No one sets out to get in trouble, but they end up there nonetheless. If you're interested in avoiding negative public attention and keeping your neck off the chopping block, here are some rules for federal leaders to live by.

WASHINGTON -- If politicians are so worked up over lavish conventions funded by taxpayers, the two major parties should give back more than $35 millio...

WASHINGTON -- The Republican National Committee mocked an Obama administration plan to cap the costs of government conferences Monday, even though Rep...

WASHINGTON -- House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa may be worked up over commemorative coins minted for the General Services Administration...

WASHINGTON — The General Services Administration's internal watchdog said Wednesday that employees are heeding his call to report wrongdoing and...

WASHINGTON — The main figure in a General Services Administration spending scandal took trips to Hawaii, Napa Valley and the South Pacific islan...

WASHINGTON -- Tempers flared and apologies were issued Monday during a congressional hearing investigating a lavish conference and what officials call...

Officials at the General Services Administration invented fake awards as an excuse to hold taxpayer-funded dinner events at conferences, according to ...

WASHINGTON — A House Republican whose committee is investigating a lavish conference held by the General Services Administration says a high-ran...

WASHINGTON -- Republicans, who have seized upon embarrassing reports that the federal General Services Administration blew $823,000 on a Las Vegas spl...

WASHINGTON — The General Services Administration developed an employee awards program that spent more than $438,000 over four years, far exceedi...