Defense

Generals in Afghanistan Failed to Cancel Unneeded $36 Million Facility

SIGAR and lawmakers call for generals to be held accountable for “misconduct and mismanagement.”

Management

Transparency and Efficiency Bills Clear House Oversight Panel

Package of five includes new tools for inspectors general, use of evidence in policymaking.

Management

Report: Merge the ATF with the FBI

Agency is an “accident of history” and lacks a coherent mission, think tank says.

Oversight

Compensation Plan for U.S. Hostages Held in Iran Advances

President Obama expected to sign nuclear-talks act with pledge separate from Isakson bill.

Management

Republican Senator Pressures Agencies on Regulatory Review

Lankford requests detailed priorities at Labor, EPA, Interior, Agriculture and PBGC.

Tech

Social Security’s Acting Chief Pushes Long-Term Vision

“We recognize that changes will be necessary,” Carolyn Colvin says.

Management

The Odds of Getting Off GAO’s High-Risk List Aren’t Good

Former Defense comptroller says the “crisis in the civil service” should be added to the catalog of government’s problems.

News

A Top Spook Reunion, Of Sorts

Former CIA directors and deputies get together to criticize publication of covert operatives' names.

News

The SEC's 'Home Court' Advantage

The agency has higher success rate when it takes cases in front of its own judges than it does in the federal court system, investigation finds.