Fate of omnibus bill unclear as House, Senate plan brief return

The House is scheduled to take up the huge spending bill next week. The Senate will also convene to try to pass the measure, but several senators will likely seek to block the effort.

• Molly M. Peterson and April Fulton
• December 1, 2003

Travel policy guru wraps up 33-year career with GSA

Signing off after 33 years at the General Services Administration, Bill Rivers leaves a legacy of winning travel policy.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• November 26, 2003

White House wins deal to undo job competition revisions

The White House has convinced members of Congress to modify language in a major spending bill that would have granted federal employees, or union representatives acting on their behalf, the right to appeal agency decisions in public-private job competitions

• Amelia Gruber
• November 25, 2003

Pentagon panelists want to study entire privacy 'iceberg'

• Drew Clark
• November 24, 2003

Lawmakers revive fight to get research reports online

• Ted Leventhal
• November 24, 2003

Senators seek to retool drug agency's advertising efforts

• Louis Jacobson
• November 24, 2003

House, Senate finally near deal on huge spending bill

House and Senate negotiators are near a deal on a fiscal 2004 omnibus spending bill encompassing more than half of the federal government's agencies and programs, despite Bush administration concerns about provisions regading public-private job competitions in the bill.

• Peter Cohn
• November 24, 2003

State Department hiring effort pays off

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• November 21, 2003

House chair seeks to separate competitive sourcing debate from omnibus

• Peter Cohn
• November 20, 2003

Defense officials lament lost data-mining opportunities

• Drew Clark
• November 20, 2003

Senator blames Bush for delay on FAA privatization deal

• Congress Daily
• November 20, 2003

House readies stopgap spending measure lasting to February

• Peter Cohn
• November 20, 2003

House leaders prepare new continuing resolutions

• Susan Davis, Peter Cohn and Zach Patton
• November 19, 2003

House panel clears bill to streamline National Archives

• Greta Wodele
• November 19, 2003

FAA administrator pledges not to privatize air traffic operations

• Chris Strohm
• November 18, 2003

Omnibus conference cancelled while negotiations continue

• Peter Cohn
• November 18, 2003

White House objects to job competition revisions

• November 17, 2003

Investigators find lax IT security at Treasury

• National Journal
• November 17, 2003

Omnibus scramble begins as Nov. 21 deadline nears

• Peter Cohn
• November 14, 2003

Size of Homeland Security tech budget depends on who's measuring

• Shane Harris
• November 13, 2003