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  1. 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

  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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

  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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

  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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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