Senior Exec Bonuses Targeted
Meet Danny Werfel, New IRS Acting Chief
Unemployment rate falls in Md., Va., D.C.
(Matt McClain / THE WASHINGTON POST)
Md., Va., and D.C. all saw unemployment drop, but Virginia was the only jurisdiction to add jobs.
Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge road project cut from federal budget
(Jeremy Borden / The Washington Post)
The federal budget reductions known as sequestration are to blame, officials say.
Obama names budget official Werfel as acting IRS head
via Reuters
If Obama went Bulworth, here's what he'd say
What President Obama really thinks of Washington.
MWAA officials say sequester means longer airport wait times
Officials at Dulles and Reagan National airports say wait times have increased as much as 30 minutes at some security checkpoints because of the sequester.
Want to visit the Arboretum? You'll have to wait.
(Linda Davidson / THE WASHINGTON POST)
Sequestration rears its ugly head at the Northeast Washington urban park.
Obama's Scandal Pivot: Dare Congress to Actually Pass Laws
via The Atlantic
Hirshhorn ‘Bubble’ risks operating at a loss, internal Smithsonian report says
(Diller Scofidio + Renfro; Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden / Diller Scofidio + Renfro; Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden)
Twice-delayed Mall project would lose money in all 3 scenarios examined in study.
Hagel announces hundreds of thousands of furloughs at Defense Department
(YURI GRIPAS / REUTERS)
Hagel announces plans for 11 unpaid days rather than 14; more relief may come, but he says he “can’t promise.”
CBO says deficit problem is solved for the next 10 years
Washington's most powerful budget nerds have cut their prediction of our deficits over the next decade by more than $600 billion.
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