Pay & Benefits
Senators vote not to take pay raise
Senate overwhelmingly approves amendment rejecting 1.9 percent projected cost-of-living increase for 2006.
Defense
Rumsfeld seeks to scale back 'burdensome' reports
Defense secretary tells Pentagon officials to push for changes in "obsolete" laws and work on legislation to give department greater management flexibility.
Defense
DHS failed to use catastrophe response plan in Katrina’s wake
Department defends decision, saying plan was meant for unforeseen disasters.
Pay & Benefits
Senior executives see drop in performance ratings
Despite lower marks, more SES members receive performance awards.
News
GSA insider to fill top position on acting basis
David Bibb is named acting commissioner of agency.
Management
Park Service updates management policies
Proposed policy includes strict guidelines for approving construction projects.
Defense
Chertoff calls for the end of 'catch and release'
Homeland Security secretary says 1,500 Border Patrol agents are being hired to beef up enforcement.
Defense
9/11 commissioners at odds with former backers
Members of panel disagree with key senators on proposal to change formula for first-responder grants.
News
House GOP leaders drop plans for across-the-board budget cuts
Internal disagreement had developed about what discretionary programs might be exempt from reductions.
Management
USDA scraps plan to close field offices
Proposal to close more than 700 Farm Service Agency offices had run into widespread opposition on Capitol Hill.
Oversight
Turning the Tide
Goodwill toward Louisiana might ebb if local leaders can’t convince Congress they’ll spend billions in Katrina aid wisely.
News
Senators, laborers decry suspension of wage law
Panelists urge Bush administration to reinstate Davis-Bacon Act for Gulf Coast work.
Defense
Senators spar over changes to future combat system
McCain, appropriators in tangle over spending bill language.
Pay & Benefits
Life-cycle funds could become TSP default option
Indecisive investors would have their contributions automatically dispersed among existing TSP funds.
News
Forward Observer: Suiting Up for the Next Katrina
Paul McHale, assistant secretary of Defense for homeland security, seeks to apply the lessons of the hurricane response to the next crisis.
Defense
Senators may review military's domestic role
Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner, R-Va., will decide later this fall how to proceed with a congressional review of 1878 Posse Comitatus Act.
Defense