News
Homeland Security job applicants surprised by continued hiring freeze
Job seekers want more information, and labor union leaders say this is no time to stop hiring.
Defense
House chair says DHS should lead intelligence analysis
Homeland Security Committee Chairman Christopher Cox, R-Calif., says housing such efforts within the CIA is only an "interim step."
Defense
House panel receives 'first responder' extension
Judiciary Committee gets a week's extension to take its shot at revamping the federal process for issuing grants to first responders.
Management
Report challenges Commerce program aimed at small manufacturers
Department is urged to use the creation of a new federal manufacturing czar to realign assistance programs.
News
Congress, agencies set aside agendas to honor Reagan
House and Senate shut down for the week as preparations begin for state funeral Friday.
News
Budget deficit up $56 billion over last year
Deficit totaled $347 billion for first eight months of fiscal 2004, Congressional Budget Office reported.
Management
Panel OKs OMB review of federal programs every five years
House committee rejects Democrat-sponsored move to have agencies review themselves.
News
GOP leaders to senators: Vote for budget bill or lose pork
Moderates threatened with loss of earmarked projects in their states.
Defense
Popular culture clashes with homeland security mission, panel chief says
House Homeland Security Committee chairman takes on filmmaker Michael Moore.
News
Homeland Security clears up books, but hiring still frozen
Fears of a budget shortfall prove unfounded, but officials still won’t start adding staff again until 2005.
Management
Program review bill to be fine-tuned
Congressional staffers consider modifications, including language preventing the outsourcing of performance evaluations.
Pay & Benefits
OPM: Agencies not taking advantage of hiring flexibilities
Survey shows readily available hiring tools not widely used.
Pay & Benefits
Healthy Reserves
A bipartisan vote in the Senate Wednesday approved year-round military health care for reservists.
Defense
Senate votes for $25 billion in emergency Iraq funds
But the Defense Department will get only limited flexibility in spending the funds.
News
Grounded Forest Service tankers could be back in air this summer
Agency is working with the Federal Aviation Administration to make sure the planes are safe to fly.
Defense
House chairmen clash over first responder funding bill
Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Don Young, R-Alaska, says Homeland Security Committee should focus on oversight, not legislation.
Defense
CIA Director Tenet resigns; to leave post in July
President Bush accepted his resignation Wednesday night; said he has done a "superb job."
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