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- 5 percent of federal workers to be furloughed Friday
- Congress pressures agencies to speed up office consolidations
- Katherine Archuleta chosen as next OPM director
- Data breach puts DHS workers at risk of identity theft
- DoD chooses interoperability over integration for new e-health record system
- House GOP panel moves on deep budget cuts
- OMB fuels synergy between mobile, open data
- IRS official Lerner: 'I did nothing wrong'
- Accountability breakdown leading factor in DoD sexual assaults
- OMB reworking financial system requirements
- Federal retirement funds temporarily tapped
- VanRoekel to lead OMB management team
- Meet the 2013 Service to America Medal finalists
- Thursday federal headlines - May 23, 2013
Sheryl Crow headlines Down Syndrome charity event
Sheryl Crow to headline charity event for Down Syndrome awareness, research in DC
Feds: Hepatitis B no barrier to health practice
Feds: Health providers with hepatitis B are no threat to patients, covered by disability law
Ginseng, bear bile: NKoreans look to old cures
Ginseng, bear bile: Lacking sure flow of Western drugs, North Korea leans on age-old cures
Vegas jury asked to ignore hep C case 'hysteria'
Jurors asked to ignore 'hysteria' in trial of ex-clinic owner, employee in Vegas hep C case
Calif. limo fire kills 5 nurses; friends grieve
Family members, friends struggle with heartbreak after 5 nurses die in California limo fire
Christie's comments on weight, health over time
Comments by NJ Gov. Chris Christie on his weight struggle, health, since first run for office
Scientist: Cassava disease spread at alarming rate
Scientists: Cassava disease spreads swiftly, could threaten largest producer Nigeria
Debate over morning-after pill for 15-year-olds
Debate among teens and adults over morning-after pill without prescription for 15-year-olds
States fear losing aid for 'uninsurables'
States fear costs could shift as feds move to cap spending on health overhaul program
Philly abortion murder trial has national impact
Murder trial of Philly abortion provider altering the tone of national debate
Experts say Christie is in good position to lose weight from surgery, if he exercises and eats right
Limo driver: Fire took 3 minutes to claim 5 lives
Limo driver: Deadly fire took just 3 minutes to become inferno, claim lives of 5 women
Woman accused of faking rape now faces fraud case
Michigan woman charged with making false rape report now accused of fraud linked to cancer
Court: Calif. cities can ban medical pot shops
California Supreme Court says local governments have authority to ban medical pot shops
Tiger, mountain lions seized from Kansas property
Man in custody after tiger, several other big cats seized from relative's Kansas property
Delaware lawmaker eyes post-Labor Day school start
Del. lawmaker suggests public schools should wait until after Labor Day to start classes
App lets amputees program their own bionic hands
App lets amputees skip office visit, take programming bionic limbs into their own hands
Study: Exercise cuts kidney stone risk in women
No sweat needed: Mild to moderate exercise can cut women's risk for kidney stones, study finds
Decades-old question: Is antibacterial soap safe?
FDA wrapping up safety review of chemical in antibacterial soap after 40 years of delays
Catholic bishops condemn Irish abortion bill
Catholic bishops condemn Ireland's abortion bill, ask public to lobby lawmakers to reject it
4-yr-old whose father has bird flu also infected
China: 4-yr-old whose father has bird flu also infected, no evidence humans pass on the virus
