District police on Sunday morning were investigating a death in a park near the Lincoln Memorial that officials believe was a suicide. U.S. Park Police were initially handling the investigation after a U.S. Park Service employee made an emergency call early Sunday. Park police handed the investigation over to District police just before 10 a.m., D.C. police spokesman Officer A. Clay said. Read full article > >

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Police investigate death near Lincoln Memorial

News International owner Rupert Murdoch says he is committed to publishing the Sun newspaper, following the arrest of five of its employees.

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Sun ‘will continue’ says Murdoch

We have been hearing for quite some time that budget cuts are coming to agencies, and they are now here. The Government Printing Office and the Internal Revenue Service have offered buyouts, and the General Services Administration and others are looking to do the same. The Defense Department has announced reductions that will affect military service members and civilian defense employees in all branches and many DOD agencies. These cuts are real, and there are more to come as the government is learning to do more with less. Read full article > >

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State and local government jobs are options for those making the move from federal service

NAIROBI — Everyone in Kenya knows the phrase “kitu kidogo.” It means “something small” in Swahili, and it refers to the bribes Kenyans pay minor bureaucrats, such as policemen and utility company employees, to make life easier. For decades, Kenyans had only their relatives and friends to complain to. Until now, that is. Read full article > >

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Web site strives to fight corruption in Kenya

A sweeping new ethics bill would also require disclosures by thousands of employees in the executive branch.

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Senate Approves Ban on Insider Trading by Congress

Agency sued after harassing employees. 

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FDA Monitored Whistleblowers’ Emails

A senior CIA analyst resigned Tuesday amid accounts that she had been pressured to step down after her husband — a former agency employee — was charged with leaking classified information to the press. millergreg@washpost.com Read full article > >

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Wife of alleged CIA leaker resigns from agency

Victim was retired Mexicana Airlines employee.

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Hollywood Head, Hands Identified

The disclosure of stock awards to Wall Street’s top tier comes as lower-level employees are finding out that their own bonuses will be much smaller than a year ago.

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DealBook: Bad Year for Wall Street Not Reflected in Chiefs’ Pay

The long-running federal crackdown on insider trading took a major leap Wednesday, as authorities announced a slew of charges against hedge funds, analysts and traders. The government accused those charged of forming a trading ring that netted $78 million in illicit profits, most of it based on advance word about computer-maker Dell’s quarterly financial results. An unnamed employee in Dell’s investor relations department leaked financial secrets, the government said. Read full article > >

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Two major hedge funds charged in insider trading case

The Maliki government in Iraq is flexing a bit more. Seems U.S. government employees traveling to Iraq are being advised that they’re going to need “valid Iraqi visas” to enter the country. “With the termination of the security agreement between” the Iraqi government and the U.S. military, the department announced Monday, “passports and valid Iraqi visas are required for all government personnel and contractors,” including TCNs, or third-country nationals. Read full article > >

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Federal employees don’t need Paul Revere riding through the Federal Triangle on a Segway yelling, “Budget cuts are coming, budget cuts are coming,” to know that times are tough for the workforce. Already in the middle of a two-year freeze of basic pay, the best workers can hope for is Congress accepting President Obama’s proposal for a measly 0.5 percent raise next year. Read full article > >

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Across-the-board cuts in federal workplace may not be wise or safe

When a former employee in 2010 accused a California company called Sempra Energy of paying bribes to advance its interests in Mexico, the U.S. government responded as it often does in white-collar cases : It asked the company to investigate itself. Read full article > >

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U.S. probe relied heavily on firm’s own investigation, FBI memos show

Employees could see .5 percent jump in 2013.

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Obama to Propose Federal Pay Increase

WebOS, the TouchPad tablet’s core software, was developed by Palm in about nine months, and former employees said the software was deeply flawed because of the way it was built.

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H.P.’s TouchPad, Some Say, Was Built on Flawed Software