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- IRS to pay $70M in bonuses, Grassley says
- Small companies won't feel effect of lowered contractor pay cap
- Senators push Tangherlini for assurances GSA is improving
- As VA works to eliminate one backlog, one more might emerge
- BRAC-like commission proposed to hunt down government cost savings
- Sequestration claims another conference: DHS's GFirst cyber event
- Postal Service closing Capitol Hill post offices in 'symbolic' move
- Senators seek cost cuts for F-35 fighter jet
- Fed pens new furlough song
- Web guru Dorris brings new life to government websites
- EPA CIO Jackson returning to private sector
- 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
- 8 contract executives guilty of 8(a) contracting fraud
- Whistleblower suit leads to $12M false claims settlement by SAIC
How Fed policymakers affect the economy
Federal Reserve policymaking group has power over economy through control of interest rates
Fed's moves to aid economy since financial crisis
Key Federal Reserve actions to aid economy since financial crisis erupted in 2008
Report: US adult smoking rate dips to 18 percent
Adult smoking rate may be falling again; down to 18 percent last year, government report says
Report: Slowdown in health care costs to continue
Report: Slowdown in US health care costs may turn into a trend, not a pause
Fed sees lower US unemployment, more growth
Federal Reserve foresees lower US unemployment, more economic growth next year
House panel starts rewrite of No Child Left Behind
No Child Left Behind revamp start on Republican-led education panel
Pruitt: DOJ broke rules in phone records seizure
AP President Pruitt accuses DOJ of rule violations in phone records case; source intimidation
Biden calls for DC voting rights during tribute
Biden uses tribute in Capitol for abolitionist Frederick Douglass to pitch DC voting rights
Social issues still fire up GOP despite 2012 loss
House Republicans hit abortion, immigration hard, saying GOP elders misinterpreted Romney loss
Mueller urges caution on NSA program changes
FBI director urges caution by Congress before it makes any changes to NSA programs
Defense: US man never joined Syrian al-Qaida group
Defense: US man who thought he had been fighting alongside Syrian al-Qaida group was mistaken
Kerry calls Karzai to ease anger on Taliban office
Kerry calls Karzai to allay Afghan president's anger over opening of Taliban office in Qatar
Feds: 2 upstate NY men tried to make X-ray weapon
Feds: 2 upstate NY men tried to make X-ray weapon so they could secretly harm Israel foes
Oil down slightly as Fed signal easing of stimulus
Oil falls as Fed's brighter economic outlook signals a possible unwinding of stimulus measures
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the US and abroad
Mikulski backs oversight of military academies
Mikulski presses for more oversight of service academy leaders amid sexual assault cases
GOP targets high-speed rail, transportation grants
House GOP aims to cut money for high-speed rail, transportation grants in $44B spending bill
Bulger's ex-enforcer grilled about varying stories
Bulger's ex-enforcer grilled about varying stories he told about gang's 1970s, '80s killings
WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama ditches jacket
WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama beats German heat wave by going casual at the Brandenburg Gate
White House: US respects Iran election results
White House says US respects Iran election results, but censorship, intimidation preceded vote
