Defense
Showdown looms between appropriators, homeland panel
At issue is provision in fiscal 2006 Homeland Security spending bill not to fund President Bush's proposal to create a new office for coordinating screening efforts.
Management
E-mail message spurs concern over OMB competitive sourcing tactics
Union officials worry OMB is pressuring the Forest Service to meet numerical targets.
Defense
Defense proposes major consolidation of finance services
The recommendation would involve closing 21 Defense Finance and Accounting Service facilities.
Defense
BRAC plan likely to prompt strong fight in Northeast
Large facilities in Connecticut, Maine and New Jersey slated for closure, with thousands of jobs at stake.
Defense
Familiar names show up on Army's closure list
Some of the service's oldest and best-known bases are slated to be shuttered or restructured.
Defense
Border Patrol seeks more personnel, might enlist citizen patrols
CBP Commissioner Robert Bonner says thousands of more border guards are needed.
Defense
Pentagon proposes to close 33 major bases
Recommendations also include realigning 29 major facilities; other bases will gain troops.
News
Defense rule tightens use of long-term contracts
Multiyear contracts have to wait for funding from congressional appropriations process.
Management
Lawmakers lament lack of funding for science agency
Legislators push for $6.1 billion in NSF funding for fiscal 2006.
News
House subpanel defers base-closing amendments to committee
In the past, the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee has supported a delay in the BRAC process.
Defense
Bill would tighten border security, increase information sharing
Proposed legislation would also allow illegal immigrants to apply for work visas.
Pay & Benefits
Interim regulations released for new incentives
The new rules will allow increased incentives for recruitment and relocation at federal agencies.
Defense
House panel approves $82.5 billion veterans bill
Bill is nearly $1 billion above President Bush's budget request.
Defense
Army punishes colonel over Iraq prison abuse scandal
Army will not bring criminal charges against Col. Thomas Pappas for his role in the Abu Ghraib scandal.
Defense
Rumsfeld: Pentagon won’t ax more than 10 percent of bases
Base-closing recommendations due Friday will reflect review of overseas troop levels and decision to move operations from leased space to government-owned facilities.
Defense