White House announces record $374 billion deficit

The Bush administration Monday announced that the fiscal 2003 federal budget deficit was $374 billion, a decrease of about $81 billion from the $455 billion deficit forecast in July, but still a record high.

• Keith Koffler
• October 20, 2003

GOP confident on FAA bill, but privatization issues unresolved

• Zach Patton
• October 20, 2003

Senator, GAO question security at USDA research facilities

• Jerry Hagstrom
• October 20, 2003

Legislative progress slow on Defense personnel reform

• Shawn Zeller
• October 20, 2003

Scientist, lawmakers urge OMB to halt NIH job competitions

• Amelia Gruber
• October 20, 2003

Export agency shifts focus to regulatory changes

• William New
• October 20, 2003

Techies in Texas eye research backing from Washington

• Maureen Sirhal
• October 20, 2003

Rumsfeld takes hard line against boosting Army troop strength

• Amy Svitak
• October 17, 2003

House GOP announces deal on vets' disability, pensions

• Congress Daily
• October 17, 2003

Foes attack idea of exempting control towers from privatization

• Zach Patton
• October 17, 2003

House chair blasts Homeland Security for refusing to brief on border merger

• Jerry Hagstrom
• October 17, 2003

FBI seeks management makeover to meet antiterror mission

• Chris Strohm
• October 17, 2003

Defense procurement rule confounds contractors

• Amelia Gruber
• October 17, 2003

Union to fight for employee-friendly pay system at Homeland Security

• Shawn Zeller
• October 17, 2003

TSA orders search of all planes; no changes to screening procedures

• Chris Strohm
• October 17, 2003

Proposed Air Force tanker purchase plan said to cost less than lease

• Amy Svitak
• October 17, 2003

Army seeks waiver from '50-50' law on contracting repair work

The unrelenting pace of operations in Iraq is forcing the Army to request an exemption from a federal law limiting the amount of equipment repair work that can be contracted out.

• George Cahlink
• October 17, 2003

Officials debate rule on liability for anti-terrorism tools

• Greta Wodele
• October 17, 2003

Back to the Future

The government still grapples with many of the same personnel problems it faced 25 years ago when the Civil Service Reform Act became law.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• October 16, 2003

Law could stop A-76 studies for thousands of Defense employees

• Jason Peckenpaugh
• October 16, 2003