handling of improper payments to dead retirees
  3. Pension accuracy slips as OPM picks up pace
  4. Sequester Changes Rules on DoD Contractor Background Reinvestigations
  1. More Personnel:
  2. OPM, Recruiting & Retention, Labor Management Relations, Insourcing/Outsourcing

Congress
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  1. IRS acting commissioner resigns in wake of scandal

    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
    • May. 17, 2013

    The top official at the Internal Revenue Service stepped down Wednesday amid a fast-building scandal over agency employees allegedly targeting for …

  1. Justice Department launches criminal probe at IRS
  2. DNI Clapper: No furloughs for civilian intel workers
  3. Report: Recruit more science and tech talent
  4. As wildfire season looms, sequester cuts firefighters
  1. More Congress:
  2. House, Senate, Federal Appropriations, Bill Tracker, GAO
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