Management
Postal Service reports progress on transformation plan
Agency reduced workforce by 68,000 and increased productivity by 5 percent during the past two years.
Defense
Prospects for intelligence overhaul bill remain uncertain
House leaders may not decide until Monday whether to schedule a vote on the bill.
Pay & Benefits
Workers will still receive 3.5 percent raise, observers say
Lawmakers, aides and observers say Congress will override the latest White House proposal to cap the pay raise.
Defense
DHS doles out $2.5 billion in grants to states, high-risk areas
Funding is targeted to areas based on population, threats and critical infrastructure.
News
Proposed rule would cut relocation benefits
New requirements would bring federal agencies' relocation polices in line with the private sector.
Pay & Benefits
Proposal to eliminate 2005 locality pay increase angers unions
Plan is evidence of "low value" President Bush places on civil service workers, union leader says.
Defense
Army undersecretary retiring Friday
Les Brownlee led the service through three turbulent years of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a huge nation-buiilding effort.
Management
GAO, scholars push for governmentwide personnel reform guidelines
Agencies warn that not complying with personnel reform could fracture the civil service.
Defense
Army seeks more help as war expenses outpace funding
Army officials recently asked Congress to shift funds out of fiscal 2005 military personnel appropriations to cover equipment costs.
Management
Consultants pitch services to federal property managers
New executive order creates sudden demand as agencies have to list inventory and develop strategic plans.
Defense
Nonprofits continue move to overturn federal terrorist-screening rule
Government issues guidance on how organizations are expected to comply with anti-terrorism regulation.
Pay & Benefits