Defense
Ridge defends Homeland Security budget request
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge defended the Bush administration’s budget request for state and local first responders Monday.
Management
Administration says holding down pay raises helps agencies' budgets
The Bush administration wants to hold the 2005 civil servant pay raise at 1.5 percent because it does not want to saddle federal agencies with unfunded mandates, an administration official said Friday.
Defense
Unions object to Pentagon labor-management proposal
A Defense Department memorandum aimed at kicking off discussions about the pending National Security Personnel System is prompting angry denunciations from labor union officials.
Management
GAO off the hook on job competition appeals precedent
A bid protest that had the potential to force a precedent on the appeal rights of federal employee teams losing work to contractors was dismissed by GAO on Friday.
Defense