Management

EPA's Planned Budget Cuts Alarm Former Employees, Union

Agency’s support would be “the smallest since the mid-1970s,” analysis says.

Management

Budget Director Picks Fight on Spending 'Gimmicks' Called CHIMPs

Mulvaney asks House Speaker Ryan for process reforms to bring more spending under budget caps.

Management

Special Counsel Confirms Removal of Energy Department Anti-Leak Posters

Whistleblower advocate had complained the signs violated employee disclosure rights.

Management

New GSA Brass Struggles to Explain Revised Plan for FBI HQ

House members of both parties express puzzlement at Trump shift to rebuilding downtown.

Management

Environmental Group Charges Interior With Illegally Filling Top Vacancies

Complaint says decisions of high-ranking Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management officials should be declared invalid.

News

Former Cabinet Secretaries Decry Lack of Leadership

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and former Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell say political dysfunction is harming the country.

Management

GSA Proposes to Keep FBI HQ Downtown by Scattering Staff

Local lawmakers blast “bungled procurement” and “wasted time” on FBI’s planned move to suburbs.

Management

Trump's Proposed Program Cuts Hint at Where Agency Jobs Could Vanish

Budget's reductions and eliminations justified under rubric of “not working.”

Management

Trump Budget Would Limit Consumer Bureau’s Funding From the Federal Reserve

Acting director Mulvaney crafts proposal for Congress to assume more oversight of the bureau.

Pay & Benefits

Trump’s Budget Will Push Performance-Based Pay for Feds

Monday’s release to recommend transfer of $10 billion over a decade away from the “tenure-based” civil service system and to bonuses for valuable workers.

Management

Lawmakers Press FEMA for Documents on Canceled Meals Contract for Puerto Rico

An Atlanta entrepreneur with a history of procurement problems delivered only a fraction of the order.

Management

Lawmakers Revive Effort to Curb Agency Payments to Dead People

Social Security Administration would be required to more fully share master list.

Oversight

As Democrats Demand Subpoenas, House Panel Advances Good-Government Tools

Bills promote grant reporting efficiency, IG subpoena power and easier access to agency reports.

Management

GSA Has No Rule Against Feds Staying at Trump’s D.C. Hotel

Critics say agency should crack down more on stays at the controversial venue, after revelation that a federal employee spent four nights there.

Management

Internal Emails Show FBI Agents Were Shocked and Shaken After Trump Fired Comey

After seeing the news on CNN, one special agent wrote, “I hope this is an instance of fake news.”