The number of civil servants who lodge allegations of waste, fraud and abuse in federal agencies is growing, and they aren’t getting timely responses to their complaints.
The Bush administration and House GOP leaders staved off a spirited effort by Democrats and their allies in organized labor to block proposed Labor Department rules governing overtime compensation Thursday.
The White House is threatening to veto the fiscal 2004 House Labor-HHS spending bill if it includes provisions scuttling a Bush administration initiative to change federal rules governing overtime pay.
