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** FILE ** Military personnel have their identification checked as they enter the Washington Navy Yard on Thursday, three days after a gunman opened fire inside a building and killed 12 people in September 2013. (Associated Press)

IG audit finds background checks problematic for federal contractors

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Golden Hammer: Feds diverted funds from annual charity to massages, excessive travel, audits show

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Lawsuit Against Obamacare Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

JOHNSON: Congress should stand for equal treatment under Obamacare law

By Ron Johnson

Fraud still rife despite scrutiny of background check system

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Federal offices in DC area to be closed Monday

Associated Press

One specialist on background checks said that if the Office of Personnel Management allowed investigators to troll online, they could have spotted troubling signs with Edward Snowden, the former government contractor who leaked details of many of the government's most secret spy programs. (Associated Press)

Rules that keep feds from trolling Facebook, Twitter could have led to Snowden, Alexis

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Golden Hammer: Feds spend millions to train executives in luxury

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Barack Obama has lunch with members of the congressional leadership in the Oval Office Private Dining Room, May 16, 2012. The president served hoagies from Taylor Gourmet, which he purchased after a small business roundtable earlier in the day. Seated, clockwise from the president, are: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and House Speaker John Boehner.(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

For federal employees, office closed 25% of fiscal year, so far

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Federal offices in DC area to be closed Thursday

Associated Press

Aaron Alexis had a security clearance that gave him access to Building 197 at the Washington Navy Yard, where he killed 12 people last year. (FBI via Associated Press)

Local police block feds from doing full security clearances, Navy Yard review finds

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Washinton Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis and Edward Snowden (TWT Photo Illustration)

FILE - This June 9, 2013 file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, in Hong Kong. Snowden says his "mission's already accomplished" after leaking NSA secrets that have caused a reassessment of U.S. surveillance policies. Snowden told The Washington Post in a story published online Monday night, Dec. 23, 2013, he has "already won" because journalists have been able to tell the story of the government's collection of bulk Internet and phone records. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)

Justice Department: Firm that vetted Snowden, Navy Yard shooter cheated government

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House oversight committee, is coming under fire from Democrats who say the California Republican has been overzealous in his pursuit of oversight of the Obama administration. (associated press)

White House is obstructing probe on Navy Yard shooter, NSA leaker, Darrell Issa says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Baltimore Gas & Electric lineman Jim Thompson repairs a power line that was damaged by a tree limb in Towson, Md., Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, after a winter storm dumped a mix of snow, freezing rain and sleet on the Mid-Atlantic region. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

NOT AGAIN! D.C. to get up to half a foot of snow

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Aaron Alexis, identified by FBI as the Navy Shipyard shooter.

Congress finds shortcuts, suspects OPM cover-up in security clearances

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Director of National Intelligence has concluded that United States Investigations Services failed to conduct a proper background check on NSA data leaker Edward Snowden. (Associated Press)

Justice joins suit against security firm

By Jeffrey Anderson - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama politicizes civil service arena

**FILE** President Barack Obama points to a member of the media as he speaks about the the budget and the partial government shutdown on Oct. 8, 2013, in the Brady Press Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

Feds hang ‘help wanted’ sign for thousands of open jobs amid shutdown

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Aaron Alexis was captured on video moving through the hallways of Building 197 at the Washington Navy Yard on Sept. 16 carrying a Remington 870 shotgun. FBI officials said he did not specifically target his shooting victims and was "prepared to die." (FBI via Associated Press)

House committee demands unredacted security clearance report on Navy Yard gunman

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times