Management

Immigration services job competition moves forward

Recent protests by lawmakers and an array of interest groups have not changed the Homeland Security Department’s plans to put immigration services jobs up for competition within the next 10 months, according to a department spokesman.

Management

House rejects OMB’s job competition revisions

The House on Tuesday night passed an $89.3 billion budget bill that includes language unraveling the Office of Management and Budget’s latest revisions to rules on public-private job competitions.

Pay & Benefits

Senate passes amendment blocking overtime pay change

Tech

Calling Baghdad

An Arab cell phone provider hopes to win a telecommunications license from the U.S. government.

Defense

Transportation security effort called fragmented, underfunded

The various agencies involved in transportation security do not have enough resources and are struggling to sort out overlapping missions, experts told a Senate panel Tuesday.