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  1. 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

  2. Agencies respond to tornado under shadow of sequester

    Federal agencies snapped to respond Tuesday to the devastating Oklahoma tornadoes, the first major natural disaster to strike since sequester-related budget cuts took effect in March.

    • 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. Gregory Long is executive director of the Thrift Savings Plan. Tom Brown/Staff

    More feds investing in TSP's L Funds

    The number of Thrift Savings Plan participants enrolled in the L, or lifecycle, Funds reached a record 864,469 in April.

    • May. 20, 2013
  5. General Services Administration Inspector General Brian Miller expects the sequester to cost GSA $281 million in lost savings and revenue in 2013. Staff

    Sequester doesn't add up for IGs

    The inspector general for the General Services Administration expects to lose out on more than a quarter-billion dollars in potential government savings next year, as the sequester-related budget cuts force the agency to scale back on efforts to uncover w

    • May. 20, 2013
  6. New security standards aim to enable employees to perform the same activities on mobile devices as on desktop computers. Mike Morones / Staff

    New security standards expected to speed mobile adoption

    The administration is expected to release details this week for how agencies should secure government-issued smartphones and tablet computers.

    • May. 20, 2013

  7. GSA starts effort to improve cybersecurity in procurements

    The General Services Administration is seeking industry input as it develops standard contract language to ensure cybersecurity measures are taken in federal procurements.

    • May. 20, 2013

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

    A federal investigation of former State Department contracting specialist Kathleen McGrade has uncovered a treasure trove of luxuries allegedly acquired with the proceeds of a multimillion-dollar contracting scam: a Steinway piano; sculptures; sapphire, e

    • May. 19, 2013

  9. 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
  10. Acting GSA Administrator Dan Tangherlini says he is confident the agency can demonstrate to its customers that its contracts and programs can save them money. Mike Morones / Staff

    Tangherlini: Tighter budgets mean bigger role for GSA

    Dan Tangherlini wants more of your business — a lot more.

    • May. 19, 2013

  11. Pension costs understated

    The costs agencies ascribe to federal pensions, when they are comparing whether it is more efficient to perform commercial-like work in-house or to outsource it to a contractor, have been understated significantly for decades.

    • May. 19, 2013

  12. Enough bureaucracy already

    First, let me say these are my views only, not my employer's.

    • May. 19, 2013
  13. 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
  14. Staff file photo

    DoD approves Apple iPhones, iPads for military use

    The Defense Department will allow government-issued iPhones and iPads to connect to the military's networks, the Pentagon announced Friday.

    • May. 17, 2013
  15. Daniel Werfel James J. Lee / Staff

    Obama names new IRS commissioner

    President Obama has named a new acting IRS commissioner.

    • May. 16, 2013
  16. Mueller Getty Images

    FBI's Mueller expects furloughs next year

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

    • May. 16, 2013
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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

    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.

    • May. 15, 2013
  20. The federal courts are seeking an additional $73 million in emergency funds for this year to prevent layoffs and other repercussions from sequester-related budget cuts. Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images

    Courts seek $73M in emergency funding

    The federal courts are seeking an additional $73 million in emergency funds for this year to prevent layoffs and other repercussions from sequester-related budget cuts.

    • May. 15, 2013

  21. Report: Recruit more science and tech talent

    Federal agencies must creatively and aggressively recruit science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medical employees to keep up with rising demand and competition from the private sector, according to a new report that will be released Thursday.

    • May. 15, 2013
  22. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is expected to announce Tuesday plans to furlough most civilian employees for 11 days by the end of September. Jim Watson / AFP

    DoD employees to get 11 furlough days

    The Defense Department plans to furlough some 680,000 civilian employees for 11 days by the end of September as the result of sequester-related budget cuts.

    • May. 14, 2013

  23. Afghanistan overtaxes U.S. contractors, IG finds

    Afghanistan has slapped US-funded contractors working on reconstruction efforts with nearly $1 billion in taxes since 2008, often in spite of clear tax exemption agreements, a government watchdog has found.

    • May. 14, 2013
  24. 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. 14, 2013

  25. 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
  26. In this stretch of the U.S.-Mexican border, the U.S. is on the left. Gerald L Nino / CBP.gov

    Is a billion-dollar border security program finally due?

    The Department of Homeland Security has taken a positive step in one of the longer running procurement sagas of recent years, issuing downselect notices to several contractors to compete in the next phase of a controversial border security program, source

    • May. 14, 2013
  27. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said he doubts a fiscal deal can be struck — or even a framework secured — before Congress' late-summer break. Saul Loeb / AFP

    Senators: Sequester-avoiding deal not likely before Aug. recess

    The onetime target of early August for passing sweeping fiscal legislation is slowly being replaced by a consensus that striking a 'grand bargain' could prove difficult.

    • May. 13, 2013

  28. Access to Federal News Radio website restored after hacking attack

    Full access to the news websites FederalNewsRadio.com and sister station WTOP.com was fully restored Saturday after a hacking attack had temporarily blocked some users' access last week.

    • May. 13, 2013

  29. Saudi traveler with pressure cooker arrested at Detroit airport

    Federal agents arrested a suspicious traveler with an altered Saudi Arabian passport at Detroit Metro Airport over the weekend after discovering a pressure cooker in his luggage.

    • May. 13, 2013

  30. Green of the road: Airlines, hotels, cars more eco-friendly

    When you travel these days, you're doing so in a more environmentally friendly fashion than you did a decade ago — and you probably can't even tell.

    • May. 13, 2013
  31. A TSA agent checks the luggage of a passenger at Orlando International Airport in 2011. STAN HONDA / AFP via Getty Images

    TSA officers, air marshals file legal warning over knives

    Nine groups of airline workers and travelers filed a legal challenge Monday urging the Transportation Security Administration against allowing passengers to carry small knives on planes.

    • May. 13, 2013
  32. Airline passenger planes are being reported on the same runway with other planes and vehicles hundreds of times more each year, the Transportation Department's inspector general warned. Above, a Continental Airlines jet rolls out to the runway at Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., in a file photo. Karen Bleier / AFP

    Planes on the same runway more often, watchdog warns

    Airline passenger planes are being reported on the same runway with other planes and vehicles — and sometimes narrowly avoiding collisions — hundreds of times more each year, the Transportation Department’s inspector general warned Thursday.

    • May. 13, 2013
  33. In a listserv email Wednesday, an Office of Personnel Management said few benefit officers from around the federal government would have been able to attend the annual conference due to a lack of funds. Staff

    OPM cancels benefits conference

    Tight budgets have forced the Office of Personnel Management to cancel this year's benefits conference.

    • May. 13, 2013

  34. Budget cuts push conferences online

    Decreasing travel budgets are forcing agencies to conduct more meetings and training seminars online.

    • May. 13, 2013

  35. 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

  36. News Briefs: May 13, 2013

    Five companies have prequalified to build and maintain geothermal energy projects for the Defense Department, under the first phase of a $7 billion Army contract.

    • May. 12, 2013

  37. Public service: an opportunity, not a burden

    I entered public service under unorthodox circumstances, after a tragedy hit in my hometown of Mount Pleasant, Iowa.

    • May. 12, 2013
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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

  41. 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
  42. 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

  43. 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
  44. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said, the Social Security Administration should stop charging other agencies for access to its death records database because it is a key tool in heading off government payments to the deceased. Thomas Brown / Staff

    Senator: Free up access to SSA database to head off payments to dead

    The Social Security Administration should stop charging other agencies for access to its death records database because it is a key tool in heading off government payments to the deceased, a senator said Wednesday.

    • May. 8, 2013
  45. Federal law enforcement agencies face challenges in working with large volumes of data from multiple data bases, such as in the Boston Marathon bombing case. John Moore//Getty Images

    Quality tops agencies' data challenges

    Agencies rely on vast sources of data to fight tax fraud, improve health care, manage federal buildings and improve delivery of citizen services. But obtaining and making sense of '

    • May. 7, 2013

  46. Sequester Changes Rules on DoD Contractor Background Reinvestigations

    Citing sequester and budget challenges, the arm of the Defense Department overseeing security clearances for contractors is cutting how much time people have to request so-called periodic reinvestigations.

    • May. 7, 2013
  47. 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

  48. Most CIOs can't track IT spending

    Most chief information officers are not confident in their ability to estimate and track information technology spending at their agencies, a new survey finds.

    • May. 7, 2013

  49. In tracking down contract overcharges, GSA goes slowly

    When the General Services Administration inspector general uncovered hundreds of thousands of dollars in overcharges by a contractor, the watchdog office wasted little time in telling GSA management to recoup the money.

    • May. 7, 2013

  50. Annual DoD report claims steady Chinese military expansion

    China continues to rapidly modernize and expand its military and has deployed an anti-ship missile that could attack vessels more than 1,500 kilometers away, according to a new Pentagon report.

    • May. 7, 2013
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