Defense
Agencies step up security efforts as threat level rises to ‘high’
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said on Friday that federal agencies will take “specific protective measures” to comply with an elevated terrorist threat level.
Defense
Agencies now have permanent buyout authority
Federal agencies can start offering buyouts of up to $25,000 to their employees, under a regulation issued this week.
Management
Spy agency busts union
In the latest Bush administration move to rankle federal union leaders, the head of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency on Thursday revoked collective bargaining rights from the agency’s employees.
Tech
Coast Guard says budget request will delay Deepwater
A project to upgrade the Coast Guard’s aging fleet will fall behind schedule if it does not receive more than the $500 million slated for it in the president’s 2004 budget request, a Coast Guard spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Defense
Total Information Awareness official responds to criticism
The second-ranking official on the Defense Department’s Total Information Awareness Project to predict terrorist attacks says critics of the effort have misinterpreted its goals and the nature of the technology it will use.
Defense
Regulation clears way for officers’ overtime pay
The Office of Personnel Management on Thursday loosened up a regulation that could have cost federal law enforcement officers thousands of dollars a year in lost pay—and lowered their retirement benefits.
Defense