Management

Defense Department will continue job competitions

The Defense Department will put thousands of its jobs up for competition with private firms even as it leads a potential war against international terrorism, Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director Sean O’Keefe said Tuesday.

Defense

One FBI employee still missing in New York

Defense

As search for missing continues, Pentagon mobilizes for war

Search and rescue teams worked around the clock over the weekend to recover bodies of the 188 people believed to have died last week when terrorists commandeered American Airlines Flight 77 and crashed it into the Pentagon.

Defense

Pentagon personnel mourn fallen comrades, begin rebuilding

Soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and Defense civilians gathered to honor those killed in the attack on the Pentagon, then returned to the job of shoring up the facility and preparing an assault on terrorism.

Defense

New York agencies regroup after loss of offices

Defense

National lab director makes the case for new nukes

While even hard-liners in the Bush Administration are today trumpeting "deep cuts" in the U.S. nuclear arsenal, the director of Sandia National Laboratories is arguing for new types of nuclear weapons.

Defense

Frequent flier legislation passes Senate committee

Management

Bush proposal would help agencies avoid job competitions

Federal agencies would have vast new authority to outsource work without giving civil servants a chance to compete for their jobs under a proposal being developed by the Bush administration.