Management

Lawmakers want Iraq contracting process restructured

Several lawmakers said Wednesday the contracting process for rebuilding Iraq should be restructured because it is costing an excessive amount of money and is preventing Iraqis from helping to rebuild their own country.

Tech

Wired

U.S. mobile telephone companies lose bids on three telecommunications licenses in post-war Iraq.

Pay & Benefits

Salary council calls for 1.4 percent locality pay raise in 2004

Federal employees would receive a 2.7 percent across-the-board salary increase and a 1.4 percent locality pay increase in 2004 under a recommendation approved Tuesday by the Federal Salary Council.

Management

Agencies set widely varying job competition targets

Two months after the Bush administration eliminated governmentwide numerical targets for competitive sourcing, 21 agencies have settled on a wide range of individual goals, according to the Office of Management and Budget.