Magazine
Changing Landscape
Conservation initiative aims to protect crucial habitat alongside drilling.
Oversight
Agencies' management grades continue to rise
In latest Bush administration score card, three agencies reach highest grades possible, 87 percent rate at least moderately acceptable.
Oversight
Bill would press agencies to reduce improper payments
Programs could face financial penalties for not reporting benefits paid out in error.
Defense
DHS chief eases enforcement of new border crossing rules
Agents will give travelers without the correct documents a warning, still allowing them into the country without delay.
Defense
Military officers say recruiting goals are being met
Army official acknowledges that service fell short of Pentagon standards for high school graduates.
Pay & Benefits
OPM touts success of performance-based pay
New report analyzes series of systems covering more than 298,000 employees.
Oversight
Oversight committee hopefuls enter the spotlight
Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., appears to have the inside track to replace Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., as the top Republican on the House panel.
Oversight
FDA reverses course, will not close field laboratories
Agency officials had said closing the labs would consolidate efforts and make testing more efficient.
Pay & Benefits
Winners and Losers
Will higher pay increases be enough to keep Defense employees under a new personnel system motivated?
Defense
VA urged to use advanced technology to cut backlog of benefit claims
Lawmaker suggests Veterans Benefits Administration turn to artificial intelligence tools.
Defense
Let soldiers blog, post YouTube videos, general says
Military should get its message out before jihadists do, says Army Lt. Gen. William Caldwell.
News
Key House oversight legislator rules out bid for re-election
Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., says he's taking a "sabbatical from public life."
Oversight
Senators push to scrap limits on women's procurement program
Small Business Administration’s definition of underrepresentation would bar thousands of eligible firms from set-asides, lawmakers say.
Pay & Benefits
Study: Ethical breaches becoming common in government
More than half of federal employees report witnessing misconduct.
Defense
Federal post-disaster housing programs come under fire
Lawmakers blast FEMA and CDC for slow response to health problems posed by 'toxic trailers' used in Katrina aftermath.
Pay & Benefits
House members press for military-civilian pay parity
Bipartisan coalition urges President Bush to include equal pay raises in 2009 budget proposal.
Defense