Pay & Benefits
Thrift Savings Plan may be model for Social Security reform
The idea, which President Bush has already floated, raises questions about how such a program would work.
Management
Contracting giant wins huge FAA job competition
Lockheed Martin will take over 2,500 flight service jobs in biggest public-private competition ever.
News
D.C. Council restricts hazardous shipments through nation’s capital
CSX Corp. objects to measure, saying the private sector and federal agencies already are taking enough action.
News
NIH scientists barred from working for agency's grant-holders
New rules bar researchers from investments in or taking paid or unpaid jobs with groups that rely on NIH grants for funding.
Management
Agencies struggle to reduce improper payments
Latest numbers show benefits programs dish out too much money.
Defense
Group calls for increase in Army and Marine troop levels
Project for the New American Century seeks boost of at least 25,000 troops each year over the next several years, says administration has "unfortunately resisted" increases.
Management
Demand for security, law enforcement workers to increase
Workforce survey also shows agencies will need more employees in the fields of medicine, engineering, science and business.
Defense
House leaders seek to add military 'quality of life' panel
GOP leaders aim to place such issues at the forefront of the domestic appropriations agenda, ahead of education, health research and other social programs.
Oversight
Fork in the Road
If the White House chooses the wrong path on Social Security and tax restructuring, the president's party risks losing its majorities in the House and Senate.
Defense