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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
Bold turkey: woman hits cop to kick smoking habit
Stop smoking plan: Calif. woman who slapped deputy to go to jail to quit smoking gets 63 days
2 new diseases could both spark global outbreaks
2 new diseases _ 1 related to SARS and 1 new bird flu _ could both spark global outbreaks
40 patients escape Kenya's psychiatric hospital
Search under way for 40 patients who escaped Kenya's psychiatric hospital, police say
AP IMPACT: Cars made in Brazil are deadly
AP IMPACT: Global automakers' deadly cars drive up Brazil's traffic fatalities
Judge in NYC refuses to suspend his Plan B ruling
On eve of Plan B ruling taking effect, NY judge refuses to delay access to morning-after pill
IMS: US medicine spending shows rare dip in 2012
IMS analysis finds new generics cut 2012 medicine spending, while pinched patients delay care
AP Exclusive: Calif. exchange granted secrecy
AP Exclusive: Lawmakers granted Calif. health exchange unusual secrecy in contracting records
Tenn. hospital treats drug-dependent babies
Tenn. hospital on front lines of US pill epidemic, treating babies born dependent on drugs
Drugmakers, health groups bring poor girls vaccine
Merck, Glaxo health groups bringing cervical cancer vaccines to girls in poorest countries
Wrigley takes new caffeinated gum off market
Wrigley removes new Alert gum from market as FDA investigates safety of caffeine-added foods
Vendor's suicide reflects despair of Mideast youth
178 self-immolations in Tunisia reflect despair of jobless Mideast youth, including vendor
Slayer: Guitarist Hanneman died of cirrhosis
Slayer: Guitarist Jeff Hanneman died of alcohol-related cirrhosis; death not spider-related
Bengals RB working to help young cancer patient
Bengals RB Burkhead on new team, still working to help 7-year-old cancer patient in Nebraska
New suspicious French case of SARS-related virus
French minister: tests negative on 3 suspected cases of SARS-related virus, 2 cases pending
Study: Fish oil doesn't help prevent heart attacks
Study: Fish oil doesn't prevent heart attacks in folks already taking medicines to lower risk
3 suspected cases of SARS-related virus in France
3 suspected cases of SARS-related virus investigated in France; 1 already confirmed
Obama declared health care law 'is here to stay'
Obama declares health care law 'is here to stay,' launches effort to sell expanded coverage
Kenyan protester's lonely campaign gets a hearing
In Kenya's rough-edged democracy, lone protester, amplified by social media, gets a hearing
FDA denies request to block generic painkiller
FDA denies Endo Health Solutions request to block generic versions of narcotic painkiller
200 sickened after dining at Vegas restaurant
Number sickened in Vegas tapas restaurant outbreak rises to 200; source not determined
