** FILE ** Internet activist Aaron Swartz poses for a photo in Miami Beach, Fla., in 2009. He was found dead on Friday, Jan. 11, in his apartment in the Brooklyn borough of New York. On Saturday, Jan. 26, the hacker group Anonymous attacked a Justice Department website, claiming that an unjustified investigation by the federal government prompted him to commit suicide. (AP Photo/The New York Times, Michael Francis McElroy)
Rep. Ed Perlmutter, Colorado Democrat, says language tucked a in the stopgap spending bill to fund the federal government for the rest of the year clashes with the Obama administration’s efforts to trace guns used in crimes. (Associated Press)
A pedestrian walks up Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest near the White House in Washington on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Schools, businesses and the federal government closed in anticipation of a snowstorm that could blanket the region. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
A pedestrian walks up Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest near the White House in Washington on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Schools, businesses and the federal government closed in anticipation of a snowstorm that could blanket the region. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Four years have passed since CNBC analyst Rick Santelli sparked the creation of the tea party movement with his “rant heard ’round the world” decrying the federal government. (CNBC)
Four years have passed since CNBC analyst Rick Santelli sparked the creation of the tea party movement with his “rant heard ’round the world” decrying the federal government. (CNBC)
Cyclist Floyd Landis filed a whistleblower lawsuit saying former teammate Lance Armstrong defrauded the federal government by using performance-enhancing drugs and overseeing other riders doing the same, thereby violating the terms of a U.S. Postal Service sponsorship contract. (Associated Press)
** FILE ** Internet activist Aaron Swartz poses for a photo in Miami Beach, Fla., in 2009. He was found dead on Friday, Jan. 11, in his apartment in the Brooklyn borough of New York. On Saturday, Jan. 26, the hacker group Anonymous attacked a Justice Department website, claiming that an unjustified investigation by the federal government prompted him to commit suicide. (AP Photo/The New York Times, Michael Francis McElroy)
Ronald Reagan, attended by his wife, Nancy, is sworn in as the 40th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 1981, with a vow to ferret out waste and mismanagement in the federal government. (AP Photo)
