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- Senators push Tangherlini for assurances GSA is improving
- As VA works to eliminate one backlog, one more might emerge
- Senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses
- Furlough song: Laugh or you'll cry
- Navy strikes enterprise licensing deal with Oracle
- Contractors with security clearances lack path to report problems
- NSA leak case gives vendors reason to reevaluate personnel
- Does security clearance process need a makeover?
- 8 contract executives guilty of 8(a) contracting fraud
- Whistleblower suit leads to $12M false claims settlement by SAIC
- NASA engineer, 29, recognized for improving aeronautical testing
- USPS reaches energy reduction goal ahead of schedule
- NOAA meteorologist helps save lives one storm at a time
- NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women
- House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill
- NIH tops list of best companies for baby boomers
- Latest postal reform proposal OKs 5-day delivery
- Wednesday federal headlines - June 19, 2013
Grandma, 72, shoots at intruder, misses in Calif.
Cursing grandma, 72, shoots at Calif. intruder in confrontation caught on 911 dispatch tape
Midwest could see strong windstorms from derecho
Midwest eyeing derecho weather pattern that could spawn severe windstorms across metro areas
Day 2 of Zimmerman jury selection, questioning
Jury selection resumes in Florida trial of neighborhood watchman who shot black teen
Bill to revamp military justice faces uphill fight
Bill would make sweeping changes to military justice system to address rising sexual assaults
2 wildfires burn structures in hot, dry Colorado
Wildfire near Colorado Springs burns homes; fire near Royal Gorge Bridge burns 3 structures
Santa Monica gunman was mentally evaluated
Former police officer says Santa Monica gunman had been mentally evaluated
Levees, removable walls proposed to protect NYC
NYC mayor proposes $20B in floodwalls and other defenses to protect city from global warming
Multiple injuries reported in Kentucky bus crash
Bus carrying high school students on college campus visit crashes in Ky.; multiple injuries
90-year-old lobsterman survives sinking off Maine
90-year-old Maine lobsterman swims to shore after sinking; he's ready to get back to work
Media: No mistaking how NSA story reporter feels
Media: Glenn Greenwald makes no secret of feelings on phone records case
Hepatitis A linked to frozen berries sickens 87
Hepatitis A outbreak linked to frozen berry mix grows to 87 illnesses in 8 states
Evidence suggests GI's leaks revealed tactics
Evidence suggests Manning revealed sensitive names, tactics; aunt's statement read at trial
Southern Baptists re-elect first black president
Southern Baptists re-elect first black president at annual meeting in Houston
Judge rejects defense bid to delay Bulger trial
Judge rejects bid to delay Boston trial of Whitey Bulger; openings begin Wednesday
'One giant leap' toward a NASA Armstrong center?
What's in a name? Questions arise over push to rename Calif. NASA center after Neil Armstrong
Nuclear plant closures show industry's struggles
Calif. nuke plant closure is latest sign of struggle for industry once hoping for wider growth
Government moves to wrap up gray wolf recovery
Move to end gray wolf recovery efforts would lift protections across most of Lower 48
27-car Nev. sandstorm pileup kills 1, hurts others
Sandstorm cited in 27-vehicle pileup on Nev. highway that killed truck driver, injured others
Wildlife agency to list all chimps as endangered
Fish and Wildlife Service says it will list captive chimps as endangered species
State Dept. eyes probe process after complaints
State Department reviews misconduct probe process after complaints of improper interference
