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Federal retirements fall short while hiring booms
Fewer federal employees retired in fiscal 2002 than government officials had predicted, but the government hired more employees than it has in at least the past six years.
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Washington-area agencies dig out, reopen
After two days of closures due to more than a foot of snow that fell over the weekend, the Office of Personnel Management announced Tuesday that federal agencies in the Washington area would reopen Wednesday.
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Lawmakers question independence of shuttle probe
At the first congressional hearing into the Columbia space shuttle disaster Wednesday, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers strongly questioned whether a multi-agency special board created to investigate the disaster is truly independent of NASA.
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Congress faces 'do-or-die' week on huge spending bill
Congress faces yet another tight deadline to finish the huge fiscal 2003 omnibus appropriations bill—with one third of the fiscal year already over.
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