Federal Insider: Tempest in a water bottle

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The Washington PostThursday, August 30, 2012
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WASHINGTON, DC APRIL 21:American University's Scott Berman used a gooseneck spout on a water fountain in the Ward Circle building to fill his bottle on April 21, 2011 in Washington, DC. The school added the spout as a way to cut down on plastic waste from bottles of water.(Photo by Mark Gail/The Washington Post)

Tempest in a water bottle

Chuck Schumer's news of serving the fancy stuff at inauguration festivities brought D.C. officials to the boiling point, but it turns out the tap will also be an option.

On Leadership

Activity lead Bobak Ferdowsi (R), who cuts his hair differently for each mission, works inside inside the Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California in this August 5, 2012 file photograph. As the world was glued to NASA's rover landing on Mars, the Internet found its own star right in the mission's ground control room - NASA Mohawk Guy. REUTERS/Brian van der   Brug/POOL/Files   (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

Beyond the Mars landing

From the NIH superbug to wildfires out West, a look at the biggest federal leadership moments this summer.

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