Defense
Ridge promises cooperation with union leaders
Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge has promised to involve federal union leaders in setting new personnel rules for the new Homeland Security Department, union leaders said.
Defense
Keeping the peace
Military and relief officials are learning how to work together to move a country from war to peace.
Management
Federal employees could get GAO appeal rights under A-76 revisions
In a policy change that could expand the rights of federal employees who must compete for their jobs with private contractors, new rules could allow a representative of employees to appeal A-76 decisions to the General Accounting Office.
Defense
Homeland employees’ jobs, pay safe for at least a year
Homeland Security Department employees will be able to keep their jobs and current pay rates for at least a year after they transfer from their current agencies to the new department, Office of Personnel Management officials said Tuesday.
Management