- Josh Hicks
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Josh Hicks covers the federal government and anchors the Federal Eye blog. He reported for newspapers in the Detroit and Seattle suburbs before joining the Post as a contributor to Glenn Kessler’s Fact Checker column in 2011. Josh graduated from Albion College and Stanford. He also lived in New Zealand for eight months working as a commercial fisherman and fruit picker.
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- Watchdog group sues IRS for stricter tax-exemption rules
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- Steven Miller's resignation memo to IRS employees
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- Groups that sought tax-exempt status say IRS dealings were a nightmare
- IRS released confidential info on conservative groups to ProPublica
- Senate Democrats demanded stricter IRS standards for tax-exempt groups
- Lingering questions about the IRS targeting of conservative groups
- Report: Top IRS officials knew in 2011 that conservative groups were targeted
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- U.S. Postal Service posts $1.9 billion loss, despite efficiency efforts
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- Will the Perez confirmation fight damage GOP standing with Hispanics?
- Obama sets new open-data policy to foster innovation
- Davita Vance-Cooks named to head Government Printing Office
- Top Chef star urges Congress to support anti-hunger programs
- Senate committee delays Perez confirmation hearing again
- Labor official resigns amid Job Corps budget problems
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- Lawmakers clash in hearing over Perez dealings at Justice Department
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- Nearly 500 participated in first-ever Public Service 5K
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- Public Service Recognition Week highlights work of government employees
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- Furlough Days: Where do things stand?
- FAA delays decision to eliminate airport weather observers
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- Postal temps to gain health insurance under ObamaCare
- Commerce agents plead guilty to fraud against agency
- FAA proposes eliminating airport weather observers
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- Former commerce agents plead guilty to fraud against inspector general's office
- GOP bill would force federal workers onto health-care exchanges
- Sequester hits workers processing federal-retiree pension claims
- Smithsonian to close small exhibits due to sequester
- Federal employees say government innovation is slipping
- OPM cuts overtime and call-center hours for pension claims
- Bill would force federal employees onto insurance exchanges
- USDA expands SNAP access at farmers markets
- First lady announces program to help veterans get credentials
- Bill Gates joins administration in promoting open agricultural data
- Bill would require secondary cockpit barriers to prevent hijackings
- Budget cuts will force closure of flood-warning gauges, officials say
- Sequester could hurt federal tax collections, IRS says
- Senators call for investigation of TSA knife policy
- Should Congress lift abortion ban for Peace Corps volunteers?
- Threat of sequester furloughs diminishing or gone for some agencies
- Senators propose bipartisan bill to end FAA's controller furloughs
- IRS paid billions of dollars in improper refunds, report says
- Department of Interior going hybrid
- IRS issued billions in improper refunds, report says
- TSA delays relaxing knife policy
- Michelle Obama thanks Interior employees, welcomes Sally Jewell
- Senators propose Intelligence Professionals Day
- TSA delays knife policy set to begin Thursday
- Job Corps ends three-month enrollment freeze
- Job Corps ends enrollment freeze
- Flights delayed as sequester furloughs begin
- Park Police furloughs begin as agency steps up visibility
- House oversight committee requests study of federal pay scale
- IRS sets five specific furlough dates
- DHS plan for customs pre-clearance in Abu Dhabi raises concerns
- House approves controversial cybersecurity bill
- How would 'Chained CPI' affect your benefits?
- Feds arrest suspect in suspicious mailings, Obama declares emergency
- Court expansion plans are problematic, report says
- NOAA plans to pair furloughs with federal holidays for extended weekends
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- How are feds responding to the Boston Marathon bombing?
- House votes to crack down on tax-delinquent contractors but not individuals
- National Weather Service and NOAA propose furloughs
- Pew survey: Public trusts state, local governments over feds by wide margin
- House bill would fire tax-delinquent federal workers
- John Berry defends public servants
- Pentagon officials consider trimming sequester furloughs
- VA addressing gravesite issues that haunted national cemetery system
- Insurance providers debate whether federal workers should have more choices
- Insurance providers will debate who should provide health benefits to federal employees
- Senate confirms Sally Jewell to lead Interior
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- Impacts of the White House budget
- Postal Service withdraws plan to end Saturday mail delivery
- DOCUMENT | The White House budget
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- Obama nominates new NLRB members as House threatens to halt board actions
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- Duplicative programs wasting government funds, report says
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- OPM wants to relax campaign restrictions on D.C. federal workers
- Kerry and Napolitano join officials taking voluntary pay cuts
- Eric Holder to take voluntary pay cut in solidarity with federal workers
- IRS may close around holidays to fulfill sequester furloughs
- AmeriCorps expects fewer volunteers under sequester
- First phase of EPA furloughs begins April 21
- OPM chief Berry expected to leave when term expires this month
- What will the military's aerial-demonstration teams do with air shows cancelled?
- Pentagon favors reductions in force if sequester continues next year
- Sequester hits baseball Opening Day festivities
- Airports plan to sue FAA over tower closures
- Capitol police close entrances due to sequester cuts
- Postal Service to close more than 50 mail-processing centers
- Justice Department to delay furlough decisions
- Report: ICE investigators cooperated with 'Fast and Furious'
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- Bill signing locks in sequester, freezes federal pay rates
- Federal benefits at stake in Supreme Court same-sex marriage cases
- Secret Service can't afford shape-shifter agents
- Federal workers turn to union leaders as furloughs loom
- Sequester hits NASA's outreach and educational programs
- Federal prison staffers avoid furloughs
- National Guard withdraws furlough notices sent early by mail
- FAA to close 149 contract towers due to sequester
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- Saturday mail still in question under Congress's funding plan
- Long customs lines deterring international travelers from U.S., group says
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission faces furloughs if sequester continues
- Senate passes funding bill that denies federal pay raises
- What's the deal with the Elijah Cummings furlough announcement?
- Sequester, meet Oversight
- House committee questions Defense and Homeland Security officials about costs
- House hearing will examine decisions behind sequester cuts
- Lawmakers slam Postal Service for silence on five-day delivery
- Federal-worker union plans Wednesday rally in D.C. to protest sequester
- Sequester cuts rekindle border security debate
- GSA cuts last of its national conferences scheduled for this year
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- Days of sequester: The week-two roundup
- Sunshine Week yields mixed results on Obama administration transparency
- Free workouts for furloughed feds
- Board orders GSA to reinstate fired executive
- Sunshine Week: Watchdog groups check administration's transparency
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- White House budget office puts a number on its furloughs
- NLRB will petition Supreme Court over Obama's recess appointments
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- An unofficial furlough anthem
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