Management

Hill negotiators agree to revamp job competition process

Members of a House-Senate conference committee have agreed on a measure that would make it easier for federal employees to compete against private firms for their jobs.

Management

Curb on Justice job competitions draws veto threat

Legislation that would protect hundreds of Justice Department employees from possible outsourcing earned a veto threat from the White House this week.

Tech

Cease Fire

A technology that has been used for decades in nuclear weapons and car radios could curb the threat of shoulder-filed missiles like those used to shoot down an Army helicopter in Iraq this month, according to weapons control experts.

Defense

Unions blast Defense personnel overhaul, back Homeland effort

House-approved legislation to overhaul the civil service system at the Defense Department is drawing fire from federal employee representatives, even as they praise the process of implementing similar legislation at the Homeland Security Department.