<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Federal Page</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/print/asection/federalpage?nav=rss_print/asection/federalpage</link><description>Federal Page</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Rising Medical Costs Worry Pentagon, Hill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7683-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_print/asection/federalpage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7683-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_print/asection/federalpage</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 8:56:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Confronting medical costs that have doubled in four years, military officials and congressional leaders said yesterday that the Pentagon needs to rethink the generous coverage it provides or risk making sacrifices in other areas of the Defense Department budget.]]></description><author> Ceci Connolly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Audit Urges End of IRS's  Employee Tuition Plan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7681-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_print/asection/federalpage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7681-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_print/asection/federalpage</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 8:56:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Internal Revenue Service's employee tuition assistance program has spent more than 60 percent of its funds  --  or $4.4 million in two years  --  on administrative costs, employing the equivalent of 30 full-time workers while turning away hundreds of employees for lack of funds, an inspector general audit has found.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chao Aiming to Lead the Second-Tier Pack]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7682-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_print/asection/federalpage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7682-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_print/asection/federalpage</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 8:56:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  For many years  --  and especially since President Ronald Reagan famously called his secretary of housing and urban development "Mr. Mayor"  --  Cabinet members in the "lower tier" have often fretted about getting the attention they deserve.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item></channel></rss>